Selling poultry banned in Beijing for fear of widespread bird flu

In this Saturday, April 13, 2013 photo, journalists film a seven-year-old girl, being treated for the H7N9 virus, through a television screen during a news conference at the Ditan Hospital in Beijing. A new case of bird flu in China’s capital, a 4-year-old boy who displayed no symptoms, is adding to the unknowns about the latest outbreak that has caused 63 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, health officials said Monday. Medical teams found the boy in a check of people who had contact with the 7-year-old girl, who was confirmed as Beijing’s first case of H7N9 over the weekend: a neighbor of the boy bought chicken from the girl’s family.

A vendor stands outside her store as the Chinese character for poultry is seen covered with a red cloth after it was prohibited from being sold in Naidong village, where a boy tested positive for the H7N9 virus, in Beijing Monday, April 15, 2013. The new case of bird flu in China’s capital, a 4-year-old boy who displayed no symptoms, is adding to the unknowns about the latest outbreak that has caused 63 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, health officials said Monday. <AP Photo>