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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 Health Bureau of central China's Henan province on Thursday reported one new case of H7N9 bird flu, bringing the total number of confirmed H7N9 cases in this province to three.
China's top health authority confirmed that a family infected by H7N9 in Shanghai might involve human-to-human transmission of the new bird flu strain.
H7 infections rare in people until now
Guangzhou wildlife projects unaffected
People changing daily habits
H7N9 update: 83 infected, 17 dead
About 80 percent of respondents to a survey said they have changed their habits because of the deadly H7N9 bird flu outbreak.
Wildlife conservation plans in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, remain unaffected by the recent outbreak of the H7N9 bird flu virus in eastern and northern China.
Human infections with influenza-A H7 viruses, a virus group that normally circulates among birds, have been rare until now.
Both Beijing residents, a boy and a girl, who were infected with the H7N9 bird flu virus were discharged from Ditan Hospital on Wednesday.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used in the treatment of 24 of the 77 H7N9 cases reported across China as of Wednesday.
The Health Bureau of East China's Zhejiang province on Wednesday reported four new cases of H7N9 bird flu, bringing the total number of confirmed H7N9 cases in the province to 25.
A restaurant chain featuring chicken dishes in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality promised to pay the medical expenses of any customer who gets infected with H7N9 avian influenza from eating chicken there.
Animal infections of the H7N9 avian flu have only been detected in live poultry markets and a single wild pigeon, agricultural authorities said Wednesday.
A seven-year-old girl in Beijing who was infected with H7N9 bird flu, the first such case in the Chinese capital, was discharged from hospital Wednesday afternoon, local health authorities announced.
Ye, like many other chicken farmers in the province, where 21 H7N9 human infections were reported, including two deaths, are concerned about his chicken sales dropping due to public fears about avian flu infection.[
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