Avian Influenza H7N9 -- China
China will shutter poultry markets in a district of southwestern Sichuan province after a man fell ill with the H7N9 bird flu, state-owned China News Service reported [Sun 21 May 2017]. The 44-year-old man sold live poultry at a farmers market, China News reported, citing officials in Zigong city.
Poultry markets in Zigong's Ziliujing district will be closed starting from midnight [Mon 22 May 2017], the report said.
Cases of bird flu have been unusually high for China since last year
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