China confrims new H7N9 case

According to Guangdong's health department on Saturday, sample of a 51-year-old woman tested positive for the H7N9 virus at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The result was confirmed after the tests conducted by the Guangdong provincial center for disease control and prevention on Friday.

The infected patient has been a poultry slaughtering worker at a local marketplace for many years.

She was transferred to a local hospital for treatment on Friday night.

The patient is in critical condition but remains conscious with stable life sign parameters.

Local health authority said Guangdong still faces the risk of sporadic human H7N9 infections.

And the possibility of human-to-human infection could not be ruled out.

The new case in Guangdong brought the total of human H7N9 infections on the Chinese mainland to 134 this year.

Of the cases, 44 have died.

China stopped the emergency response to the H7N9 avian flu outbreak in late May.

But a spokesman for the National Health and Family Planning Commission said the country has been monitoring the situation and is preparing for any possible outbreaks in the coming autumn and winter.

Earlier this month, researchers with east China's Jiangsu Province said the H7N9 virus may have spread from human to human.

But they said the transmission was limited and non-sustainable.