BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- Chinese health authorities have
found no new human cases of the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus during the
past two weeks, the government said on Monday, suggesting the outbreak
may be over as much of the country is now experiencing warmer weather.
China's National Health and Family Planning Commission said
laboratory tests had found no new cases of avian influenza between May 8
and 4 p.m. local time on Monday. H7N9 is a relatively new strain that
had never before been transmitted to humans until an outbreak in eastern
China in February.
Health authorities have reported a total of 131 laboratory-confirmed
cases, all but one of them in China, since the outbreak began. It
remains unclear how the virus is spreading, but experts have previously
suggested that the original virus may have mutated to allow it to infect
poultry and birds without generating symptoms but sickening humans.
Continued: http://wireupdate.com/china-reports-no-new-h7n9-bird-flu-cases-for-second-week.html
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