The death toll from a new strain of bird flu found in Shanghai, China has risen to six this week as the Chinese government staged a cull of thousands of birds in a thriving poultry market to prevent a potential spread of the disease.
Some 20,000 birds have been killed at the popular Huhaui bird market in the city after pigeons at smaller nearby markets were found to be infected with the disease.
Six people have now died of the new H7N9 strain of the disease from a total of 14 cases recorded since March.
Scientist are concerned that the disease , which shows no symptoms in birds might mutate and start infecting humans
Shanghai are also preventing any live animal imports into the city, which has a population of more than 23million people, and is also temporarily closing down other poultry markets.
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