China's bird flu outbreak not cause for panic: WHO

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China's bird flu outbreak not cause for panic: WHO

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-bird-flu-outbreak-not-cause-panic-060513422.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kJegG6BGUflcerCzou7ppg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-08T060513Z_4_CBRE93511DD00_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-BIRDFLU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A boy looks at pigeons at a public park in People Square, downtown Shanghai" align="left" title="A boy looks at pigeons at a public park in People Square, downtown Shanghai" border="0" /></a>By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is not a cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 21, with six deaths. The WHO praised China for mobilizing resources nationwide to combat the H7N9 flu strain by culling tens of thousands of birds and monitoring hundreds of people close to those infected. &quot;So far, we really only have sporadic cases of a rare disease, and perhaps it will remain that way. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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