China - Guangdong province announces 1 new H7N9 cases and 1 new H5N6 case + 1 new January H7N9 case referred to - January 28, 2016

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Government confirmation....

[FONT=&#23435]Guangdong H7N9, H5N6 epidemic reporting (January 28)

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[FONT=&#23435][Letter] Guangdong health

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2016 Week 4 (January 21 to January 28 10:00) province reports new H7N9 cases one case, Meizhou report. H5N6 new cases were reported.

Up to now, the province reported a total of 2016 H7N9 cases, four cases were cured in 2 cases, 1 death; H5N6 cases, three cases, one case of cure.

Experts advise: During the Spring Festival, live poultry trading volume increased, the occurrence of H7N9, H5N6 cases increased risk, the masses do not buy live birds home.

http://www.gdwst.gov.cn/a/yiqingxx/2016012814947.html


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3 already known H7N9 cases reported in 2016 to date:

#696 - Female, 58, reported January 9 - probable January case, hospitalized in critical condition, Jieyang, Guangdong province

#708 - 1 case announced by Guangdong province on January 14, stable condition, Jieyang, Guangdong province

#709 - 1 case announced by Guangdong province on January 14, stable condition, Zhongshan, Guangdong province


New 4th H7N9 case referred to in the above report:

#713 - 1 previous case referred to by Guangdong province in Jan 28 announcement, Guangdong province




Three 2016 H5N6 cases referred to above:


Male, 25, onset January 1, hospitalized January 4, 2016 in critical condition, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong province Death WHO rpt Jan. 11 note

Male, 42, onset December 12, hospitalized December 12, died December 21, 2015, lived in Jieyang City, Guangdong province Death WHO rpt Jan 11

Woman, 31, onset January 8, hospitalized in critical condition, Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong province WHO rpt Jan 28

 

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Hong Kong health department....

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CHP closely monitors two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland
********************************************************* The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is today (January 28) closely monitoring two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the Mainland, and again urged the public to maintain strict personal, food and environmental hygiene both locally and during travel.

According to the Health and Family Planning Commission (HFPC) of Guangdong Province and the HFPC of Hunan Province, the 74-year-old male patient lived in Meizhou, Guangdong, while another 33-year-old male patient, with poultry contact history, lived in Yongzhou, Hunan.

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http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201601/28/P201601280777.htm