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UPDATE: Confirmed See Statement From Jiangsu Province Health Department On H7N9
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After writing of the perils of H7N9 And The `Fog Of Flu’ earlier today, we’ve a headline in the Chinese Language version of BBC news this morning that that is hard to ignore:
(machine translation)
The H7N9 avian influenza virus infection in China increased to seven cases
Updated April 2, 2013, Greenwich Mean Time 12:41
Health Department of Jiangsu Province, China issued a circular on Tuesday (April 2), there have been four cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza virus cases confirmed in Jiangsu Province, the H7N9 virus infections in China increased to seven cases.
The notification lists 1 males and 3 females four patients engaged in live poultry slaughter in Jiangning District, a 45-year-old female. Health authorities had said earlier Tuesday that suspected she was infected with the H7N9 virus has now been confirmed.
Jiangsu Province is north of, but adjacent to Shanghai.
I’m currently looking for an official confirmation of the above story.
