China successfully prepared the vaccine against H7N9

The National Center for National Influenza Prevention on October 26 announced that it has successfully prepared a vaccine against H7N9 bird flu. This is the first flu vaccine developed successfully by Chinese scientists.

Medical staff checked pigeons to see if they were infected with H7N9 in Hunan province, China.(Photo: Reuters)

Participation in vaccine preparation works also includes Chinese and Hong Kong universities, China Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Food and Drug Control Institute, Chinese Academy of Medicine.

Scientists assess that the H7N9 influenza vaccine will play an important role in controlling and preventing this dangerous infectious disease worldwide.

H7N9 influenza virus can easily be spread from poultry to humans at a faster rate than other avian influenza viruses, including the H5N1 virus that once killed more than 250 people in dozens of countries around the world according to the number World Health Organization (WHO).

China found the first patient with H7N9 flu in March. So far, the National Family Planning and Healthcare Committee has recorded 136 cases of human H7N9 influenza virus infection, of which 45 have died, or 33.1%.