FUZHOU, May 28 (Xinhua) -- China's youngest A/H1N1 flu patient, a
22-month-old baby girl, was discharged from a hospital in east China's Fujian
Province Thursday, local authorities said.
The baby girl, born in August 2007, left the Fuzhou Pulmonary Hospital
accompanied by her grandmother with the approval of the provincial health
bureau.
Her flu symptoms had disappeared, said Lin Zhongxuan, vice president of the
hospital.
The infant was treated with oseltamivir, one of the most effective drugs
used against the A/H1N1 virus, Lin said.
The little girl had been treated well, the grandmother told Xinhua.
The infant left the United States with her family on May 19 and arrived in
Fuzhou, capital of Fujian, via Hong Kong. She was confirmed A/H1N1 positive on
Sunday.
The number of A/H1N1 cases on the Chinese mainland had risen to13 as of
Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health.
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