Human transmissions of H7N9 'sporadic'
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Health authorities will remain on high alert for any viral activity and carry out timely epidemiological background investigations in case of new infections, he said.
On Saturday, two men in Shanghai died after being infected with the H7N9 virus, the city's health authority said in a report on Monday.
One was a 31-year-old doctor and the other a 77-year-old farmer. Both died early in the morning and tested positive for the H7N9 virus on Sunday, the municipal commission of health and family planning said.
Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Hospital said on Monday that the doctor who died was Zhang Xiaodong, a surgeon at the hospital.
The hospital denied that Zhang contracted the virus from patients, saying that it has handled no H7N9 cases.
Seven human H7N9 infections have been reported in different areas of Shanghai, the city's health authority said.
"People who had close contact with those infected were placed under observation and reported no discomfort," it added.
Nationwide, Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces have reported new cases of human H7N9 bird flu infection in the first three weeks of the year.
In Guangdong, another patient with the virus has died despite treatment, a statement from the provincial health authority said on Monday. The patient, surnamed Yang, died on Sunday from respiratory failure, it said.
It was the third human H7N9 fatality since August in the province, which has confirmed 18 human cases of the virus since August.
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