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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

108 cases of H7N9 avian influenza in 7 provinces and cities


Distribution of our confirmed 108 cases of H7N9 avian influenza in 7 provinces and cities Up to now, the country reported a total of 108 confirmed cases, of which 22 people died, 14 rehabilitation, and the remaining 72 are each designated medical unit for treatment. Distribution of cases in Beijing (1) Shanghai (33 cases, 12 patients died), Jiangsu (24 patients, 3 patients died), Zhejiang (42 cases, 6 died), Anhui (4 cases, 1 death), Shandong (1), the Henan (3) of 7 provinces and cities.
  For new cases, the extended does it follow that the epidemic response aggravate the problem, the Chinese Ministry of Health and Family Planning Commission, the patients continued to show sporadic state, all cases were not found evidence of human-to-human transmission. Health Security and Environment of the World Health Organization Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda said, "Although small clusters of cases, but can not prove that the H7N9 virus can be achieved sustained interpersonal transmission.
  It is worth mentioning, China - World Health Organization of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza prevention and control joint mission briefing will be held on 23 in Shanghai, Shanghai prevention and control of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu defense associated control mechanisms Deputy Director, Xu Jianguang, Shanghai, the number of cases has decreased significantly since the past 10 days, four days without new cases.