Hong Kong, CHP closely monitors two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland (April 25 2014)

[Giuseppe]

[Source: Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong PRC SAR, full page: (LINK).]


CHP closely monitors two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland


The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is closely monitoring, as of yesterday (April 24), two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Jiangxi and Jiangsu according to the latest reports of the Mainland health authority.

The case in Jiangxi is a woman aged 75 while that in Jiangsu is a man aged 51. Both patients are now hospitalised for treatment.

A total of 416 human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) have been confirmed in the Mainland, including:

1. Zhejiang (138 cases),
2. Guangdong (103 cases),
3. Jiangsu (53 cases),
4. Shanghai (41 cases),
5. Fujian (22 cases),
6. Hunan (22 cases),
7. Anhui (13 cases),
8. Jiangxi (seven cases),
9. Beijing (four cases),
10. Henan (four cases),
11. Guangxi (three cases),
12. Shandong (three cases),
13. Guizhou (one case, imported from Zhejiang),
14. Hebei (one case) and
15. Jilin (one case).

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