​Guangdong reports China's 10th Zika case

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Guangdong reports China's 10th Zika case

Mar 02,2016

GUANGZHOU, March 1 (Xinhua) -- South China's Guangdong Province on Tuesday said the father of two previously confirmed Zika patients was also found to have contracted the virus, marking China's 10th confirmed case.

The 40-year-old man from Jiangmen City returned from Venezuela with his family on Feb. 25. His two children tested positive for the virus on Feb. 27, according to the Guangdong Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission.

He reported the emergence of a rash on Monday, leading to the confirmation of his infection. He is in stable condition in hospital, the commission said.
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=321847

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

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CHP notified of additional imported case of Zika Virus Infection in Mainland

1 March 2016

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) tonight (March 1) received notification of an additional imported case 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.

The male patient aged 40 from Jiangmen, Guangdong, works in Venezuela. He is the father of the two patients reported on February 27 affecting a girl aged eight and a boy aged six. He returned to the Mainland on February 25 and developed skin rash yesterday (February 29). He is now hospitalised for isolation and management in stable condition. He did not pass through Hong Kong.

To date, ten imported cases of Zika Virus Infection have been notified in the Mainland.

"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.

As long as there is international travel, there is always a risk of introduction of Zika virus to Hong Kong. As asymptomatic infection is very common and the potential vector, Aedes albopictus, is present locally, there is also risk of local spread in case Zika is introduced to Hong Kong.
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http://www.dh.gov.hk/english/press/2016/160301-3.html