Details of eight cases notified to WHO on 7 February 2014 are as follows:

Six of the eight cases are male, the age range is 5 to 73 years old. Cases were reported from Jiangsu (2) Zhejiang (2), Beijing (1), Guangdong (1) and Guangxi (1) and Hunan (1). Five cases are currently in critical condition, two cases in severe condition and one has a mild illness. Seven out of eight cases are reported to have had a history of exposure to poultry or a live poultry market. One of the eight is a close contact of a case from Heng County, Guangxi province, who had been notified to WHO on 5 February 2014.

• A 64 year-old farmer from Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, who became ill on 27 January and was admitted to hospital on 30 January and transferred to another hospital on 4 February. He is currently in a severe condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 39 year-old man from Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, who became ill on 26 January and was admitted to hospital on 28 January and transferred to another hospital on 31 January. He is currently in a severe condition The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 66 year-old man from Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, who became ill on 22 January and was admitted to hospital on 4 February. He is in critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 63 year-old man from Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, who became ill on 20 January and was admitted to hospital on 1 February. He is in critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 61 year-old, woman from Yueyang City, Hunan Province, who became ill on 29 January and was admitted to hospital on 31 January and transferred to another hospital on 3 February. She is in critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 36 year-old, woman from Foshan City, Guangdong Province, who became ill on 25 January and was admitted to hospital on 30 January and transferred to another hospital on 2 February. She is in critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 5 year-old boy from Nanning City, Guangxi Province, who became ill on 3 February and was then transferred to a hospital. He has a mild illness. This patient is a close contact of a previously reported cases, a 41 year old woman from Nanning City who was notified to WHO on 5 February (see Disease Outbreak News dated 7 February). An epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
• A 73 year-old man from Northern Beijing who became ill on 30 January and was admitted to hospital on 2 February and was transferred to another hospital on 5 February 2014. He is in critical condition . The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.

Details of seven new cases, including one death, notified to WHO on 8 February 2014 are as follows:

Cases were reported from Guangdong (3), Zhejiang (2), Fujian (1) and Hunan (1). Four of the cases are male. The age range is between 21 and 81 years. Three cases are currently in critical condition and three cases are in severe condition. Six out of the seven cases are reported to have had a history of exposure to poultry or a live poultry market.

• A 54 years old man, from Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, who became ill on 1 February and was admitted to hospital on 4 February. He is currently in a severe condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 76 years old woman from Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, who became ill on 24 January and was admitted to hospital on 31 January. She is currently in a critical condition.
• A 81 years old man from Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, who became ill on 30 January and was admitted to hospital on 2 February and discharged from hospital on 6 February at the request of his family and died at home on the same day. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 21 years old woman from Loudi City, Hunan Province, who became ill on 30 January and was admitted to hospital on 1 February and then transferred to another hospital on 2 February. She is currently in a critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 48 years old man from Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, who became ill on 28 January. He was admitted to hospital on 30 January and then transferred to a hospital in Guangzhou City on 5 February 2014. He is currently in a severe condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 62 years old man from Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, who became ill on 1 February and was admitted to hospital on 2 February. He is currently in a severe condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
• A 59 years old woman from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, who became ill on 27 January ad was admitted to hospital on 1 February. She is currently in a critical condition. The patient has history of exposure to live poultry.