Visitors to China were advised to maintain vigilance

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There’s announcement from Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) for those people visit to China. They were advised to adopt general health precautions such as frequent hand-washing and good food safety and hygiene practices.
They were also urged to avoid contact with poultry, birds and wild animals. Latest figures from the World Health Organisation show there were 137 cases of bird flu and 45 deaths in China between February and October last year.

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The ministry said that factors behind the figure could include the increased circulation of the virus during winter in northern areas, growing poultry production and the mass movements of people during the festive seasons. Vietnam, yesterday reported its first death from the virus also known as H7N9 since a four year old child died last April.

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The H7N9 virus is often transmitted to humans by direct exposure to infected live of dead poultry. There is currently no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus.

Source :- Your Health Asia