上海新确诊2例H7N9病例

 　　SHANGHAI, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Two more people were confirmed infected with the deadly H7N9 bird flu strain that has claimed the lives of six people nationwide, local authorities said Saturday.

　　The two male patients, 66 and 74 years old, respectively, developed flu symptoms late last month and were diagnosed with pneumonia¹ over the past two days, the city's health and family planning commission said in a statement.

　　A total of 11 people who had close contacts with the two have not shown flu symptoms.

　　As of Saturday, China has confirmed 18 H7N9 cases -- eight in Shanghai, six in Jiangsu, three in Zhejiang and one in Anhui, in the first known human infections of the lesser-known strain. Of all, four in Shanghai and two in Zhejiang have died.

　　To stem the spread of the virus, Shanghai, Zhejiang's provincial² capital of Hangzhou, and Jiangsu's provincial capital of Nanjing have suspended live poultry³ trading.

　　The National Health and Family Planning Commission said on Saturday that the country's H7N9 cases were isolated⁴ and there has been no sign of human-to-human transmission.?

1 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

2 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

3 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。