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Guizhou sees new case of human H7N9

A new human H7N9 avian flu case has been reported in Guizhou Province, local authorities said yesterday.

According to the provincial health and family planing commission, the patient, 79, is from Kaili City in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture.

The patient went to a clinic of the people’s hospital in the prefecture. The patient tested positive for the virus on Saturday.

Separately, a 36-year-old man has died after contracting H7N9 bird flu, said health authorities in Henan Province on Saturday.

The man, identified only by the family name Zhang, died on January 11, Henan provincial health and family planning commission said in a statement.

He is from Yongcheng but had worked in Zhejiang Province as a roast-duck vendor. On December 25, he had fever and coughing. He returned to Yongcheng on January 2 and went to see a doctor in Xuzhou on January 4.

Yongcheng is closely monitoring the health conditions of 16 people who had close contact with the patient. None have shown any symptoms.

Also on Saturday, Hubei Province reported its first H7N9 infection of the year. A 38-year-old man is in a critical condition. He had visited a poultry market before falling ill, the provincial health authority said.




 

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