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A seventh person has died in Shanghai.  The 64 years old man died one week after showing symptoms. By Wednesday he had pneumonia.

Health officials in Jiangsu Province say two people are sick with H7N9.  An 85 years old man and a  25 years old woman.

In Hong Kong, seven people are being tested for H7N9.  So far everyone tested in Hong Kong have been negative for the new bird flu.

At this point there are 24 confirmed cases of H7N9, and seven deaths, since the end of March.

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The Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention says a four years old boy has recovered from an infection of H7N9.

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“Of course I’m afraid. But I’m a professional and therefore I need to understand H7N9 more than others.”-Yu Chin-mei, nurse at Taipei City hospital

By Sunday afternoon, Shanghai time, the number of confirmed human cases rose to 21.  Six people have died since the end of March.  The latest three cases were confirmed less than 24 hours from Saturday.

The three new cases are men, ranging in age from 55 to 67.  One in Shanghai, two in Anhui Province.  At least one is known to work with poultry.  All started showing symptoms at the end of March.

In Shanghai at least 194 people are under medical observation.

Beijing has joined Nanjing, Hangzhou and Shanghai in banning live poultry markets.

Guangdong Province officials announced they will spend $4.7 million USD to prevent the spread of H7N9 in their province.

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention distributed testing supplies to 409 sites across the country, in addition to hospitals and research agencies.

Across the water in Taiwan, the Taipei hospital’s Heping Branch has been designated an H7N9 center.  The same hospital was used during the 2003 SARS epidemic.

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Nanjing joins Hangzhou and Shanghai in banning live poultry markets.

In Hong Kong, health officials say a seven years old girl brought in to hospital Friday afternoon, tested negative for H7N9.

In Taiwan, health officials have tested six people who returned from mainland China.  They say two tested positive for H1N1, two have bacterial infections and the tests for two others are still out.  Health officials added that 20 people arriving at the airport, from China, had fevers. But, because they had not been to the provinces reporting H7N9 they were allowed to go home.

Some Taiwanese hospitals will hold H7N9 drills next week.  Agriculture officials have increased inspections of livestock for signs the new virus.

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.