According to the HFPC of Gansu, two new human H7N9 AIV cases were confirmed: 1) 43-year-old female, lived in Ganzhou district of Zhangye city of Gansu province; 2)47-year-old female, lived in Suzhou district of Jiuquan city of Gansu province.Both patients had live poultry contact history as they all worked in live poultry slaughter house in their cities.

The authority also announced H7N9 positive results for external enviromental samples collected six counties/districts of both cities.(Jiuquan city: Suzhou district,Yumen city,Guazhou county; Zhangye city: Ganzhou district,Shandan county,Gaotai county)