Chinese researchers announced Saturday they had successfully developed the vaccine for the H7N9 bird flu virus, after the flu strain had left more than 130 people infected, with 45 fatalities reported.
A new report by Chinese scientists has showed that all the 111 H7N9 avian influenza patients investigated for the research had a fever while 90.1 percent had developed coughs, and males and the elderly are more likely to be infected.
Taiwan's executive authorities are planning to advance implementation of a poultry slaughtering ban amid H7N9 infection fears.
The reputed scientific journal Nature published an editorial on Wednesday, praising China's response to H7N9 avian influenza as "next to exemplary".
China's Ministry of Finance said Wednesday it has allocated 303 million yuan ($48.6 million) from the central coffers to better prevent human infections of the H7N9 avian flu.
Chinese studies of a H7N9 bird flu vaccine needs technical support and cooperation from WHO as well as related professional institutions.
Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong met with Keiji Fukuda, World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director general for health security and environment, on Wednesday, to discuss the H7N9 avian flu.
Samples of the human H7N9 virus strain, provided by the mainland, arrived in Taipei Saturday and have been sent to a laboratory so their biological features can be studied.
The WHO's China representative said there are "quite a few" cases in which the many hundreds of people in close contact with H7N9 flu patients fell ill.
A top agricultural official said Friday that the government should support poultry farms to prevent them from being financially devastated by the H7N9 avian flu epidemic.
The Chinese mainland will provide Taiwan with human H7N9 avian influenza virus strain, allowing the two sides to jointly explore new detection and prevention methods.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used in the treatment of 24 of the 77 H7N9 cases reported across China as of Wednesday.
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