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  • China - Sichuan - Chengdu: possible outbreak of H1N1 flu this winter

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    Possible outbreak of H1N1 flu this winter

    2013-11-26 11:27:43 Source: Chengdu Daily Edit: Chao Editor: Zhang

    Municipal Health Bureau to make this warning is because since the autumn, Chengdu fever patients continues to increase, while gathering fever outbreaks have occurred, the intensity of influenza activity increased.

    Chengdu Health Bureau recently issued a warning: this winter H1N1 influenza virus may be advantages in Chengdu flu strain, gradually increase the intensity of current activities, are likely to affect all types of schools and nurseries crowd gathered epidemic may be a certain size or outbreak.

    It is understood that the Municipal Health Bureau to make this warning is because since the autumn, Chengdu fever patients continues to increase, there are clusters of fever epidemic occurred, the intensity of influenza activity increased. According to Chengdu disease surveillance data show that patients with fever month of October increased by 16.24 percent, an increase of influenza cases last month, 6 cases of influenza cases samples positive rate increased by 318.75% from the previous month.

    Chengdu Bureau of Education has asked schools and nurseries to strengthen prevention and control work, the collective life of respiratory diseases, learning spaces to enhance ventilation, urging teachers and students to maintain personal hygiene, such as washing hands frequently, strengthen the morning check and absences due to illness follow-up investigation. If found fever and other symptoms similar to the clusters of cases, should be promptly to the area of ​​primary health care institutions, the CDC reports. Home quarantine sick students to implement treatment, isolation until the symptoms disappear, heat back two days and not less than seven days after the onset, after the area of ​​primary care health services and school health teachers seized the doctor to verify before attending to school reopened.

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