HANGZHOU, July 1 (Xinhua) -- An A/H1N1 flu patient
died "accidentally" Wednesday in east China's Zhejiang Province, local health
authorities said late Wednesday.
The 34-year-old woman was found dead at 7:35 a.m. in
her ward lavatory at the No.1 People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District in
Hangzhou, the provincial capital, according to the Hangzhou municipal health
bureau.
The patient was recovering as her temperature had
been normal for a week. She coughed occasionally, but other flu symptoms had
disappeared.
She was admitted to the hospital on June 23.
Local police and health authorities are
investigating.
This would be China's first death from the A/H1N1 flu
if the investigation showed the woman died from the disease.
Liang Wannian, vice director of the emergency office
under the Health Ministry, warned Monday that China is "very likely" to have its
first death from the A/H1N1 influenza in the foreseeable future, as the number
of the flu cases rises in the country.
As the total number of infected people increases, the
chances of medical workers and high-risk groups, such as pregnant women and
people with chronic diseases, being infected will rise, making serious cases of
the A/H1N1 flu or even fatalities "extremely possible," Liang told reporters.
"The possibility of a wide spread of the virus in
China in autumn and winter is also becoming more likely," he also warned.
The Chinese mainland confirmed 57 new cases of A/H1N1
influenza from 6 p.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. Wednesday, with the total number
amounting to 867, the Ministry of Health said.
Beijing confirmed 21 new cases, including seven
students in a primary school, and the southern Guangdong Province registered 20.
Among the patients, 523 have been discharged from hospitals, 341 were being treated in hospitals and three patients were receiving medical care at their homes, the ministry said.
Beijing school closed after seven students diagnosed with A/H1N1 flu
BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A Beijing primary
school was closed after seven students were confirmed as A/H1N1 flu cases
Wednesday, the municipal health bureau announced late Wednesday.
Sixteen students at the Nanhu Zhongyuan Primary School in Chaoyang District were reported to have fever, and seven of them have been diagnosed with A/H1N1 flu, the bureau said. Full story
