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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
The total number of fatalities from H7N9 bird flu in Shanghai has risen to 13 after the death of an 89-year-old man on Monday morning, local health authorities said.
Health authorities in Fujian province reported a new human infection of the H7N9 avian flu, bringing the total number of cases in the province to three.
Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday urged the nation to remain on high alert over the new strain of bird flu, to reduce the death rate.
More H7N9 cases reported
It's safe to eat poultry: experts
Five more H7N9 bird flu cases were confirmed Sunday in four Chinese provinces, according to local health authorities.
Six H7N9 avian influenza patients, who have made full recovery, pose with their doctors before being discharged from a hospital in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, April 27, 2013.
Three new cases of H7N9 avian influenza were confirmed in China on Thursday, according to local authorities.
Taiwan's executive authorities are planning to advance implementation of a poultry slaughtering ban amid H7N9 infection fears.
Health authorities in east China's Jiangxi province late on Thursday confirmed the province's first human case of H7N9 avian influenza.
The health department of East China's Jiangxi province on Thursday reported the province's first suspected human case of H7N9 avian influenza.
The reputed scientific journal Nature published an editorial on Wednesday, praising China's response to H7N9 avian influenza as "next to exemplary".
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.
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