Fighting the H7N9 nightmare

Updated:2013-04-08 17:59

(chinadaily.com.cn)

A quarantine worker sprays disinfectant in Huishangcheng poultry wholesale market in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, on April 7, 2013. The operation at the city's largest fowl wholesale market was done to help curb bird flu.   China reported three more H7N9 infections on Sunday, bringing the total number of the confirmed cases to 21 as the country is gearing up to fight the disease that has left six dead.   The latest confirmed H7N9 case was reported in Anhui province, where a 55-year-old male working in the live poultry trade was diagnosed with the virus, local health authorities said on Sunday night. [Photo/Xinhua]