Cases of H7N9 resistant to drugs

Preventive strategy stays despite Chinese scientists' new findings

Measures taken against H7N9 bird flu won't be changed despite the first cases detected of the virus proving resistant to recommended treatment with Tamiflu or similar antiviral drugs, a senior health official said on Wednesday.

Feng Zijian, director of the health emergency center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was speaking to China Daily after the discovery by Chinese scientists.