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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.
China confirmed five new cases of H7N9 avian influenza, with three, including one death, in east China's Shanghai and two in neighboring Jiangsu province. Better hygiene needed to combat H7N9
Two more cases of H7H9 bird flu infections have been reported in East China's Jiangsu province, with a total of 35 cases reported nationwide so far.
Hong Kong Secretary for Education Eddie Ng on Thursday urged all schools to stay vigilant to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, especially H7N9.
City authorities in Nanjing ordered on Sunday that urban residents kill all their poultry and livestock, regardless of their health.
A senior health official in Shanghai denied media reports that the city might have delayed reporting the outbreak of the H7N9 bird flu to the national health authorities.
China's agriculture authority has expanded the monitoring for the H7N9 strain of bird flu to pigs in order to have a better understanding of the virus.
As of Wednesday, China had reported 33 human infections of H7N9 including 9 deaths.
H7N9 vaccine expected ready in 7 months Delay in H7N9 reports denied Pigs to be tested for virus
China's agriculture authority said on Wednesday that its tests have found 14 more H7N9-positive poultry samples in east China.
Two more cases of H7N9 bird flu infections were reported on Wednesday in Shanghai, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 33, health authorities said.
More than 10 people across the country have been detained for spreading online rumors about the H7N9 virus, local media reported.
A four-year-old boy, one of China's 28 patients hospitalized for the H7N9 bird flu infection, was discharged from a Shanghai hospital on Wednesday.
10 detained for H7N9 rumors
The Chinese mainland is providing an H7N9 avian influenza virus strain to Taiwan as part of joint efforts to prevent and control the disease.
Three people in Southwest China's Guizhou province have been detained by police for spreading a rumor about the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus online.
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