Re: Hong Kong boy, 6, living in Shenzhen tests positive for H7N9 bird flu virus
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Secretary for Food and Health on avian influenza (Chinese only)
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The following is the Secretary for Food and Health KO today (February 2) attend public meeting with the media conversation:
Reporter: Shenzhen have a child infected with avian influenza A (H7N9), Hong Kong will take special measures? Will strengthen quarantine clearance?
Secretary for Food and Health : Since (enter) winter, a new round of avian influenza A (H7N9) in the mainland again, especially after the epidemic in Guangdong Province, we have strengthened border detection. The children are in Hong Kong, but living in Shenzhen. As far as we know, he should be feeling the discomfort, together with their relatives in Hong Kong and their loved ones just come here for shopping during the day, and then they return to the mainland, but he found a fever after returning to the mainland, then diagnosed (Avian Influenza influenza (H7N9)). He is currently under medical observation at home, it was reported that their symptoms are not very serious, but we are very concerned about the incident, because Hong Kong people, this is the fifth case (confirmed avian influenza A (H7N9)) cases, although strictly speaking He was not diagnosed in Hong Kong, as well as the disease had come to Hong Kong during the day. But as I said earlier, since the winter after a new round of avian influenza A (H7N9) epidemic, in fact, (we) have stepped up crowd control the border. In the past few days will be particularly intense, because after a New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and early today after more and more people began to be gradually returning to Hong Kong, but there are some Hong Kong people suffering from mild illness during the holidays without see a doctor. It is expected that in the past few days, visiting public hospitals in Hong Kong, especially the emergency room will quite tight, so the Hospital Authority will closely monitor the situation.
Reporter: For the first quarantine in the Mainland, you refer to a radio program yesterday permissions problem, will it be too preliminary to deny this proposal? Will try to negotiate with the mainland?
Secretary for Food and Health: For the time being, about how to find a way to let different sources (chickens), that is, from the Mainland and Hong Kong local chickens, while waiting for the test results do not need to live together in one place, In this regard, I am now looking for a preliminary tendency in some places near Man Kam (animal checkpoint). Even find a place, but also consider the traffic problems which, if (distance) close would be better, then you want to build some facilities, such as ventilation facilities such facilities comply with the quarantine requirements before they can. In this regard, I believe that my colleagues Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department will take some time to decide which option is more suitable. For the time being, the situation should be further detailed some progress, I will tell you that as soon as possible.
Reporter: Will the future be able to do to stop the chicken 21?
Secretary for Food and Health: I do not dare to say so, because it depends on if we can find places to find a place to work and then what needs to be done to make the arrangements both to achieve our stated goal and consistent with quarantine requirements.
Reporter: Why did not cross the border when the boy found him with (avian influenza A (H7N9)) virus? You just said that the past few days and we may Mainland holidays, will expect after the holidays, there may be avian influenza A (H7N9) infection in the number of cases rising?
Secretary for Food and Health: Now to cross the border, we mainly use the temperature probe (method), but even if the incidence of a person, he may first incubation period, depending on the second he did not really have a fever. Everyone on the same illness, his reaction is not necessarily the same symptoms. So if he did not fever, it may not be the first to detect a second is if the symptoms are relatively minor, may not detect it. Because we are a visual way to see everyone except there is no fever, there is no way to feel very unwell, so (boys) just in the early stages, may not necessarily be probing get. Therefore, we must continue to remind the public that once you feel unwell, especially those with a history of over-exposure or contact with live poultry, wild birds, or been to the markets, these people should be more careful.
