China - Guangdong has a record of exporting H7N9 human cases - What is the real situation in that province?

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Reported Guangdong Exported Cases:


#816 - Male, 58, onset November 20, stall owner exposed to infected chickens tested positive December 13 in Macao, stable condition, from Guangdong provinceCHP rpt 20/12/16 WHO rpt 19/12/16

#817 - Male, 75, onset December 8, hospitalized December 9 in Hong Kong, test positive December 19, travel history to Dongguan, Guangdong province Death WHO rpt 23/12/16

#827 - Male, 70, onset December 26, hospitalized December 27, serious condition, in Hong Kong, possible exposure in Zhongshan, Guangdong province CHP rpt 3/1/17 WHO rpt 3/1/17

#846 - Male, 62, onset Jan 1, hospitalized Jan 2-3 in Guangdong, then hospitalized in critical condition in Hong Kong Jan 4, Guangdong province Death WHO rpt 17/1/17

#933 - Male, 10, onset January 8, hospitalized January 9, stable condition in Hong Kong - traveled from Foshan, Guangdong province CHP rpt 11/1/17

#941 - Female, 72, hospitalized January 8 in Zhongshan, traveled back to Macao and hospitalized again January 10, poultry contact, Zhongshan, Guangdong province CHP rpt 13/1/17

w. Male, 32, hospitalized in Nanning, Guangxi province, working in Guangdong province

x. Male, 69, hospitalized in ICU in Taiwan, imported from Guangdong province


Some reported poultry exported recently:

Macao - Health Bureau follows up on bird flu virus detected in poultry wholesale market in southern Guangdong Mainland - January 2017

China - Imported chicken in Macao, from the Mainland, infected with H7 avian flu virus in market - February 3, 2017