China confirms two new A/H1N1 flu cases
www.chinaview.cn 2009-05-25 12:20:28   Print
¡¤China's Ministry of Health Monday confirmed two new cases on the mainland.
¡¤The confirmations brought mainland's total number of confirmed A/H1N1 cases to 11.
¡¤One case was in eastern Zhejiang Province and the other in Shanghai.

The picture taken on May 25, 2009 shows an outside view of the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center in Shanghai. China's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed two new cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection, bringing the total of confirmed A/H1N1 cases on the mainland to 11. One of the cases was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. He traveled from Melbourne to Shanghai on Saturday.

The picture taken on May 25, 2009 shows an outside view of the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center in Shanghai. China's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed two new cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection, bringing the total of confirmed A/H1N1 cases on the mainland to 11. One of the cases was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. He traveled from Melbourne to Shanghai on Saturday.(Xinhua/Liu Ying)
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    BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health Monday confirmed two new cases of A/H1N1 influenza on the mainland.

    The confirmations brought the mainland's total number of confirmed A/H1N1 cases to 11, the ministry said in a statement.

    In the eastern Zhejiang Province, a 19-year-old man, who studied at St. John's University in New York, became one of the new cases after returning to his hometown Wenzhou on Friday.

    The other case was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. He traveled from Melbourne to Shanghai on Saturday.

    Their temperatures had fallen to normal and other flu symptoms, like coughs and sore throats, had eased, said doctors.

    Twenty-five out of 27 passengers within three rows of the seat of the Zhejiang patient were quarantined. The other two, one local and one Indian, have left for France and Spain, respectively.

    Zhang Ping, deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Health Bureau, Monday called on those who had returned from abroad to stay at home for a seven-day observation period and report their health condition.

    Doctors said 31 passengers who had close contact with the Shanghai patient have been quarantined in Shanghai and none of them have shown flu symptoms.

A man wearing a mask walks in the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center in Shanghai. China's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed two new cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection, bringing the total of confirmed A/H1N1 cases on the mainland to 11. One of the cases was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. He traveled from Melbourne to Shanghai on Saturday.

A man wearing a mask walks in the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center in Shanghai. China's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed two new cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection, bringing the total of confirmed A/H1N1 cases on the mainland to 11. One of the cases was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. He traveled from Melbourne to Shanghai on Saturday.(Xinhua/Liu Ying)
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HK confirms new case of A/H1N1 infection

    HONG KONG, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong confirmed Sunday another case of A/H1N1 infection, bringing to seven the total number of people infected by the disease in the city.

    The case involved a 21-year-old Hong Kong student studying in the U.S. She arrived in Hong Kong at around 10 p.m. on May 22 via flight KE607 from Seoul, said Thomas Tsang, controller of the Center for Health Protection of Hong Kong.  Full story

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 A local resident walks inside Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center in Shanghai May 25, 2009. China's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed two new cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection, bringing the total of confirmed A/H1N1 cases on the mainland to 11. One of the cases was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. He traveled from Melbourne to Shanghai on Saturday.

A local resident walks inside Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center in Shanghai May 25, 2009. China's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed two new cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection, bringing the total of confirmed A/H1N1 cases on the mainland to 11. One of the cases was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. He traveled from Melbourne to Shanghai on Saturday.(Xinhua/Liu Ying)
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Editor: Wang Hongjiang
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