Three women among four more infected in China, WHO says 88 under surveillance

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Four more people in China have been infected with a new strain of bird flu, a local government said today, bringing the country's total to seven.
Three women and one man had contracted H7N9 avian influenza, the health bureau in the eastern province of Jiangsu said in a statement, AFP reports.
Two men have already died in Shanghai, while a woman from the eastern province of Anhui is critically ill.
Also today, the World Health Organization said 88 individuals who had been in contact with the two who died in Shanghai early last month were being monitored...
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