2013-04-02
human cases of H7N9 avian influenza in Mainland checkpoints in Hong Kong have stepped up security, and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (see Figure) visitor arrivals to strengthen quarantine, to prevent the virus from entering the Miss Hong Kong and Macao and other places. CNA
- Ko Wing-man worries virus variants obtained from suspect cases of gene sequencing
Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po (Reporter Liu Yayan), Shanghai, Anhui, found the world's first three human infection of H7N9 avian influenza cases. In view of the Mainland and Hong Kong residents intersection frequently, if the event of a high degree of human-to-human transmission of the disease, there will be the spread of the crisis. SAR Food and Health Bureau, high-Yong Wen yesterday in Hong Kong, said, the most worried about the mutation of the virus, or even human-to-human transmission, and therefore think that is most important to determine which one male deceased's two famous people whether the same subject to infection, currently with the Mainland authorities in close contact, Request suspected cases of gene sequencing, while Hong Kong's mark also stepped up security, suspected cases at any time isolation.
Close liaison with the Mainland authorities
The world's first case of human infection with the H7N9 avian flu cases in the Mainland, the three confirmed infection of H7N9 patients and not on any public health school, Ko Wing-man, a radio interview yesterday, said that this virus does not come from a single source of the disease, anxiety some places the poultry animals already epidemic popular not rule out the possibility that the virus gene "shuffle". "We will be closely linked with the mainland CDC and the National Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine to obtain further details of several patients and the other two not currently confirmed to have been infected with H7N9 patient information, including illness and symptoms how, even H7N9 situation and gene sequencing of the virus. "
Measured virus 6 hours to complete
A CHP spokesman said the interview with our inquiries only humans infected with H5, H7 and H9 avian influenza cases in Hong Kong also quick test on these viruses, "If in doubt H7 cases, will be of influenza A and H1 , H3, H5 and H7 test, usually six hours after the sample is received, there will be results. ".. http://paper.wenweipo.com/2013/04/02/YO1304020002.htm
