Chinese Told to Change Eating Habits as H7N9 Fatalities Rise
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China asked its citizens to avoid contact with live poultry as it tries to stem a H7N9 bird flu outbreak whose death toll rose to seven today, with a further 17 people infected in three eastern provinces and Shanghai.
Consumers should avoid markets where poultry are butchered as authorities increase monitoring for the new influenza strain, Feng Zijian, head of emergency response at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in Beijing today. A vaccine is being prepared in case the virus starts spreading from human to human, health officials said.