BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- China developed a new
diagnostic reagent to test for A/H1N1 flu virus in pigs and the new method could
provide test results in five hours, the Ministry of Agriculture said Sunday.
The ministry has organized experts soon after the
outbreak of A/H1N1 to develop new diagnostic reagents to test for A/H1N1 virus.
The method could also provide references for the virus in humans, the ministry
said.
The ministry has urged local
branches to strengthen efforts on the storage and management of emergency
materials for the influenza A/H1N1 prevention and control.
China suspends imports of pigs from Canada's Alberta
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- China would suspend imports of pigs or relevant products from Alberta of Canada, said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the Ministry of Agriculture Sunday.
The move was made after some pigs in the province of Alberta had been found to be infected with the A/H1N1 flu Saturday. Full story
Shanghai officials say 68 quarantined after flight from Mexico with flu case
SHANGHAI, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Sixty-eight people who were on the same Mexico City-Shanghai flight with a Mexican national later diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong, have been located and are in quarantine in Shanghai, health officials told reporters Sunday.
None have displayed any flu symptoms, according to Xu Jianguang, head of the municipal health bureau. Full story
China says quarantined passengers from
Mexico flight show no flu symptoms
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- None of the passengers quarantined in China who took the same flight with a Mexican national later diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong had shown flu symptoms as of Sunday noon, China's health ministry said.
All the passengers aboard Thursday's Mexican flight
Aeromexico 098 from Mexico City to Shanghai have been located, and those who
remained in China were quarantined, the ministry said. Full story
Health Ministry: China to start daily
status report on A/H1N1
BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- China's Health
Ministry will begin a daily status report on influenza A/H1N1 starting Sunday,
though the mainland has yet to report a case, the ministry said in a circular
Saturday.
The ministry will also report the condition of those who
were in close contact with influenza A/H1N1 patients, the circular said. Full story
113 quarantined after taking flight from Mexico with flu
case
BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) --
At least 113 people, who were on the same Mexico City-Shanghai flight with a
Mexican national later diagnosed with influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong, are under
quarantine, Chinese health authorities said Saturday.
None of them have displayed any flu symptoms so far.
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Hong Kong reports no new confirmed flu
case on Sunday
HONG KONG, May 3 (Xinhua) -- There has been no
new confirmed case of influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong apart from the city's first
case involving a Mexican man, who was now in stable condition in a local
hospital, officials said Sunday.
The Center for Health Protection received reports on 15
patients in line with the reporting criteria for influenza A/H1N1 within the
last 24 hours or so, but the possibility of infection has been ruled out for
five of them, while laboratory tests on the other ten were still going on, said
Thomas Tsang, controller of the center. Full story
Hong Kong tightens quarantine measures
at cross-boundary control point
HONG KONG, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The health and quarantine authorities of Hong Kong
and neighboring Shenzhen City have been simultaneously implemented health
declaration measures at cross- boundary control point here Saturday after Hong
Kong reported its first confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu infection.
A spokesman for the Department of Health of Hong Kong said
beginning 20:00 Saturday (GMT 1200), all incoming travelers via the Lo Wu
Boundary Control Point would be required to submit a completed Hong
Kong-Shenzhen Entry/Exit Health Declaration Form. Full story
Video: First case influenza A/H1N1 confirmed
in Hong Kong
