Henan bird flu death brings national toll to 32
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May 10, 2013, Friday
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CHINA reported one more death from a new strain of bird flu yesterday, bringing the death toll to 32.
The number of infections remained at 129.
A man surnamed Cui, 56, died yesterday afternoon in Zhengzhou, capital city of Henan, two weeks after his infection was confirmed, the province's health bureau said in a statement.
Cui had a fever for one week before being admitted to a hospital in a critical condition. Medical staff failed to ease his illness as he also suffered from hypertension, coronary heart disease and a cerebral infarction, it said.
The man had no direct contact with birds, but there were birdcages in the corridor of the residential building he lived in, the statement added.
Henan has reported four H7N9 cases thus far. The other three have since recovered.
China has reported 129 human infections, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The commission also stressed that the cases are isolated and there has been no sign of human-to-human transmission.
An environment sample taken from Fujian Province has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday.
The sample was taken from a poultry market, bringing the total number of H7N9-positive samples to 52 in the country, the ministry said.
The virus strain is similar to that found in pigeons collected from a Shanghai marketplace that tested positive for H7N9 on April 4, the ministry said.
The number of infections remained at 129.
A man surnamed Cui, 56, died yesterday afternoon in Zhengzhou, capital city of Henan, two weeks after his infection was confirmed, the province's health bureau said in a statement.
Cui had a fever for one week before being admitted to a hospital in a critical condition. Medical staff failed to ease his illness as he also suffered from hypertension, coronary heart disease and a cerebral infarction, it said.
The man had no direct contact with birds, but there were birdcages in the corridor of the residential building he lived in, the statement added.
Henan has reported four H7N9 cases thus far. The other three have since recovered.
China has reported 129 human infections, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
The commission also stressed that the cases are isolated and there has been no sign of human-to-human transmission.
An environment sample taken from Fujian Province has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday.
The sample was taken from a poultry market, bringing the total number of H7N9-positive samples to 52 in the country, the ministry said.
The virus strain is similar to that found in pigeons collected from a Shanghai marketplace that tested positive for H7N9 on April 4, the ministry said.
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