Shaanxi reports new H7N9 human case

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Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province Wednesday reported a new human infection of the H7N9 bird flu virus, bringing the number of infections to six in the province.

The 62-year-old female from Inner Mongolia showed symptoms including a fever and cough after having contact with dead poultry and was confirmed as infected in the city of Yulin Wednesday.

Also on Wednesday, the local government in the city’s Yuyang District reported more than 20,000 chickens had died from an outbreak of H7N9 bird flu at a private poultry company.

H7N9 is a bird flu strain first reported to have infected humans in China in March 2013.

According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, in March, 96 H7N9 infections and 47 deaths were reported nationwide. In April, 81 infections and 24 deaths were reported.

News story: Apply to register a trade mark

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As part of our ongoing work to improve our digital services, we are implementing changes to the Apply to register a trade mark service.

As part of our ongoing work to improve our digital services, we are implementing changes to the Apply to register a trade mark service.

Apply to register a trade mark will function the same but with improvements to the look and style of the service.

If you have a draft application saved in progress (saved for later), then you must submit it by 14 June 2017. Following this date, any draft applications saved on the current version of this service will no longer be available.

The change will take effect on 15 June 2017 and the first screen will resemble the following;

We would welcome further feedback to continue to improve this service going forward.