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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Hong Kong : CHP notified of four additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) and one case of avian influenza A (H5) in Mainland

Press release from Hong Kong's CHP :

" The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) yesterday (February 24) received notification of four additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Guangzhou (three cases) and Foshan (one case) from the Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong Province.

The cases in Guangzhou involve a man aged 76 and two women aged 55 and 75 while the case in Foshan involves a man aged 33. They are currently hospitalised for treatment.

As of yesterday, a total of 361 human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) have been confirmed in the Mainland, including Zhejiang (135 cases), Guangdong (79 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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