Shanghai stops poultry trade on bird flu fears
by Staff Writers
Shanghai (AFP) April 6, 2013
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The commercial hub has had six of the country’s 16 confirmed cases of the H7N9 strain, found in humans for the first time, with four deaths. The other two fatalities have been in the neighbouring province of Zhejiang.
Shanghai had culled more than 20,500 birds at an agricultural market in a western suburb by Friday, after the virus was found in pigeons, and the government announced a ban on live poultry trading and markets.
A uniformed worker sprayed disinfectant from a tank on his back at one local market in central Shanghai Saturday, where two booths selling live poultry were dark, and cages empty.
“All trading has stopped because of bird flu. The seller has gone home because he has nothing to do,” said a seafood vendor.
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