Guangdong reports 5 avian flu human cases

Source:Xinhua

Updated: 2016-01-15

GUANGZHOU, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Three human H7N9 avian flu cases and two H5N6 cases have been reported in south China's Guangdong Province within two weeks, local health authorities said Thursday.

The new patients are from several cities, indicating sporadic cases that are not capable of human-to-human infection, health experts in the province said.

Local authorities warned people with weakened immunity, such as the elderly, children and pregnant women, not to visit wet markets where live poultry is sold.

H7N9 is a bird flu strain first reported to have infected humans in March 2013 in China. It is most likely to strike in winter and spring.

The world's first human H5N6 infection was reported in May 2014 in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A 26-year-old woman suffering from the disease died in Shenzhen City on Dec. 30.