A worker carries a cage to catch pigeons at the People's Square as a precautionary measure against bird flu in Shanghai on Saturday April 6, 2013. Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
A worker carries a cage to catch pigeons at the People's Square as a precautionary measure against bird flu in Shanghai on Saturday April 6, 2013. Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
A worker places a pigeon into a cage as a precautionary measure against bird flu at People's Square in Shanghai, China, on Saturday April 6, 2013. Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
Visitors watch as a worker, unseen, uses a cage to catch pigeons as a precautionary measure against bird flu at People's Square in Shanghai, China, on Saturday April 6, 2013. Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
A woman helps a child wearing a face mask as they walk close to a pigeon at People Square's, in Shanghai, China, on Saturday April 6, 2013. Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
In this Saturday, April 6, 2013 photo, a worker takes excrement samples from a chicken at a closed poultry market in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province. Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died. Health officials believe people are contracting the H7N9 virus through direct contact with infected fowl and say there's no evidence the virus is spreading easily between people. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT
BEIJING (AP) ? China reported three more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu on Sunday, raising the total number of cases to 21.
Six of those who contracted the H7N9 virus have died. All 21 cases have been reported in the eastern part of the country.
Health officials believe people are contracting the virus through direct contact with infected fowl and say there's no evidence the virus is spreading easily between people.
China's official Xinhua News Agency reported two new cases in Shanghai and one in east China's Anhui Province on Sunday, citing local authorities.
Shanghai has been ordered by the agriculture ministry to halt its live poultry trade and slaughter all fowl in markets where the virus has been found.
The capital cities of the neighboring provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu also have suspended sales of live poultry. Both provinces have reported H7N9 cases.
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