Hong Kong, CHP notified of additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland (April 5 2014, extract)

[Giuseppe]

[Source: Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong PRC SAR, full page: (LINK). Extract.]


CHP notified of additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland


The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) yesterday (April 4) received notification of an additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Heyuan affecting a man aged 62 from the Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong Province. He is now hospitalised for treatment.

A total of 399 human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) have been confirmed in the Mainland, including:

1. Zhejiang (138 cases),
2. Guangdong (98 cases),
3. Jiangsu (46 cases),
4. Shanghai (41 cases),
5. Fujian (22 cases),
6. Hunan (20 cases),
7. Anhui (11 cases),
8. Jiangxi (six cases),
9. Beijing (four cases),
10. Henan (four cases),
11. Guangxi (three cases),
12. Shandong (three cases),
13. Guizhou (one case, imported from Zhejiang),
14. Hebei (one case) and
15. Jilin (one case).

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