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China - H7N9 outbreak in Changzhou is denied as recycled rumor

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
Changzhou appear H7N9 outbreak? Rumors!
At 09:10 on August 13, 2014
Source: Yanzhao Metropolis

Original title: Changzhou appear H7N9 outbreak? Rumors!



Cangzhou newspaper (Reporter Hanze Xiang) in recent days, one reads "Cangzhou Fourth People's Hospital doctors for H7N9 deaths among people infected with river Renqiu other places," the message on the microblogging, letter widely forwarded. August 12 morning, t
he reporter from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cangzhou City was informed that CDC has not received reports about H7N9 epidemic around Cangzhou, this information is rumor.
It is reported that this madness on the network forwarding false information specific content: "Cangzhou Fourth People's Hospital doctors yesterday four twenty-one deaths due to H7N9 31 years of age, the child is still inside the mother's belly, involved in the rescue! Doctors have been isolated urgent notice: Central just had two sets of TV News broadcast, temporarily do not eat pork, chicken, duck, due to Bazhou 5570 Baoding infected poultry just finished an emergency meeting in Cangzhou City, Cangzhou City. people have been infected, there is a Hejian, Renqiu three, Baiyangdian one, issued immediately after the receipt of the people you care about, prevention is always better than cure, this is definitely not the rumors are true !!! "


Cangzhou little common sense knows that there is no fourth Cangzhou City People's Hospital, which is obviously a false information. At 9:00 on August 12, reporters from the CDC confirmed Cangzhou City, this information is a rumor network transmission, CDC has not received Cangzhou City and all counties report on H7N9 epidemic.

Subsequently, the reporter in the online search keyword discovery, this content is not the first time be reproduced, had been gradually Hainan, Yingkou, Guiyang, Xi'an multiple versions, Chengdu, Wuhan, Harbin and other content almost the same, just change the names, or infection or death or for doctors to patients. Due to fabricate, deliberately spreading false H7N9 epidemic, causing local public panic, disrupt the social order, people were sentenced to criminal detention by the police administrative detention or other penalties. The legal profession, said fabricated deliberately spreading criminal consequences more serious H7N9 epidemic, according to the provisions of the Criminal Law 291, constitute fabricated deliberately spreading false information about terrorist crimes and sentenced to five years imprisonment, criminal detention or control, resulting in serious consequences , at least five years in prison.
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20140813/41557352_0.shtml

for previous similar stories see;
China - Hebei health department denies rumors of H7N9 in pregnant women doctor
China - Officials say news of pregnant doctor's H7N9 death is a recycled rumour - Wenzhou, Zhejiang province
China - Fuzhou health officials deny H7N9 bird flu reported cases & deaths as rumours - Fujian province
China - Officials deny human H7N9 bird flu cases in: Shanghai & Shaanxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang provinces
etc.
 
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