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Beijing's first H7N9 patient came in contact with Tianjin chickens

By Cheng Yingqi | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-15 08:00

Beijing's first H7N9 patient came in contact with Tianjin chickens

A worker disinfects a pigeon coop at a Tiantongyuan community public square in Beijing's Changping district on Sunday. The community's property management company has restricted the outdoor activity of more than 300 pigeons it raised in the square. These birds will not be allowed go outside the coop until the end of the H7N9 bird flu outbreak. Fu Ding / for China Daily

Beijing's first confirmed case of H7N9 - a 7-year-old girl from Shunyi district - came into contact with poultry shipped from Tianjin before being infected, authorities said.

Beijing's first H7N9 patient came in contact with Tianjin chickens

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