Twenty-three people have died from the H7N9 strain, since it first was detected in March. One hundred and eleven people have fallen ill to it, with treatment working on most.
On Wednesday, a case was reported in Taiwan, the first case outside of China. It is believed to now be spreading person to person, though at a very limited level.
To make matters worse, scientists are saying that the strain is now mutating, making itself unaffected by antivirals. If the mutations continue H7N9 could very well become something that there is no known cure for.
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