15 April 2013 (21:27 UTC-07 Tango 14 April 2013)/04 Jumada t-Tania 1434/26 Farvardin 1391/06 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention say they’ve identified a human carrier of the deadly H7N9 virus; a four years old boy!

The boy tested positive for the virus, but is not sick.  The boy is the neighbor of the seven years old girl that became Beijing’s first human case of H7N9.  She is sick in the hospital. The boy is now under quarantine in a hospital.

The four years old carrier was discovered after health officials tested 24 people who were in contact with the girl.  Apparently he was the only one who tested positive for the virus. The families all raise poultry.

Up until this discovery Chinese health officials said they had no proof of human to human transmission.