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Confirmation of two new cases brings to 30 the human influenza affected by China
Friday May 29, 2009
Source: Reuters
New infections are a citizen of Fujian Province and one of the city of Shanghai.
BEIJING .- The total number of patients infected with influenza A (H1N1) in China and 30 people total, after the Chinese Ministry of Health confirmed two new cases and health authorities in Hong Kong recognized three more, as reported today, the official Xinhua agency.
Two Chinese citizens, one of the eastern province of Fujian and another in Shanghai, are the new confirmed cases.
Thus, Fujian is one sick man of 25 years who landed in Beijing on Monday from New York, then take a link to Fuzhou, capital of Fujian.
After coughing and throat dry out, came on Tuesday to No. 2 Hospital, where tests were performed for the A (H1N1), which were positive.
The man, whose name was not revealed, is admitted to the hospital in stable condition and the people closest to those contacted were quarantined to prevent infection.
The other case was a woman of 26 years in Shanghai, who arrived from Chicago last Saturday, suffering from fevers.
The head of the experts of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of China, Zeng Guang, warned yesterday that the increasing number of confirmed cases among Chinese who come from abroad increases the probability of a second generation of domestic contagion.
Moreover, three cases of this disease in Hong Kong are three people living in Northern America and returned in recent days to the former British colony.
Two students, one aged 17 and 18 from Canada and another couple of 20 years residing in the United States are new cases.
China has already registered 15 cases of influenza A (H1N1) officially confirmed by Beijing, which must be added the 15 patients also registered in Hong Kong.
Confirmation of two new cases brings to 30 the human influenza affected by China
Friday May 29, 2009
Source: Reuters
New infections are a citizen of Fujian Province and one of the city of Shanghai.
BEIJING .- The total number of patients infected with influenza A (H1N1) in China and 30 people total, after the Chinese Ministry of Health confirmed two new cases and health authorities in Hong Kong recognized three more, as reported today, the official Xinhua agency.
Two Chinese citizens, one of the eastern province of Fujian and another in Shanghai, are the new confirmed cases.
Thus, Fujian is one sick man of 25 years who landed in Beijing on Monday from New York, then take a link to Fuzhou, capital of Fujian.
After coughing and throat dry out, came on Tuesday to No. 2 Hospital, where tests were performed for the A (H1N1), which were positive.
The man, whose name was not revealed, is admitted to the hospital in stable condition and the people closest to those contacted were quarantined to prevent infection.
The other case was a woman of 26 years in Shanghai, who arrived from Chicago last Saturday, suffering from fevers.
The head of the experts of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of China, Zeng Guang, warned yesterday that the increasing number of confirmed cases among Chinese who come from abroad increases the probability of a second generation of domestic contagion.
Moreover, three cases of this disease in Hong Kong are three people living in Northern America and returned in recent days to the former British colony.
Two students, one aged 17 and 18 from Canada and another couple of 20 years residing in the United States are new cases.
China has already registered 15 cases of influenza A (H1N1) officially confirmed by Beijing, which must be added the 15 patients also registered in Hong Kong.