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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Hong Kong : CHP closely monitors one additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland

Press release from Hong Kong's CHP :

"  The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is closely monitoring, as of yesterday (March 12), one additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Anhui according to the latest report of the Mainland health authority. The patient is a man aged 86 who is under treatment in hospital.

As of yesterday, a total of 380 human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) have been confirmed in the Mainland, including Zhejiang (138 cases), Guangdong (87 cases), Jiangsu (43 cases), Shanghai (41 cases), Fujian (21 cases), Hunan (17 cases), Anhui (10 cases), Jiangxi (six cases), Beijing (four cases), Henan (four cases), Guangxi (three cases), Shandong (three cases), Guizhou (one case, imported from Zhejiang), Hebei (one case) and Jilin (one case)."


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