(VOVworld) - Shenzhen City in China's Guangdong Province on Monday reported a new human infection of H7N9 bird flu. A six-year-old girl has tested positive for H7N9 and is hospitalized, the Guangdong Health and Family Planning Commission said.

Her case is described as mild. Earlier, Shenzhen reported its first H7N9 human case on Dec 30. Both victims are residents of the city's Longhua New District which has now closed its live poultry markets. Most bird flu cases in humans come from exposure to infected poultry.