06 April 2013 (10:46 UTC-07 Tango)/25 Jumada l-Ula 1434/17 Farvardin 1391/26 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711

Health officials in Shanghai say two more people are infected with H7N9.  So far 18 people infected in the past couple of weeks, six have died.

The two new cases are men, one aged 66 the other 74.  They began showing symptoms at the end of March and are now hospitalized with pneumonia.

There are also reports that people who get diagnosed soon enough will recover within 48 hours.

Chinese media sayting that even though the health warnings have been made, most people in Shanghai didn’t think anything of it until they saw the poultry culling: “Suddenly I discover that I’m living in an epidemic zone!”-Liu Leting

The Chinese Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of peramivir diluted in sodium chloride for use on people sick with the new bird flu.  They claim it shows signs of working in preliminary testing.