Beijing closes markets as girl diagnosed with H7N9
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April 14, 2013, Sunday
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A seven-year-old girl in Beijing has been diagnosed with the H7N9 bird flu strain, the first case in the capital, Beijing health authorities said yesterday.
Beijing local authorities announced the closure of all live poultry markets and a ban on live poultry trading in efforts to stem the spread of the virus.
The case in Beijing, plus one more reported in Shanghai yesterday, two in Jiangsu Province and another two in Zhejiang Province raised the number of H7N9 infections in China to 49. All, with the exception of the Beijing case, are located in east China.
Last night, the death toll remained at 11, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The girl in Beijing, whose parents work in the live poultry trade in Shunyi District in the capital's northeastern suburbs, developed flu symptoms, including fever, a cough, a sore throat and a headache, on Thursday morning.
The child, who wasn't named, was taken to Beijing Ditan Hospital at noon that day and admitted with a lung infection.
Her parents, the only two people to have had close contact with her, are under quarantine but have not shown any flu symptoms, said the hospital.
The child received the drug Tamiflu, as well as intravenous drips on Thursday night, and was later transferred to intensive care after her condition worsened.
After oxygen therapy and other treatment, her coughing eased and her body temperature fell to 37 degrees Celsius from 40.2 degrees, said Cheng Jun, deputy president of the hospital.
"The girl's temperature was close to normal in the morning and she ate a small bowl of porridge for breakfast. A couple of hours later she asked a nurse to bring her a chocolate pie, as she was hungry again," said Cheng.
Meanwhile, Shanghai yesterday reported one new case of H7N9. The 56-year-old, surnamed Gu, is the husband of a woman diagnosed with H7N9 who died on April 3. Experts say there is insufficient evidence to show that Gu got the virus from his wife.
In Jiangsu Province, two new patients, a 77-year-old woman from Nanjing and a 72-year-old man from Changshu, are in a critical condition and are receiving emergency treatment at hospitals in Nanjing and Suzhou, the provincial health department said.
Some 16 people who had close contact with them have shown no symptoms, said officials.
In Beijing, the city government has set up a headquarter to lead efforts in stemming the spread of the disease. Fifty-five labs are available to screen cases.
And the Beijing Drug Administration was ordered to stock up on Tamiflu for 2 million people.
Beijing local authorities closed all live poultry markets and banned live poultry trading. Racing pigeon hobbyists have been ordered to cage their birds and agricultural and forestry authorities will monitor wild birds.
Authorities slaughtered 503 fowl and ordered the caging of 2,700 pigeons in the village where the infected girl lives.
Tests of 156 samples collected from the culled birds found no H7N9 virus, said Wang Bin, head of the veterinary department.
The girl's parents bought 75 chickens from a trader from Tianjin, 120 kilometers south of Beijing, selling many to villagers.
The Shunyi District government has notified Tianjin health authorities about the case.
Last night, Zhejiang Province had released no details of the two new H7N9 cases there.
Beijing local authorities announced the closure of all live poultry markets and a ban on live poultry trading in efforts to stem the spread of the virus.
The case in Beijing, plus one more reported in Shanghai yesterday, two in Jiangsu Province and another two in Zhejiang Province raised the number of H7N9 infections in China to 49. All, with the exception of the Beijing case, are located in east China.
Last night, the death toll remained at 11, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The girl in Beijing, whose parents work in the live poultry trade in Shunyi District in the capital's northeastern suburbs, developed flu symptoms, including fever, a cough, a sore throat and a headache, on Thursday morning.
The child, who wasn't named, was taken to Beijing Ditan Hospital at noon that day and admitted with a lung infection.
Her parents, the only two people to have had close contact with her, are under quarantine but have not shown any flu symptoms, said the hospital.
The child received the drug Tamiflu, as well as intravenous drips on Thursday night, and was later transferred to intensive care after her condition worsened.
After oxygen therapy and other treatment, her coughing eased and her body temperature fell to 37 degrees Celsius from 40.2 degrees, said Cheng Jun, deputy president of the hospital.
"The girl's temperature was close to normal in the morning and she ate a small bowl of porridge for breakfast. A couple of hours later she asked a nurse to bring her a chocolate pie, as she was hungry again," said Cheng.
Meanwhile, Shanghai yesterday reported one new case of H7N9. The 56-year-old, surnamed Gu, is the husband of a woman diagnosed with H7N9 who died on April 3. Experts say there is insufficient evidence to show that Gu got the virus from his wife.
In Jiangsu Province, two new patients, a 77-year-old woman from Nanjing and a 72-year-old man from Changshu, are in a critical condition and are receiving emergency treatment at hospitals in Nanjing and Suzhou, the provincial health department said.
Some 16 people who had close contact with them have shown no symptoms, said officials.
In Beijing, the city government has set up a headquarter to lead efforts in stemming the spread of the disease. Fifty-five labs are available to screen cases.
And the Beijing Drug Administration was ordered to stock up on Tamiflu for 2 million people.
Beijing local authorities closed all live poultry markets and banned live poultry trading. Racing pigeon hobbyists have been ordered to cage their birds and agricultural and forestry authorities will monitor wild birds.
Authorities slaughtered 503 fowl and ordered the caging of 2,700 pigeons in the village where the infected girl lives.
Tests of 156 samples collected from the culled birds found no H7N9 virus, said Wang Bin, head of the veterinary department.
The girl's parents bought 75 chickens from a trader from Tianjin, 120 kilometers south of Beijing, selling many to villagers.
The Shunyi District government has notified Tianjin health authorities about the case.
Last night, Zhejiang Province had released no details of the two new H7N9 cases there.
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