Health authorities in Central China's Hunan province on Saturday confirmed its first human infection case of H7N9 bird flu, bring the total infections to 120 in the Chinese mainland.
Six more cases of H7N9 bird flu were reported on Friday in the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Zhejiang.
scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 virus by finding out that poultry wet market might be the source of the deadly virus.
Taiwan's executive authorities are planning to advance implementation of a poultry slaughtering ban amid H7N9 infection fears.
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".
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.
Health authorities in east China's Jiangxi province late on Thursday confirmed the province's first human case of H7N9 avian influenza.
Taiwan confirmed the first case of H7N9 bird flu outside the Chinese mainland on Wednesday.
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.
Three more poultry samples in China have tested positive for the deadly H7N9 strain of avian flu, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Wednesday.
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