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April 15, 2013

China media urge eating poultry despite bird flu
Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2013
China's poultry industry lost 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in the week after the H7N9 bird flu virus began infecting humans, state-run media said Monday as they sought to discourage panic. Altogether 60 people have been confirmed as infected and 13 have died in the two weeks since Chinese authorities said they found the strain in humans for the first time. "The public should somewhat restrain their anxieties to avoid this becoming a disaster for the whole poultry industry," the Global Times sa ... read more

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