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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Taiwan H7N9 patients diagnosed with contacts of upper respiratory tract symptoms


http://news.sina.com   2013 04 24 at 05:20

BEIJING, Taipei, April 24 (Reporter Dong Huifeng) Taiwan Epidemic Command Center today (24) confirmed the first case of H7N9 confirmed cases, three hospital staff contact patients for medical treatment of upper respiratory tract symptoms, in the track of the tube.
  According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency" reports, rumors that the 53-year-old patient is a medical center in Taipei negative pressure isolation ill treatment of H7N9, previously treated in private clinics, hospitals. Station command center of the outbreak is not the name of the public hospitals and medical personnel.
  The epidemic survey shows that patients who have a total of 139 people, including close contacts, general contact, 26 people have been more than 7 days incubation period, as well as hospital staff of 110 people.
  , Hospital staff has more than 4 incubation period and asymptomatic, only three did not wear the appropriate protective traced to a 24-day asymptomatic, be traced to the 27th, and the other in the implementation of the care work, with appropriate safeguards hospital 3 staff of upper respiratory tract symptoms.
  The leader of the Taiwan authorities Ma Ying-jeou, through its spokesman, said on the evening of the 24th for H7N9 first case of imported cases, the first time informed of the message, to discuss the follow-up response as with the "Health Director", inviting the public to unnecessary panic.
  Ma Ying-jeou and requested the Taiwan health authorities must strengthen epidemic prevention, but also make information transparent.  http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnpolitics/phoenixtv/20130424/05204479938.html