4 new cases of H7N9 bird flu reported
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E-mail Xinhua, February 3, 2014
Four more human cases of H7N9 bird flu — including one death — were reported in China yesterday.
They included two cases, one of whom died, in Guangdong Province and one in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
A fourth case was an 8-year-old girl who has been to a live poultry market in central China’s Hunan Province. She is in a stable condition.
A 63-year-old man died on Saturday in Shenzhen in Guangdong, while the other case of Guangdong is a 37-year-old man from Zhongshan who is in a critical condition, said the provincial health department yesterday.
Guangxi reported its first case this year yesterday, a 75-year-old man from Liuzhou. He is in a critical condition.
The man had been in contact with live poultry before he fell ill on January 27, the regional health department said. This is the second case in Guangxi since 2009.
China has reported more than 100 human H7N9 cases — including more than 20 deaths — this year, mostly in Guangdong and Zhejiang Province.
Strengthened prevention and control measures include the closure of live poultry markets in some cities.
On Saturday, six new cases and one death were reported.
Of the new cases, two were in Guangdong, two in Zhejiang, one in Fujian Province and one in Hunan. Guangdong’s two cases were two boys, aged five and six, who are in a stable condition.
An 82-year-old H7N9 patient died on Friday in Guangdong.
Last Friday, Shanghai halted live poultry trading for three months. The city has reported eight H7N9 infections and four deaths this year.
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