At least nine people in China have died from bird flu in 2017
At least nine people have died in China from bird flu so far this year, in the northern Henan, central Hunan and southern Guangdong regions so far, state media has warned. The most recent deaths this week were two restaurant workers in Henan. As we noted this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all countries to promptly report human infections. China has reported over 1,000 cases, with 38.5% of them resulting in death, since an outbreak of bird flu strain H7N9 began in March 2013, according to WHO.

BEIJING: Nine people have died of bird flu in China this year, state media reported, after the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged all countries to promptly report human infections.

Disease control centres in three provinces, including northern Henan, central Hunan and southern Guangdong, have reported at least nine deaths from the virus, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.