Five poultry samples test positive for virus

China's agriculture authority said on Tuesday that its tests have found five more H7N9-positive poultry samples in China, including one from a wild pigeon.

The avian virus was detected in one wild pigeon sample from Jiangsu province and four chicken samples from Zhejiang province, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement.

All of the samples except the wild pigeon were collected from poultry markets in those regions.