Tracking H7N9 Bird Flu -- Beijing Review

Latest News

-	H7N9 Patient Dies in Beijing
-	Low Possibility of Wide H7N9 Outbreak in South China: Expert
-	China Maintains H7N9 Assessment
-	China Reports 38th H7N9 Death
-	Beijing Reports Second H7N9 Infection
-	No H7N9 Virus Found in Poultry Farms: MOA
-	China's Poultry Prices Bounce Back from H7N9
-	No New H7N9 Cases in Past Week
-	More Provinces End H7N9 Emergency Response
-	Another H7N9-Hit Chinese Province Ends Emergency Response
-	Subsidy Funds Provided to Support Chinese Poultry Industry
-	China Reports 2 New H7N9 Cases
-	Five Samples Test Positive for H7N9 in East China
-	Chinese Scientists' Article on H7N9 Origins Published
-	19 More H7N9 Cases Reported on Chinese Mainland
-	Six More H7N9 Bird Flu Cases Reported in China

Statistics

( Updated on June 3 )

Province/City

Infected

Deaths

Anhui	4	2
Beijing	2	0
Fujian	5	0
Henan	4	1
Hunan	2	0
Jiangsu	27	8
Jiangxi	6	1
Shandong	2	0
Shanghai	33	15
Taiwan	1	0
Zhejiang	46	9

Total

132

Timeline

April 22

104 cases, 21 deaths

April 18

87 cases, 17 deaths

April 16

77 cases, 16 deaths

April 14

60 cases, 13 deaths;
Henan reports first case

April 12

43 cases, 11 deaths

April 10

33 cases, 9 deaths;
China launches vaccine research project

April 8

24 cases, 7 deaths

April 6

18 cases, 6 deaths;
Shanghai authorities announce ban on live poultry imports, closing three markets

April 3

9 cases, 3 deaths;
Zhejiang reports first case

March 31

3 cases, 2 deaths;
Shanghai and Anhui report. National Health and Family Planning Commission notifies WHO

April 21

102 cases, 20 deaths

April 17

82 cases, 17 deaths;
A seven-year-old Beijing girl is discharged

April 15

63 cases, 14 deaths

April 13

49 cases, 11 deaths;
Beijing reports first case;
Cases remain concentrated in east China

April 11

38 cases, 10 deaths

April 9

28 cases, 9 deaths

April 7

21 cases, 6 deaths

April 5

16 cases, 6 deaths

April 2

7 cases, 3 deaths;
Jiangsu reports first case

In-Depth

New Flu Cooped Up

China is mobilizing resources nationwide and seeking international cooperation to prevent a new strain of flu from becoming epidemic

-	Measures Taken
-	No Need to Panic
-	More Transparency

Learning From SARS

Experience of fighting a massive epidemic outbreak translates into action and determination overhauling disease control system

-	Crisis Response
-	A Mature Mechanism
-	New Challenges

Did You Know

-	About H7N9
-	Symptoms
-	Prevention
-	Previous H7 Outbreaks