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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
Authorities in Chinese regions have ordered health institutions to step up monitoring of H7N9 bird flu as four more cases were reported Tuesday.
The knowledge on the deadly strain of avian influenza H7N9 which caused two deaths in China as of now is limited and further investigation will be needed, a spokesperson of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.
Four people in East China's Jiangsu province have been confirmed as being infected with the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu, local authorities said Tuesday.
Low risk for humans to contract H7N9 bird flu Beijing closely monitoring bird flu virus Bird flu Further proble into H7N9 infections needed: WHO
China's health authority said humans are at a very low risk for contracting the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu.
Beijing closely monitoring bird flu virus
Public health authorities in Beijing said on Tuesday that they are keeping a close eye on the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed two in east China.
Prevention is always better than the cure, and medical experts should thoroughly study the virus even though the H7N9 virus may not be as contagious as the SARS virus and the risk of an epidemic appears to be low.
China's National Health and Family Planning Commission on Sunday notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of three cases of human infection with H7N9 bird flu in China, the WHO stated Monday.
Two people in Shanghai became ill with fever and coughs in late February and died in early March, suffering from severe pneumonia and difficult breathing. WHO notified by H7N9 infections Editorial: Prevention better than cure
Two men in Shanghai have been confirmed dead from H7N9 infection, while a woman in Anhui province is in critical condition from the virus, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said on Sunday.
Three cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza have been detected recently in Shanghai and Anhui province, and two of them have died, the other being in a critical condition.
Avian Influenza, known as bird flu, was detected on an organic poultry farm with 24,000 hens in Zeewolde, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs reported on Tuesday.
Medical authorities and a hospital in Shanghai have refuted a rumor that several people have died of flu and that the hospital withheld the information, the Shanghai Evening Post reported on March 8.
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