A poultry market with more than 250 traders, which was suspected of being linked to a human H7N9 case, was shut down in Foshan, South China's Guangdong province, on Jan 17, 2014. Guangdong province has confirmed 26 human H7N9 infections, with three resulting in death. [Photo/icpress.cn]

Chickens are caged or slaughtered as Xianshao district of Hangzhou province banned the live poultry trade after its first confirmed human H7N9 case on Jan 13, 2014. The district has four people infected with the H7N9 virus. [Photo/icpress.cn]