China media urge eating poultry despite bird flu Chinese state media urge people to keep eating chicken and help revive the poultry industry, which lost 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in the week after the H7N9 bird flu virus began infecting humans. A total of 63 people have been confirmed as infected and 14 have died in the two weeks since Chinese authorities said they found the strain in humans for the first time. Images of the home village of Beijing's first H7N9 bird flu victim, a seven year-old girl currently being treated in hospital and soundbites of Deputy Head of Beijing City Health Bureau, Houshayu town propaganda director, and Ditan Hosital Deputy Director