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China - Taiwan CDC issues 2nd level travel warning for Beijing due to recent H7N9 bird flu case

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
Create Date: 2016/06/02
Updated: 2016/06/02


Chinese mainland this year, the city's first case of H7N9 in Beijing appear flu, epidemic recommend upgrading to travel warning (Alert)
Source: Centers for Disease Control Department


Mainland China Beijing Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission announced the city's first case of H7N9 flu cases this year, with a possible exposure based on the local environment, disease tube Department announced that from now on recommendations to enhance the city's tourism epidemic alert to the second level (Alert), and MAC has been notified. Frequent cross-strait exchanges, Taiwan and are planning a trip to remind local people of the area, be sure to pay attention to Gerenweisheng and diet, avoid contact with poultry and live bird market access, in order to reduce the risk of infection.
Disease tube department said The case Tongzhou District, 49-year-old male, poultry exposure history is unknown, is now hospitalized. Chinese mainland since last (2015) since autumn accumulated at least 106 cases of H7N9 flu, the outbreak of the epidemic season was significantly lower than the first three quarters, the existing evidence suggests that H7N9 flu is still limitations person to person, the case is more than 50 years and having poultry live bird markets or exposure history. Global since 2013 to date a total of 783 cases, affecting contain China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada and Malaysia; World Health Organization (WHO) updated 306 cases on May 23, 2016 death. Currently tourism against human avian influenza outbreak suggested that mainland China Zhejiang, Guangdong, Anhui, Hunan, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Fujian, Shandong, Hubei, Hebei and Beijing Tourism recommendation epidemic as a warning (alert), other provinces (excluding Hong Kong and Macao) as a note (Watch).
Disease UNDCP appeal to the Chinese mainland people should wash their hands and other Gerenweisheng implement measures to avoid contact with live poultry birds classes and access to markets; edible chickens, ducks, geese and eggs to be cooked to avoid infection.Repatriation of immigrants, such as when a fever, cough and other flu-like symptoms, should take the initiative to inform airline personnel and airport and port quarantine officer; such as after the return of the above symptoms should wear a mask for medical treatment as soon as possible and inform the physician contact history and travel history .Information to be disease UNDCP website (http://www.cdc.gov.tw), or call toll-free vaccination Line 1922 (or 0800-001922) contact.
News Content Advisory: epidemic center director Liu Dingping phone number: 0928-010-002
spokesman: rooms Yang Yumin, director of public relations phone number: 0928-807-199

zhttp://www.mohw.gov.tw/news/572055298


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#791 - Male, 49, Tongzhou district, Beijing
 
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