Five H7N9 human cases reported in China - All previously known - January 8, 2017

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Five H7N9 human cases reported in China

Xinhua, January 8, 2017

Five human H7N9 avian flu cases were reported in east China's Shandong and Jiangxi provinces as well as the central province of Hunan on Saturday, local authorities said.

The male patient from Shandong's Laiwu City, 53, is receiving treatment in the provincial capital of Jinan.
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Three patients, two females and a male aged at 72, 83 and 48, have been hospitalized in Jiangxi. The local health authorities said the two female patients were in serious condition.

According to the Hunan provincial disease control and prevention center, the patient, a 35-year-old male from Zhuzhou City, is in serious condition....

Another two H7N9 cases were reported in Shenzhen City in south China's Guangdong Province on Friday. An H7N9 patient died in Shandong's Rizhao City on Tuesday.
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http://www.china.org.cn/china/2017-01/08/content_40059577.htm

 

[sharon sanders]

These are the cases referred to above:

#846 - Male, 36, [Zhu], contact with poultry, hospitalized in critical condition, Zhuzhou City, Hunan province

#847 - Male, 53, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province

#849 - Female, 72, [Ji], hospitalized in critical condition, Nanchang, Jiangxi province

#850 - Female, 83, [Zhomou], hospitalized in critical condition, Jiujiang, Jiangxi province

#851 - Male, 48, [Lee], hospitalized in critical condition, Jiujiang, Jiangxi province


Also this case is new:

#848 - Male, 58, [Lee], test positive on January 7, Shanghai


and please see this new case today which will be added to the list shortly:

China - Gov media: 1 new H7N9 case - Lu'an, Jiangxi province - January 8, 2017