BEIJING (Reuters) - China confirmed an outbreak of H7N9 bird flu at a poultry farm in Hunan province in the southern part of the country, according to a Ministry of Agriculture statement on Friday.
The outbreak in Yongzhou, a city of more than 5 million people, was detected among farmers raising so-called layers, chickens that are bred for egg production, with about 29,760 birds infected, and around 18,500 dying of the disease.
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