Tracking the next pandemic: Avian Flu Talk |
H7N9 Bird Flu Cases Rise To 49, 11 Deaths |
Post Reply |
Author | |
Ruthie23
V.I.P. Member Joined: May 25 2006 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 267 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: April 14 2013 at 6:00am |
H7N9 Bird Flu Cases Rise To 49, Deaths At 11 In China; Beijing Shuts Poultry MarketsBeijing, China’s capital, announced yesterday that it would close markets selling live poultry and ban live poultry trading in a move to try to halt the spread of the flu. The city’s first H7N9 case was discovered yesterday, a seven-year-old girl who is hospitalized and in stable condition, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The closure of live poultry markets in Beijing will put new pressure on China’s poultry industry over what to do with chicken that are ready to be sold but that have no buyers. Shanghai has up to 600,000 such chickens, and city processors have been deep freezing them. China is the world’s No. 2 producer of chicken after the United States. |
|
Hugs Ruthie
|
|
Post Reply | |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You can vote in polls in this forum |