Flu virus claims 21st victim this year
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February 11, 2011, Friday
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A MAN died of a lethal flu virus known as A/H1N1 in south China's Guangdong Province on Wednesday, after treatment failed, provincial authorities said yesterday.
His death takes the number of dead in China from swine flu to 21 for 2011.
The 55-year-old man was first diagnosed with the virus on January 13. Eight days later, he was admitted to hospital in Shenzhen City where he later died, according to a statement from Guangdong's public health department.
Swine flu has re-emerged in China over the past two months. The country has reported 129 severe cases of A/H1N1 since the end of 2010, after 18 straight weeks without any severe cases.
Another patient "in a critical condition" is being treated along with six others with severe symptoms in Guangdong, the statement said.
A weekly report by the Chinese National Influenza Center showed that A/H1N1 had replaced influenza A (H3N2) as the predominant flu strain in 2011.
Shu Yuelong, director of the center, said China had entered the peak influenza season and more acute cases of swine flu would occur. "But the pandemic would not be as severe as that in 2009," Shu said.
The swine flu outbreak peaked in terms of severity in 2009. The Chinese mainland reported its first case in May of that year. More than 120,000 A/H1N1 flu cases were recorded in 2009, with 648 of them proving fatal.
Shu said monitoring showed that both the percentage of flu-like cases in outpatient and emergency visits and confirmed cases of influenza were lower than the level in the same period of last year. He said that vaccination against A/H1N1 had been effective.
His death takes the number of dead in China from swine flu to 21 for 2011.
The 55-year-old man was first diagnosed with the virus on January 13. Eight days later, he was admitted to hospital in Shenzhen City where he later died, according to a statement from Guangdong's public health department.
Swine flu has re-emerged in China over the past two months. The country has reported 129 severe cases of A/H1N1 since the end of 2010, after 18 straight weeks without any severe cases.
Another patient "in a critical condition" is being treated along with six others with severe symptoms in Guangdong, the statement said.
A weekly report by the Chinese National Influenza Center showed that A/H1N1 had replaced influenza A (H3N2) as the predominant flu strain in 2011.
Shu Yuelong, director of the center, said China had entered the peak influenza season and more acute cases of swine flu would occur. "But the pandemic would not be as severe as that in 2009," Shu said.
The swine flu outbreak peaked in terms of severity in 2009. The Chinese mainland reported its first case in May of that year. More than 120,000 A/H1N1 flu cases were recorded in 2009, with 648 of them proving fatal.
Shu said monitoring showed that both the percentage of flu-like cases in outpatient and emergency visits and confirmed cases of influenza were lower than the level in the same period of last year. He said that vaccination against A/H1N1 had been effective.
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