Asia | Bazaar Daily U.K

SHANGHAI, CHINA: Chinese officials downplayed reports of two men dying due to bird flu when approached by Daily News Asia correspondent Hon-Jao Xai. Xai tells Daily News U.K that officials denied that two men died from the lesser known H7N9 strain of bird flu, but another woman in a nearby providence is sick with the same virus.

Health officials in China told Daily News that no human to human cross-infection has been detected as of yet.

Two men die of bird flu in China (bbc.co.uk)
New bird flu strain kills 2 in Shanghai; no vaccine (wantchinatimes.com)
China downplays new bird flu fears (cbsnews.com)
2 in China first known deaths from H7N9 bird flu (cnsnews.com)
2 in China first known deaths from H7N9 bird flu (sacbee.com)
Previously unknown strain of bird flu kills 2 in China (theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com)

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