A Chinese vendor waits for buyers at a market in Nanjing, east china's Jiangsu Province February 26, 2006. A nine-year-old girl in east China's Zhejiang Province and a 26-year-old woman farmer in east China's Anhui Province were confirmed to be infected with H5N1 bird flu, reported the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

A Chinese vendor carries two chickens at the market.

A Chinese customer looks at a chicken.

A Chinese vendor waits for buyers at a market.

A Chinese customer carries a chicken at a market in Nanjing, east china's Jiangsu Province February 26, 2006.

(China Daily February 27, 2006)