H7N9 avian flu virus caused 79 deaths out of 192 reported cases in China in January and Chinese demand for live or freshly slaughtered chickens is contributing to the outbreak, particularly on the south and on the eastern seaboard provinces, according to Ni Daxin, deputy director of emergency response for China's Center for Disease Control. He is advising that Chinese people buy frozen chicken instead. The tradition of slaughtering chickens as part of January's the Lunar New Year holiday also spread the disease, party-owned newspaper China Youth Daily claimed.
H7N9 avian flu virus caused 79 deaths out of 192 reported cases in China in January and Chinese demand for live or freshly slaughtered chickens is contributing to the outbreak, particularly on the south and on the eastern seaboard provinces, according to Ni Daxin, deputy director of emergency response for China's Center for Disease Control. He is advising that Chinese people buy frozen chicken instead. The tradition of slaughtering chickens as part of January's Lunar New Year holiday also spread the disease, party-owned newspaper China Youth Daily claimed.