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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Hong Kong : CHP closely monitors two 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 26), two additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) respectively in Guangzhou and Zhejiang according to the latest reports of the Mainland health authorities.

The case in Guangzhou involves a woman aged 65 while the case in Zhejiang is a girl aged two. They are currently hospitalised for treatment.

 As of yesterday, a total of 364 human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) have been confirmed in the Mainland, including Zhejiang (136 cases), Guangdong (81 cases), Jiangsu (41 cases), Shanghai (41 cases), Fujian (20 cases), Hunan (14 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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