More people infected by new strain of bird flu in China
Posted: Apr 8, 2013 12:37 AM EDT | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 10:52 PM EDT
BEIJING — Three more people in China have been infected with a new strain of the bird flu.
That raises the total number to 21.
Six people who have contracted H7N9 have died.
Chinese officials report that all 21 cases are in the eastern part of the country.
Cities that have had reports of the virus have been ordered to stop selling live poultry.