Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau to inform the media last night: the morning of March 30, the experts of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Shanghai, Anhui, eight cases of unexplained pneumonia cases discussed diagnosed, Shanghai and Anhui Province found three cases of human infection with the H7N9 avian influenza. Medical observation, it is learned, the influenza virus subtype previously in Europe, the Americas and Asia, Mongolia, South Korea in birds, which is at home and abroad for the first time found that human infections.

    Medical observation, so far, all close contacts of the cases were not found similar symptoms and morbidity. This year the city of influenza, pneumonia, the overall incidence of stable and no significant increase compared with the same period in the last three years the incidence signs. The city health department has to further strengthen the monitoring of respiratory infectious diseases prevention and control.

The Minhang and his son has the incidence of death

    February 19, February 27, Lee, Wu, Minhang a father and son in the city among the two patients, respectively, due to the occurrence of symptoms such as fever, cough treatment in the Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai. Among them, 87-year-old father and 27-year-old son was diagnosed with severe pneumonia, respectively, on March 4, after she died on March 10. Dead early onset of both influenza-like symptoms, a week after symptoms develop into pneumonia and was progressively increased, two patients had chronic underlying disease history. Lee before the onset of his two sons are also due to similar symptoms to the hospital for treatment, the eldest son was diagnosed with a lung infection, pneumonia, has been cured; youngest son was diagnosed with severe pneumonia after she died.

    In the early morning of February 26, Minhang District Health Bureau then City Hospital reported a 3 District Disease Prevention and Control Center after the pneumonia admission "news, immediately organized to carry out epidemiological investigation, laboratory testing and expert consultation, to carry out the treatment job. Municipal Health Bureau immediately organized the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Minhang District Health Bureau and other units rushed to the City Hospital to conduct on-site investigations, rule out infectious atypical pneumonia, avian influenza H5N1 and novel coronavirus might.

    Since mid-February to 5 March, City Hospital has public health to the City Center and the City of clinical disease prevention and control center for inspection seven cases of pneumonia cases (including the family of three cases) specimens. Have seven cases of pneumonia cases early onset of flu-like symptoms, including six cases of severe cases a week after the onset of symptoms develop pneumonia and was progressively increased, five cases of rapid development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and respiratory failure and death. deaths have chronic underlying disease history of alcoholism, smoking and other unhealthy habits, in some cases. The remaining 2 cases were discharged.

    Hospital has public health to the City Center and the City of clinical disease prevention and control center for inspection Lee Wu from patients, the Municipal Public Health Clinical Center for Disease Prevention and Control Center in a timely manner to carry out the relevant laboratory screening, has ruled out infection seasonal flu, H1N1, people infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) and SARS, novel coronavirus might further testing, found that patients may be infected can not be sub-type of influenza virus. According to City Public Health Center and the City CDC test results in censorship cases samples detected five cases of suspected influenza virus H7 gene fragment. After the China Disease Prevention and Control Center further testing to confirm the two deaths have been diagnosed as infected with influenza A H7N9 avian influenza virus, the remaining five cases diagnosed and troubleshoot the need for further support of the pathogen detection.

The city closely monitoring respiratory infectious diseases

    It is understood that since the beginning of this year, the city of influenza, pneumonia incidence is generally stable, compared with the same period in the last three years, the incidence was no significant increase. The health sector has been further strengthened monitoring prevention and control of infectious diseases of the respiratory tract.