Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — A 48-year-old man from southern China's Guangdong province died yesterday after being infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus, the local government said.
The man surnamed Xie died at a hospital in Shenzhen, after being confirmed to have avian flu Jan. 15 in Foshan city, the province's Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement on its website. Ten people have died in Guangdong since August from H7N9 infections, according to the official China News Service.
Increased cases of the bird flu strain stoke concerns the virus may mutate into a form that spreads from person to person, as millions travel across China to see their families for the Lunar New Year holiday. Hong Kong, which neighbors Guangdong province, said Jan. 27 it will ban live chicken sales for 21 days and cull about 20,000 birds after a sample imported from mainland China tested positive for H7N9.
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