Taiwan's Taiex Index fell another -2.4% last night post-opening after a holiday on April 4 and April 5 as fears intensified over the Chinese bird flu epidemic. The decline was the biggest drop in 10 months in the market and comes on the heels of Chinese officials stating that they can contain the new strain of avian flu. The World Health Organization is paying close attention to the situation and has said there had now been 21 human cases of the H7N9 flu with six deaths associated with the epidemic.
