Bird flu case reported
Source: Xinhua |
01:20 UTC+8 November 18, 2010
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A 59-year-old Hong Kong woman was found to have contracted bird flu virus after visiting Chinese mainland last month, the Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health York Chow said yesterday.
Speaking at a press briefing yesterday evening, Chow said the patient went to the mainland on October 23 where she visited places including Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing. She developed flu-like symptoms on November 2, one day after returning to Hong Kong, and was later admitted to hospital.
Chow said since the patient, who is now in a serious condition, had been to wet markets in the mainland, he believed that the contraction had probably happened outside Hong Kong. But he did not rule out the possibility that it was a local case.
The Serious Response Level under the government's Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic has been activated, said the city's health chief, adding that the government will submit the case to the World Health Organization. A conference has also been arranged.
There was an outbreak of the disease in 1997 in Hong Kong in which six people died. About 1.5 million -poultry were killed in efforts to prevent further spread of the disease.
Speaking at a press briefing yesterday evening, Chow said the patient went to the mainland on October 23 where she visited places including Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing. She developed flu-like symptoms on November 2, one day after returning to Hong Kong, and was later admitted to hospital.
Chow said since the patient, who is now in a serious condition, had been to wet markets in the mainland, he believed that the contraction had probably happened outside Hong Kong. But he did not rule out the possibility that it was a local case.
The Serious Response Level under the government's Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic has been activated, said the city's health chief, adding that the government will submit the case to the World Health Organization. A conference has also been arranged.
There was an outbreak of the disease in 1997 in Hong Kong in which six people died. About 1.5 million -poultry were killed in efforts to prevent further spread of the disease.
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