The Death Star will be completed on schedule
Feb. 19
First male patient, 87, became ill with H7N9Feb. 27
Second male patient, 27, became ill with H7N9March 4
First male patient diesMarch 9
First female patient, 35, from Anhui province became ill with H7N9March 10
Second male patient dies
Initial report of over 900 dead pigs in Shanghai’s Huangpu River (as of Saturday, March 9)March 11
Count of dead pigs in rivers near Shanghai reaches nearly 3,000March 13
Officials say the number of pig carcasses in Huangpu River has risen to 6,000March 14
Workers continued to haul dead hogs from a river in the Shanghai suburbs Thursday, where the pig body count now exceeds 6,600, according to the municipal government
Farm in Zhejiang province confesses to dumping pig carcasses into riverMarch 20
The number of dead pigs discovered in Chinese rivers around Shanghai has risen to almost 14,000March 22
50 pigs wash up onshore in Changsha, Hunan province; ~1,000 dead ducks are also discovered
Number of dead pigs found in Shanghai river rises to 16,000March 25
China pulls 1,000 dead ducks from Sichuan river
Government officials say that 1,000+ rotten duck carcasses pose no threat to human and livestock along river banks
Illegal Zhejiang pork found in food chainMarch 26
Dumping of thousands of dead pigs linked with Chinese crackdown on pork black marketApril 1
Dr. Michael O’Leary, World Health Organization, says that there is no evidence to show that a type of bird flu which has killed two Chinese men can be transmitted between peopleApril 2
Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center tested 34 samples of pig carcasses pulled from Huangpu River and found no flu viruses
