Shanghai to suspend live poultry markets after H7N9 detected

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-4-6 9:39:28
Photo taken on April 5, 2013 shows chickens are tied up to be dealt with at a market in Shanghai, east China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Chen Fei) Related:Shanghai begins culling poultry; one contact shows flu symptomsHANGHAI, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Shanghai on Thursday closed a live poultry trading zone in an agricultural products market and began slaughtering all birds there after detecting H7N9 bird flu virus from samples of pigeon from the market.Meanwhile, a person who had close contact with a dead H7N9 bird flu patient in Shanghai has been under treatment in quarantine after developing symptoms of fever, running nose and throat itching, the Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission said late Thursday. Full storyShanghai to suspend live poultry markets after H7N9 detectedSHANGHAI, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai will temporarily close its live poultry markets starting Saturday after six H7N9 bird flu cases, including four fatalities, were reported in the city, local officials said here Friday.Among the two confirmed H7N9 patients in the city, an adult, who is receiving medical treatment in Ruijin Hospital, is recovering. A four-year-old is being treated in quarantine in a pediatric hospital, said Wu Fan, director of the Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control & Prevention at a press conference. Full story
Photo taken on April 5, 2013 shows chickens are tied up to be dealt with at a market in Shanghai, East China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Chen Fei) 

 
A man puts chickens into a basin at a market in Shanghai, east China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)
A man puts chickens into a basin at a market in Shanghai, East China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)


 
Photo taken on April 5, 2013 shows a cleaned poultry booth at a market on Jiangsu Road in Shanghai, east China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)
Photo taken on April 5, 2013 shows a cleaned poultry booth at a market on Jiangsu Road in Shanghai, East China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)


 
Workers conduct innocuous disposal of live poultry at the Sanguantang poultry and egg market in Shanghai, east China, April 5, 2013. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Ding Ting) 
Workers conduct innocuous disposal of live poultry at the Sanguantang poultry and egg market in Shanghai, East China, April 5, 2013. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Ding Ting) 


 
The combined photo taken on April 5, 2013 shows workers take encased live poultry out of the Sanguantang poultry and egg market in Shanghai, east China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
The combined photo taken on April 5, 2013 shows workers take encased live poultry out of the Sanguantang poultry and egg market in Shanghai, East China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)


 
The combined photo taken on April 5, 2013 shows workers encase live poultry at the Sanguantang poultry and egg market (big picture) and parts of the live poultry area have been cleaned at the same market (small picture) in Shanghai, east China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
The combined photo taken on April 5, 2013 shows workers encase live poultry at the Sanguantang poultry and egg market (big picture) and parts of the live poultry area have been cleaned at the same market (small picture) in Shanghai, East China. The government of Shanghai Municipality said on Friday sales of live poultry will be suspended in the municipality from April 6 as the H7N9 strain of avian influenza has sickened 14 people and killed six. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)


 

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