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  • Woman gatecrashes Shanghai press conference for answers on dad with H7N9

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    H7N9 infected family members question has been stopped

    2013-04-22 18:38 News breaking news [CNA]

    Held a press conference after the mainland Chinese officials take the initiative to invite the World Health Organization (WHO) experts to Shanghai to study the H7N9 epidemic prevention, family members of a patient before she could ask them to stop.

    The young woman is the daughter of the couple surnamed Gu Shanghai infected with H7N9 avian influenza. Her mother died; father as early as the 1st fever symptoms diagnosed, 11, announced on the 13th. Shanghai, the official said, not from this case to determine the ability of human-to-human transmission of H7N9 with.

    The young Miss Gu unsolicited, Shanghai officials did not anticipate, and gave her opportunity to ask questions, but she say "my mother has passed away, my father is still in the hospital for medical treatment, the hospital asked me for money .. . ", if not finished, the Shanghai Municipal Government spokesman Xu Wei interrupted her, saying," This is a press conference, to be left to a reporter's question.

    The patient's family was coming out, immediately shifted the focus of foreign media. Shanghai municipal government immediately sent a black jacket man sat down beside her, let reporters close to her, the press conference was over, and direct her away from the scene.

    World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Secretary-General Keiji Fukuda said Tuesday afternoon, "still did not evidence to show that it was interpersonal communication". Whether there is "limited human-to-human transmission (limited human to human), the group also did not answer," I can only say that the Shanghai indeed the case of small-scale outbreaks ", and" we must focus on "interpersonal communication "(human to human) the possibility."

    The mainland China infected with H7N9 avian influenza Pobai He believes that Shanghai initial outbreak of H7N9 close the live poultry market, now appears to be effective, but Shanghai immunization ability when the demonstration? "I want to say yes, but not all.

    Yang Weizhong, deputy director of the China Disease Prevention and Control Center added, close the live bird markets trading decisions decisively correct, but not all other mainland cities should do this depends on each deployment.

    Health and Family Planning Commission of Shanghai Municipal Government Xu Jianguang, director of Shanghai confirmed 33 cases, the onset of the 13th. Eight of the patients have recovered, 11 died, 14 cases of treatment. The last 10 days, the number of cases compared with the previous stage in Shanghai declined.

    Wu Fan, director of Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control, of Shanghai 33 cases only two cases, "there is no direct or indirect history of poultry exposure. Keiji Fukuda, pointed out that these two cases the cause must continue to explore and monitoring.

    Keiji Fukuda also said that the H7N9 virus could mutate to increase or decrease the ability to communicate, to be continuous monitoring.


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    Re: Woman gatecrashes Shanghai press conference for answers on dad with H7N9

    Source: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/artic...swers-dad-h7n9


    Woman gatecrashes Shanghai press conference for answers on dad with H7N9
    Tuesday, 23 April, 2013 [Updated: 04:00]
    Daniel Ren wei.ren@scmp.com

    The daughter of a couple infected with the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus, one of whom has died, sneaked into a news conference held by the Shanghai government yesterday in an attempt to question senior health officials about her father's treatment.

    The incident highlighted the lack of information family members of bird flu patients are receiving from hospitals and doctors in the commercial capital.

    "The hospitals and medical staff appear friendly to members of the media like you but have responded in a lukewarm manner to inquiries from family members like me," the 26-year-old, who would only identify herself as Gu, told the South China Morning Post. "I wanted to ask the senior officials about my father's condition and thought the press conference would provide a good opportunity..."

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