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TOKYO, Feb 3 (KUNA) -- Two more people in central and southern China died
of the H7N9 bird flu virus on Sunday and Monday, the official Xinhua News
Agency reported Monday. With the new cases, H7N9 has so far killed 25 people
in China since January, and the number of human infections has been 113, with
Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces being mostly affected, it said.
Since the Spring Festival holiday in China began on Friday, four people
have been killed by the virus till Monday, according to local health
authorities.
There have been 11 human infection cases reported during the holiday,
including two deaths mentioned above. As bird flu cases are increasing on a
daily basis, public concern over people-to-people transmission of the disease
during Spring Festival is growing, but health experts said inter-human
transmission was unlikely. (end)
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