Tibet - Italian Tourist from Nepal Tests Negative

[Gert van der Hoek]

FLASH: CHINA REPORTS SUSPECTED CASE OF A/H1N1 FLU IN TIBET

2009-5-19 |

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090519/article_401367.htm

 

[sharon sanders]

Tibet Reports Case of H1N1 in Tourist from Nepal

Tibet Reports Case of H1N1 in Tourist from Nepal

Woman entering Tibet from Nepal tests positive for swine flu

An Italian tourist who was in Nepal from May 12 to 16 has been tested positive for swine flu in China.


Chinese health ministry issued a press statement Tuesday saying initial tests on the 42-year-old Italian woman showed her as positive for the H1N1 virus. The woman was not identified by name.


She left Nepal on Saturday for Tibet through Zhangmu border where she was stopped and taken to a local hospital. The woman had developed cold symptoms a day before leaving Nepal and had other symptoms like fever of 38.5 Celsius, sore throat and chills at the time of crossing the border, the statement says.


The woman was reported in stable condition and 23 of her foreign traveling companions have been confined to their hotel for medical observation, the statement says.


Nepali health ministry officials have said it cannot be confirmed if the woman was infected by flu in Nepal, but have intensified preventive measures against possible entry of the virus. nepalnews.com May 19 09


http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2009/may/may19/news16.php

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Tibet Reports Case of H1N1 in Tourist from Nepal

Re: Tibet Reports Case of H1N1 in Tourist from Nepal

Woman entering Tibet from Nepal tests positive for swine flu

An Italian tourist who was in Nepal from May 12 to 16 has been tested positive for swine flu in China.


Chinese health ministry issued a press statement Tuesday saying initial tests on the 42-year-old Italian woman showed her as positive for the H1N1 virus. The woman was not identified by name.


She left Nepal on Saturday for Tibet through Zhangmu border where she was stopped and taken to a local hospital. The woman had developed cold symptoms a day before leaving Nepal and had other symptoms like fever of 38.5 Celsius, sore throat and chills at the time of crossing the border, the statement says.


The woman was reported in stable condition and 23 of her foreign traveling companions have been confined to their hotel for medical observation, the statement says.


Nepali health ministry officials have said it cannot be confirmed if the woman was infected by flu in Nepal, but have intensified preventive measures against possible entry of the virus. nepalnews.com May 19 09


http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2009/may/may19/news16.php

By IOH

According the Italian news agency ANSA, the Italian tourist hospitalized in Tibet for suspected novel H1N1 influenza virus infection, has been discharged from hospital because tested negative.

The woman has reached by phone the Italian Embassy in Beijing to communicate the result of laboratory testing.

See the news in Italian at: http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/mondo/news/2009-05-20_120367454.html