ALERT!! H7N9 Bird Flu in Shanghai Kills First Medical Worker, Renewing Transmission Fears Read more: H7N9 Bird Flu Kills First Doctor | TIME.com

The H7N9 bird flu virus has claimed the life of a medical professional in Shanghai, renewing concerns that the virus can spread between people.

An unnamed hospital official told South China Morning Post that there was no evidence that the thoracic surgeon, who died on Saturday morning, had been in contact with live poultry recently. However, he could have treated patients with pneumonia, a symptom of H7N9 infection.

“If the diagnosis is confirmed and no [bird] exposure history is elicited, this does point slightly more to the possibility that H7N9 may be more transmissible between humans than H5N1,



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