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    2 Mainland H7N9 cases reported

    November 11, 2016


    The Centre for Health Protection has learned of two avian influenza A (H7N9) cases on the Mainland, involving one man and one woman.

    The patients, one from Zhejiang and the other from Jiangsu, are aged 77 and 89.

    Mainland health authorities have reported 777 human H7N9 cases since 2013.

    The centre reminded travellers to the Mainland and other avian influenza-affected areas not to visit live poultry markets and farms and to avoid contact with poultry and their droppings.


    The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) today (November 11) received notification of two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) from the National...

    Last edited by sharon sanders; November 11, 2016, 06:44 AM. Reason: added link
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