New Bird Flu Virus Kills 2 in China, Sparking WHO Probe
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A new strain of bird flu killed two people among at least seven infected in eastern China, prompting officials in Shanghai and Hong Kong to issue alerts and the World Health Organization to investigate whether the virus could spread more widely.
The two deaths were in Shanghai, and five people in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces are in critical condition after being infected with the H7N9 strain, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency and Jiangsu’s provincial government website.