Gert van der Hoek
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The previous article from HongKong says "confirmed" .
First suspected case of domestic swine flu in China
29 May 2009
BEIJING: China's health ministry reported Friday the first suspected case of swine flu involving a person infected with the virus inside the country.
The patient, a 24-year-old woman in the southern province of Guangdong, had been in close contact with a confirmed carrier of the A(H1N1) virus, the ministry said in a statement.
The woman works as a make-up artist at a photo studio in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, and came in touch with the confirmed case when he and his girlfriend had wedding photos taken Monday and Tuesday, it said.
On Wednesday, she developed a headache and a fever, and after she was hospitalised, Guangzhou health officials said she was a suspected swine flu case.
The health ministry said the confirmed case was a 28-year-old Chinese-American man employed at a hospital in New York, who had flown to Guangzhou on Sunday.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/China-reports-1st-domestic-flu-case/articleshow/4592022.cms
First suspected case of domestic swine flu in China
29 May 2009
BEIJING: China's health ministry reported Friday the first suspected case of swine flu involving a person infected with the virus inside the country.
The patient, a 24-year-old woman in the southern province of Guangdong, had been in close contact with a confirmed carrier of the A(H1N1) virus, the ministry said in a statement.
The woman works as a make-up artist at a photo studio in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, and came in touch with the confirmed case when he and his girlfriend had wedding photos taken Monday and Tuesday, it said.
On Wednesday, she developed a headache and a fever, and after she was hospitalised, Guangzhou health officials said she was a suspected swine flu case.
The health ministry said the confirmed case was a 28-year-old Chinese-American man employed at a hospital in New York, who had flown to Guangzhou on Sunday.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/China-reports-1st-domestic-flu-case/articleshow/4592022.cms