China reports fourth H7N9 bird flu death

State media says a man in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu. Source: AAP

A MAN has died in China's business capital of Shanghai of a new strain of bird flu, bringing the total number of deaths from the H7N9 virus to four.

The 48-year-old poultry worker, from the eastern province of Jiangsu, was the eleventh person known to have been infected with H7N9 since the first human cases were reported earlier this year, according to China's CCTV on Thursday.

He was the third person to die in Shanghai, while another died in the neighbouring province of Zhejiang.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of a pandemic because the disease is not thought to be transmitted from human to human, unlike the more common H5N1 strain.

Shanghai health authorities said none of the eight people with whom the man had close contact showed signs of the illness.

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