Pet bird sales have been suspended in Beijing after detecting H7N9 bird flu virus from samples of pigeon in a Shanghai marketplace.
China has started research for the development of vaccines for the H7N9 bird flu virus, a health official said Monday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and countries nearby to China, as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, will be kept updated on the H7N9 bird flu situation.
The local government ordered the suspension of all trading in live poultry and pet birds on April 6.
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Authorities in East China's Hangzhou city on Saturday suspended trades of live poultry in a farm produce market after H7N9 bird flu virus was detected from quails sold on the market.
Chinese health authorities said on Saturday that the country's 16 confirmed H7N9 cases were isolated and there has been no sign of human-to-human transmission.
Shanghai authorities on Saturday started banning all live poultry from other parts of the country from entering the city after temporarily closing three markets to battle the H7N9 bird flu.
Additional measures will be implemented to boost Hong Kong's resistance to, and detection of, the H7N9 bird flu virus, the city's government said Friday.
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Shanghai will temporarily close its live poultry markets starting Saturday after six H7N9 bird flu cases, including four fatalities, were reported in the city, local officials said here Friday.