Hunan bird flu case, as 2 recover in city
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00:49 UTC+8 April 28, 2013
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CHINA reported its first case of H7N9 bird flu in the central province of Hunan, the latest sign the virus that has killed 23 people in the country is continuing to spread.
Meanwhile, Shanghai - which has been hardest-hit so far - is seeing more patients recovered. Two were released yesterday. One is an 81-year-old woman who was confirmed with H7N9 infection on April 9 and another a 47-year-old man confirmed on April 16, according to Shanghai health authorities.
By 5pm yesterday, Shanghai had reported 33 confirmed H7N9 cases. Of these, 10 are still under treatment, 11 have recovered and released from the hospital. The new strain of the virus has claimed 12 lives in the city.
The new confirmed case in Hunan Province is a 64-year-old woman from Shaoyang City who developed a fever on April 14, four days after coming into contact with poultry.
Her condition had improved with treatment, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The flu was first detected in March. This week, the World Health Organization called the virus "one of the most lethal," and said it is more easily transmitted than an earlier strain that has killed hundreds of people around the world since 2003.
None of the 41 people who had come into contact with the newly-confirmed Hunan patient, identified only by her surname, Guan, have shown symptoms, according to Xinhua.
A 54-year-old man who fell ill in Jiangxi Province was also being treated in Hunan, where he was diagnosed with H7N9, Xinhua said.
The Hunan cases come a day after the eastern province of Fujian reported its first case and during the same week that a man in Taiwan become the first case of the flu outside Chinese mainland. He caught the flu while travelling on mainland.
Chinese scientists confirmed on Thursday that chickens had transmitted the flu to humans.
Meanwhile, Shanghai - which has been hardest-hit so far - is seeing more patients recovered. Two were released yesterday. One is an 81-year-old woman who was confirmed with H7N9 infection on April 9 and another a 47-year-old man confirmed on April 16, according to Shanghai health authorities.
By 5pm yesterday, Shanghai had reported 33 confirmed H7N9 cases. Of these, 10 are still under treatment, 11 have recovered and released from the hospital. The new strain of the virus has claimed 12 lives in the city.
The new confirmed case in Hunan Province is a 64-year-old woman from Shaoyang City who developed a fever on April 14, four days after coming into contact with poultry.
Her condition had improved with treatment, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The flu was first detected in March. This week, the World Health Organization called the virus "one of the most lethal," and said it is more easily transmitted than an earlier strain that has killed hundreds of people around the world since 2003.
None of the 41 people who had come into contact with the newly-confirmed Hunan patient, identified only by her surname, Guan, have shown symptoms, according to Xinhua.
A 54-year-old man who fell ill in Jiangxi Province was also being treated in Hunan, where he was diagnosed with H7N9, Xinhua said.
The Hunan cases come a day after the eastern province of Fujian reported its first case and during the same week that a man in Taiwan become the first case of the flu outside Chinese mainland. He caught the flu while travelling on mainland.
Chinese scientists confirmed on Thursday that chickens had transmitted the flu to humans.
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