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China - Surge in ILI and flu cases over this time last year - shortage of tamiflu in some hospitals - Beijing - February 15, 2016

sharon sanders

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[FONT=&#23435]Late winter influenza peak is more fierce than ever to come[/FONT]
Municipality Hospital of ILI surge
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[TD="width: 190"]Published: 2016-02-15 00:00[/TD]
[TD="width: 170"]Source: Beijing Daily[/TD]
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[FONT=&#23435]   A remarkable period (Reporter Wang Dan) Spring Festival this year, the city suffered a number of hospitals "peak flu" emergency door surge in the number of cases of influenza-like. City Planning Commission yesterday Wei introduced this winter influenza epidemic season compared with previous years, showing shifting trends. City CDC said the current monitoring situation, confirmed flu cases to influenza B mainly for some time, do not rule out the possibility units, schools and other crowded places aggregation of influenza.

  During the Spring Festival this year, the major hospitals have suffered "flu peak," get together patient treatment. Data provided by the City Planning Commission, Wei during the Spring Festival, the number of influenza cases and influenza-like cases had increased. More than 421 city-level hospital emergency department visits cumulative number of 372,286 people, the number of influenza-like illness is 16353 people; the percentage of cases of influenza-like 4.39%, 1.06% higher than the same period last year. The city's 144 for more than two hospital emergency department visits cumulative number of 298,295 people, the number of influenza-like illness was 15269 people, 9265 people above the same period last year; the percentage of cases of influenza-like 5.12%, 1.31% higher than the same period last year.
  During Pang, deputy director of the CDC introduced Spark, the Spring Festival, the city has continued to monitor the influenza pandemic situation. From pathogen monitoring results, the current flu is mixed, with influenza B, accounting for more than Daosi Cheng, followed by influenza A H1N1 and H3N2 influenza each account refrain. From the situation in previous years, the peak season for influenza Beijing generally occurs from December to January. But postponed to early January this year, influenza only appeared, resulting in the epidemic period after the shift, in the New Year just peaked. Spark Pang said, "and push ahead epidemic is normal, the current influenza epidemic in Beijing is still the future for some time, do not rule out the possibility units, schools and other crowded places aggregation of influenza." In addition, flu-like the percentage of cases increased attendance rates during the Spring Festival in patients with other diseases related to reduced.
  Why this flu menacing? Ditan Infectious Diseases Hospital emergency room main Renwang Ling Hang explanation, autumn and winter flu season has always been, but the festival seriously ill give you more profound impression. Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus, the typical clinical symptoms are abrupt onset of high fever, body aches, fatigue and other significant. Influenza can be divided into A, B, C three types, mainly through droplets in the air, human contact or by contact with contaminated items spread. As conscious patients have these symptoms, it is timely medical treatment, to avoid infecting others. Frail elderly and children as well as heart and lung underlying diseases in patients diagnosed as susceptible to mutation of influenza, Tamiflu should be taken cure to avoid pneumonia, asthma, encephalitis and other complications.
  Reporters learned yesterday from some hospitals, New Year's Eve to the sixth month, Xuanwu Hospital admissions 226 cases of influenza-like illness, 89 cases more than the same period last year; Union Hospital, 337 cases, four times last year, confirmed two cases of influenza A ; Friendship hospital, 473 cases, compared with only 189 cases; 300 cases daily Chaoyang hospital, influenza accounted for about 70. At the same time, the reporter found that most of the top three hospitals have reserves cure for influenza treatment Tamiflu, but Tongren Hospital, East Hospital, Puren Hospital, Yizhuang hospitals have appeared in the case off the drug.


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