On 15 June 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China notified WHO of 5 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, including 1 death.

Onset dates range from 7 May to 22 May. The cases range in age from 45 to 63 years, with a median age of 53 years. Of these 5 cases, 4 (80%) are male. The majority (4 cases, 80%) reported exposure to live poultry, slaughtered poultry or live poultry markets. No human to human transmission was reported.

Cases were reported from 4 provinces: Jiangsu (2), Beijing (1), Hebei (1) and Jiangxi (1).

Public health response

The Chinese Government has taken the following surveillance and control measures:

• strengthening outbreak surveillance and situation analysis;
• reinforcing all efforts on medical treatment; and
• conducting risk communication with the public and dissemination of information.