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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Hong Kong reports a suspected novel coronavirus case


According to the SAR Government Information Services Department news, the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong SAR Government on the evening received a novel coronavirus caused severe respiratory disease suspected cases. Initial investigations revealed that the suspected infection in March 24 to 31, traveled to Turkey and Dubai Tourism.
  It is reported that the suspected infection is a 37-year-old woman, previously healthy, presented with fever, headache and shortness of breath symptoms since April 1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong is currently being treated in isolation in a stable condition. The patient's lung X-ray examination showed her lobes bottom left of pneumonia. CHP has collected respiratory samples for laboratory tests, expected Laboratory test results are in the 5th.
  SAR Government Department of Health spokesman said the CHP will continue through established with public and private hospitals, medical practitioners and airport monitoring mechanism to monitor any new coronavirus caused severe respiratory disease suspected cases.
  According to statistics, since last year's discovery of class SARS (SARS) virus, a new type of coronavirus, the world has been informed of 17 cases of the novel coronavirus infections, including 11 deaths. (Reporter Lin Chien Yang)