BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- One confirmed case of
A/H1N1 flu was reported in Beijing, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday
evening.
It is the third confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu on the
Chinese mainland, according to the ministry.
Fang Laiying (C), dirctor of Beijing
Municipal Health Bureau, Deng Ying (R), dirctor of Beijing Municipal
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Mao Yu (L), president of
Beijing Ditan Hospital, hold a press conference in Beijing, capital of
China, May 16, 2009. One confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu was reported in
Beijing, China's Ministry of Health said on Saturday evening. (Xinhua/Li
Wen) Photo
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The case involved a 18-year-old female who studies in
a university in the New York State of the United States, which was the one
reported previously as suspected case by the Emergency Management Office of
Beijing Municipal Government Saturday evening.
She was currently in a stable condition, with a
normal body temperature, the ministry said.
The female, a Beijing native, arrived in Beijing on
May 11 on board the U.S. Continental Airline C089 and reached home accompanied
by her mother, said the ministry.
A staff member casts away the exposure
suit after disinfection work at Beijing Ditan Hospital, Beijing, China,
May 17, 2009. One confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu was reported in Beijing,
China's Ministry of Health said on Saturday evening. (Xinhua/Xing
Guangli) Photo
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She did not go out or meet friends after arriving
home, according to the ministry's investigation.
She felt unwell and physically weak in the noon on
May 12 and took her temperature herself.
She went to the fever outpatient section of the
Peking University First Hospital in the evening on May 14 and said she developed
symptoms of cough, a few sputum, headache, sore throat, chest distress and sore
muscle, with a body temperature of 37.7 degrees Celsius.
A staff member guards outside the
inpatient department at Beijing Ditan Hospital, Beijing, China, May 17,
2009. One confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu was reported in Beijing, China's
Ministry of Health said on Saturday evening. (Xinhua/Xing
Guangli) Photo
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She was initially diagnosed as fever, needing further
check and "suspected of A/H1N1 flu," the ministry said.
The patient was transferred to the Beijing Ditan
Hospital early in the morning on May 15.
The Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) tested a specimen taken via a swab from her throat, which showed she was
"suspected positive" for A/H1N1 and positive for PIV-H3.
The China CDC and the Chinese Academy of Medical
Sciences tested the specimen again the next day and confirmed she had contracted
the A/H1N1 virus.
The ministry said experts made the decision based on
the patient's symptoms, epidemiological investigation results and laboratory
tests.
All the people who had close contact with her had
been tracked down and put under medical observation, with no one feeling unwell,
it said.
According to Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, Liu had
only contacted with two persons, one is her mother and the other is the taxi
driver who carried her to Peking University First Hospital.
Neither of the two had shown flu symptoms, said Deng
Ying, director of Beijing CDC.
Expressing his appreciation of the 18-year-old Liu
for keeping a clear diary about her journey in Beijing, Fang Laiying, director
of Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said, "she even kept the receipt from the
taxi driver, otherwise it would be difficult for us to find out the driver,"
"The quarantine hospital had arranged three doctors
and three nurses for Liu and took strict medical observation on her," said Mao
Yu, president of Beijing Ditan Hospital.
"Liu is in stable condition as her temperature is
getting normal and her appetite getting better," Mao said.
The health ministry has reported the case to the
World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and relevant countries.
The first two cases in mainland China are Chinese
nationals, Bao and Lu, who had been students in the United States and Canada,
and were traveling back to their homes in the past days of the month, contracted
the flu strain and developed symptoms shortly after they set foot in China.
CHENGDU, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China had lifted 282
people, who were quarantined for close contact with the two A/H1N1 flu patients,
out of medical observation in southwest China's Sichuan Province and Beijing on
Saturday, as the country's infection cases rises to three, local authorities
said.
Among the 126 people who had exposure to the A/H1N1
patient surnamed Bao, 123 had been released from a Hotel in Longquanyi District
of Chengdu on Friday, capital of Sichuan, said He Jun, spokesman for Chengdu
Municipal Health Bureau. Full story
JINAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The government of Jinan,
capital of east China's Shandong Province, began Saturday to offer cash rewards
for information about 10 people who had been in close contact with an A/H1N1 flu
patient.
Even the 10 people could receive the 2,000-yuan (293
U.S. dollars) reward if they report themselves to the local government. Full story
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- At least sixteen people
who were quarantined for A/H1N1 flu symptoms were lifted out of medical
observation in China Friday as the country's infection cases remained at two.
Health authorities in east China's Zhejiang and
Jiangsu provinces said those released from quarantine included 15 people who had
close contact with confirmed A/H1N1 flu infection cases in Japan earlier this
month. They didn't show any flu symptoms. Full story
JINAN, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese health departments
said Thursday more people were put under quarantine while the two citizens who
were confirmed to have contracted A/H1N1 this week were recovering swiftly.
Health authorities in east China's Shandong Province
put 30 people under home or hospital quarantine as of 2 p.m. Thursday to check
for symptoms of A/H1N1 influenza, said the provincial health department at a
news briefing held Thursday. Full story
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health
confirmed Wednesday a man who returned from Canada last week has tested positive
for the A/H1N1 influenza.
The case, the second of its kind on the Chinese
mainland, involved a 19-year-old student surnamed Lv who arrived in Beijing from
Canada on May 8 and traveled to Jinan, provincial capital of Shandong, three
days later. Full story
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A 19-year-old Chinese student
who has been quarantined as the Chinese mainland's second suspected case of
A/H1N1 influenza is "recovering with a normal body temperature," China's Health
Ministry said Wednesday.
Final A/H1N1 test results of the man, surnamed Lv, were
still not available yet, said a statement on the ministry's website. Full story
TIANJIN, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The girlfriend of China's
second confirmed A/H1N1 patient was quarantined Wednesday, but she has shown no
symptoms of the virus, the health department of Tianjin Municipality has
announced.
The 17-year-old woman surnamed Zhang traveled from
Toronto, Canada, with the flu carrier surnamed Lv on Air Canada flight AC029 on
May 8. They separated when they arrived in Beijing and she took a private car
sent by her parents to take her home to Tianjin on Sunday. Full story
BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 63 passengers
entering China showed fever or other flu-like symptoms from Sunday to Monday,
said the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine Tuesday.
Their cases have been handed to local health departments
for further observation or treatment, the ministry said. Full story
HONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A man arriving in Hong Kong
on Monday from the United States may have been infected with the A/ H1N1 flu
virus, local media reported Wednesday.
Samples taken from the man showed "slightly positive"
signs of infection in preliminary test and the Hong Kong University is doing
further examination. The man is now in a local infectious disease hospital, Hong
Kong's public broadcaster RTHK said. Full story
CHENGDU, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland's first
confirmed A/H1N1 patient who was only identified by the family name Bao is
recovering, said He Jun, spokesman of Chengdu City Health Department in Sichuan
Province, Tuesday.
"Bao's life signs are stable: normal temperature,
alleviated symptoms, lighter coughing after three days' medication and care by
medical workers from the Health Ministry, Sichuan Province and Chengdu City," He
said at a news briefing held by Chengdu City Government Tuesday. Full story
