Un fornitore cinese è visto ad un vuoto chiuso pollame vivo mercato è raffigurato in Cina a Shanghai, 6 aprile 2013. Funzionari cinesi hanno trovato tracce di
A Chinese vendor is seen at an empty closed live poultry market is pictured in Shanghai, China, 6 April 2013. Chinese officials have found traces of a new bird flu virus in more areas in Shanghai and in the nearby city of Hangzhou, news reports said on Saturday (6 March 2013), as authorities slaughtered birds to stop the spread of the virus that has killed six people. State-run Xinhua news agency said authorities planned to cull birds at two live poultry markets in Shanghai and another in Hangzhou after samples of the H7N9 virus were detected in birds at the three sites. More than 20, 000 birds have been culled at another Shanghai market where traces of the virus were found this week. Officials in Shanghai, Chinas financial hub, ordered all live poultry markets in the city closed on Saturday, leaving food stalls empty. Authorities also banned all poultry trading in Nanjing, another eastern city, although officials said they had not found any trace of the bird flu virus and chicken on the retail market was safe to eat, official media reported. The new strain of bird flu has infected 16 people in China, all in the east of the country.
