Disease control experts claimed that while closing live poultry markets may cause a huge economic setback, it is the best way of curbing the deadly H7N9 bird flu in case of an outbreak. The closure of 780 live poultry markets (LPMs) in the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huzhou and Nanjing in April reduced the daily number of H7N9 infections by more than 97 percent, said a study in The Lancet medical journal. Most have since reopened, and China ...
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