China - Government media confirms new avian flu H7N9 case in Qiannan, Guizhou province - January 1, 2017

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Qiannan confirmed a case of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza cases

http://www.jxnews.com.cn 2017-01-01 15:45:35 Source: Colorful Guizhou Network Editor: Jxnews Author: Cao Yi

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Order Jiangxi Mobile News: Telecom, China Unicom users to send text messages JX 10,626,655 mobile users to send text messages JXP 10658000,3 yuan / month January 1, the reporter learned from the Qiannan Prefecture Government Information Office, Qiannan health departments in the strengthening of monitoring, from 1 case of unknown causes of pneumonia detected H7N9 avian influenza virus-positive (Figure 1) , The province's disease control departments diagnosed as human cases of H7N9 avian influenza, the patient is currently hospitalized. It is understood that patients 49 years old, now living in Qiannan three counties.December 25, 2016, patients with cough, sputum, fever and other upper respiratory symptoms, December 27, the patient went to Sandu County People's Hospital, on December 29 transferred to the Qiannan Chinese Medicine Hospital isolation treatment, 12 31, the provincial CDC laboratory confirmed the case of human infection H7N9 avian influenza cases. At present, the case is still in active treatment, all cases of close contact with clinical observation, were not abnormal. After investigation, the case before the onset of trafficking in poultry business activities. After the outbreak of the epidemic, Qiannan start emergency plan, to treat patients, the relevant departments to actively carry out epidemic prevention and control work to strengthen the management and prevention and control of live poultry market, the provincial and state levels to further the establishment of the Group of Experts on-site epidemiological survey, Contact with medical observation. zhttp://news.jxnews.com.cn/system/2017/01/01/015617717.shtml

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Qiannan confirmed a case of human infection H7N9 avian influenza patients engaged in poultry trafficking

2017-01-02 09:00

January 1, the reporter learned from the Qiannan Prefecture Government Information Office, Qiannan health departments in the strengthening of monitoring, from 1 case of unexplained pneumonia cases detected H7N9 avian influenza virus positive, the provincial CDC laboratory confirmed that the Cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza cases, the patient is currently hospitalized.

It is understood that patients 49 years old, now living in Qiannan three counties. December 25, 2016, patients with cough, sputum, fever and other upper respiratory symptoms, December 27, the patient went to Sandu County People's Hospital, on December 29 transferred to the Qiannan Chinese Medicine Hospital isolation treatment, 12 31, the provincial CDC laboratory confirmed the case of human infection H7N9 avian influenza cases.
At present, the patient is still active treatment, the patient all close contacts for clinical observation, were not abnormal. After investigation, the patient before the onset of trafficking in poultry business activities... http://gz.sina.com.cn/news/sh/2017-0...f3516794.shtml

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Government media confirms:

Qiannan confirmed a case of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza cases

2017-01-02 14:55:02 Source: Xinhua





January 1, the reporter from the Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Government Information Office was informed that the Qiannan health department in the strengthening of monitoring, from 1 case of unknown causes of pneumonia detected H7N9 avian influenza virus Positive, confirmed by the province of human infection H7N9 avian influenza cases, the patient is currently hospitalized.
It is understood that patients 49 years old, now living in Qiannan three counties. December 25, 2016, patients with cough, sputum, fever and other upper respiratory symptoms, December 27, the patient went to Sandu County People's Hospital, on December 29 transferred to the Qiannan Chinese Medicine Hospital isolation treatment, 12 31, the provincial CDC laboratory confirmed the case of human infection H7N9 avian influenza cases.
At present, the case is still in active treatment, all cases of close contact with clinical observation, were not abnormal. After investigation, the case before the onset of trafficking in poultry business activities.
After the outbreak of the epidemic, Qiannan start emergency plan, to treat patients, the relevant departments to actively carry out epidemic prevention and control work to strengthen the management and prevention and control of live poultry market, the provincial and state levels to further the establishment of the Group of Experts on-site epidemiological survey, Contact with medical observation.

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Confirmed by Hong Kong CHP;


January 8, 2017

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The Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported an additional case affecting a female patient aged 49 from Sandu involved in poultry selling who was hospitalised in critical condition.

http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/2...7010900747.htm

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The Quizhou CDC report mentioned above indicates this is a December 2016 case:

A case of H7N9 avian influenza in Qiannan prefecture

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Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guizhou Province, Sun Jie reported: December 15, 2015 at 15:30 pm, the provincial CDC on duty by the Office of the Center on Emergency Call Telephone Report: Qiannan Hospital of 1 case of "unknown Cause pneumonia cases, "by Qiannan CDC sample detection for the H7 positive, the provincial CDC immediately sent to the director of Tang Guangpeng, director of the Department of respiratory yellow Yan led a team of 6 people at 17:00 to Qiannan to carry out the relevant Epidemiological investigation and disposal. At 23:00 on the same day, the Provincial Health and Planning Commission Emergency Office Director Chen China, the provincial CDC Wang Dingming, deputy director of the provincial CDC emergency accommodation capacity proud director and provincial medical experts and his party arrived at 2:00 on January 1, 2017 Qiannan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, medical treatment of patients and prevention and control of the epidemic to guide, arrived at 7:00 in Sandu County, with the provincial CDC pre-working group, the epidemic for further investigation and work arrangements.
Patient, female, 49 years old, mainly in Sandu County engaged in live poultry trafficking. On December 25, December 30, diagnosed as "H7N9 avian influenza epidemic", the patient is hospitalized in critical condition; patients in close contact with all the medical observation, are not abnormal.
After the outbreak of the epidemic, the provincial expert group immediately went to the scene to arrange the prevention and control work of avian flu, and guide the state and county CDC to carry out emergency treatment, carry out on-site epidemiological investigation and risk assessment. Qiannan and Sandu County immediately launched emergency plans, the county live poultry markets were closed a week to treat the patients, close contacts under medical observation, the relevant departments to actively carry out epidemic prevention and control work

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