Poultry cages lay empty in H7N9 crackdown

The live poultry trade area of a market in Hangzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, is empty on April 15, 2013, following a city government's order to suspend all living poultry trade in the main urban districts. The order, which took effect on April 15, also requires the temporary closure of all living poultry trade areas in farm produce, flowers and birds market and two poultry trade markets in the city. As of April 14, a total of 15 H7N9 human infections had been reported in Zhejiang province, including two deaths. [Photo/Xinhua]

A live chicken dealer smokes beside empty cages in a living poultry trade area of a market in Hangzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province on April 15, 2013.[Photo/Xinhua]