?Beijing - QNA
A total of 139 cases of HIV infections were reported in the first quarter of 2013, the Hong Kong Health Protection Center announced. The newly diagnosed cases comprised 97 males and 42 females, bringing the cumulative total of reported HIV infections to 5,922 since 1984 in Hong Kong, according to China\'s (Xinhua) News Agency. Health authorities in Beijing reported a second human infection of the H7N9 strain of bird flu in the Chinese capital. A six-year-old boy who lives in the Haidian district was confirmed to have been infected with the H7N9 strain Tuesday afternoon, the Beijing municipal health bureau said in a statement. The child developed symptoms including fever and headache on May 21 and he was sent to a hospital for medical treatment on the same day. His body temperature returned to normal on May 23 and he returned to kindergarten the next day, according to the statement. The boy was sent to the Beijing Ditan Hospital for further medical observation after being confirmed of the H7N9 infection. With the latest case, the Chinese mainland has reported 131 confirmed H7N9 cases and of them, 37 were killed.