China Begins Culling Birds as Death Toll Reaches 6

A sixth person has now died from the H7N9 strand of bird flu, in China.

Eight other people are ill from the disease.

On Thursday, officials went through a market in Huhai after the strand was located in pigeons there.

Culling crews killed over twenty thousand birds, at that market alone.

Authorities are trying to avoid a panic, by pointing out that Tamiflu can be used as a cure, as long as bird flu is caught early enough.

Other countries are beginning to react by banning imports of Chinese birds, as well as increased health checks at airports.

Airlines are already reporting a decrease in ticket purchases in the region.