BEIJING
China confirmed Sunday that a total of 70 H7N9 cases have been quarantined in China, including 20 cases that have ended in death.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said 12 of the infected have recovered however 70 others were continued to be treated.
There is no indication of human-to-human transmission of the influenza, according to the commission.
Top Chinese lab had earlier stated the H7N9 avian influenza occurred due to genetic reassortment of wild birds from east Asia and chickens from east China.
