Taiwan Reports First Case of H7N9

Revelation 6:7,8 NCV When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill people by war, by starvation, by disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.

The recently discovered H7N9 bird flu has now infected a second country.

Taiwan reported its first confirmed case of the virus Wednesday. A 53-year-old man is in critical condition at a hospital according to the Centers for Disease Control. The man had been working in China and returned to Taiwan via Shanghai.

Airports across the region are now checking passengers for fevers when they arrive from areas known to have people infected with the virus.

China has 108 confirmed cases of the bird flu with 22 deaths.

The factor concerning Taiwanese doctors is that the victim claims to have not had contact with poultry and had not eaten undercooked birds during his time in China. These were the two factors that Chinese officials said were the most likely scenario for transmitting the virus.

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