No evidence of human transmission of bird flu as China cases rise

Hong Kong (CNN) -- On the day when China announced the number of cases of bird flu had increased, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday that it has no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the virus.

According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, another case of the H7N9 strain of bird flu was confirmed in the country's eastern Anhui province, taking the total number of infections to 21.

Six people have died so far, four in Shanghai and two in Zhejiang, in eastern China, Xinhua said.

Chinese authorities have killed more than 20,000 birds from a live-poultry trading zone in Shanghai in an effort to deal with the issue, while a number of other cities across


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