China - Guangdong reports two new Zika infections - Total 8 imported cases

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Guangdong reports two new Zika infections

Xinhua, February 27, 2016

China's southern province of Guangdong reported two new Zika infections on Saturday, according to local health authorities.

The patients are two Chinese siblings who returned from Venezuela. One of them, a six-year-old boy, was found having a fever when he arrived at Guangzhou's Baiyun International Airport on Feb. 25, according to the Guangdong Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission. Meanwhile, the boy's eight-year-old sister were found to have developed a rash.

The two were confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus on Saturday, and are receiving treatment in hospital.

With eight confirmed imported Zika virus cases and the weather beginning to warm up across the country, China is on high alert.
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http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2016-02/27/content_37889350.htm

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CHP notified of two additional imported cases of Zika Virus Infection in Mainland

28 February 2016

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) received notification last night (February 27) of two additional imported cases of Zika Virus Infection in the Mainland from the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong Province, and again urged the public, particularly pregnant women, those planning pregnancy and immunocompromised patients, to adopt strict anti-mosquito measures during travel.

According to the health authorities in the Mainland, the two cases involved a girl aged eight and her brother aged six. The patients live in Venezuela. They departed Venezuela for Guangdong and the boy developed fever during the journey. Upon their arrival at Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou on February 25, his condition was discovered by the local Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and the sibling were then hospitalised for isolation and management. The girl was also found to have skin rash. The cases were laboratory confirmed by the Family Planning Commission of Guangdong Province on February 27. At present, they were in stable condition and still hospitalised for isolation and management. The patients did not pass through Hong Kong.

"Routine health surveillance on the body temperature of inbound travellers at all boundary control points is ongoing. Suspected cases will be referred to healthcare facilities for follow-up. However, at present, around 70 to 80 per cent of infected people are asymptomatic and most can recover fully. Therefore, we again urge those arriving from Zika-affected areas to apply insect repellent for 14 days upon arrival to reduce the risk of transmission," the spokesman for the DH said.

The DH has been closely working with the travel industry and stakeholders, especially agents operating tours in Zika-affected areas and personnel receiving travellers in those areas (particularly pregnant women), to regularly update them on the latest disease information and health advice.
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http://www.dh.gov.hk/english/press/2016/160228.html