A second case of H10N8 avian flu has been confirmed in the same province as the world's first case, which was reported last month, Chinese health officials told Xinhua, the nation's state-run newspaper.
China confirms 14 new cases in five provinces as tests show a mixed picture on poultry farms.
China reported 11 new H7N9 flu cases today, including the first one in Beijing since last spring.
H7N9 avian flu replicates well in finches, sparrows, and parakeets experimentally inoculated with the pathogen, and the birds shed the virus in high numbers and show few signs of disease, scientists reported today in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Seven new cases threaten to push the second wave higher than the first one last spring.
The H5N8 strain of avian flu has been found in wild geese in the same South Korean province that has seen H5N8 outbreaks in domestic ducks, according to a story today in The Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper.
As 4 new cases are confirmed, the WHO notes a trend toward slightly younger patients and a lower death rate.
The pace of H7N9 equals last year's peak of activity, with 23 new cases in the past 4 days.
A 52-year-old man in the southern province of Binh Phuoc has died of H5N1 avian flu, the first case in Vietnam in 9 months, Than Nien News reported today.
A Bangladeshi doctor who was working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, died of a Middle East respiratory coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection on Jan 15, according to an Arab News report today. The case has not yet been announced by Saudi authorities.
