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Friday, February 28, 2014

Hong Kong : CHP closely monitors three additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Mainland

Press release from Hong Kong's CHP :

" The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is closely monitoring, as of yesterday (February 27), three additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Hunan (two cases) and Jiangsu (one case) according to the latest reports of the Mainland health authorities.

The cases in Hunan involve two men aged 41 and 77, while the case in Jiangsu is a man aged 42. They are currently hospitalised for treatment.

As of yesterday, a total of 367 human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) have been confirmed in the Mainland, including Zhejiang (136 cases), Guangdong (81 cases), Jiangsu (42 cases), Shanghai (41 cases), Fujian (20 cases), Hunan (16 cases), Anhui (nine cases), Jiangxi (six cases), Beijing (four cases), Henan (four cases), Guangxi (three cases), Shandong (two cases), Guizhou (one case, imported from Zhejiang), Hebei (one case) and Jilin (one case)."

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