Wednesday, May 8, 2013

#H7N9: 131 Confirmed Cases; 32 Deaths -- WHO Update

As of 8 May 2013 (11:00 CET), the National Health and Family Planning Commission, China notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus.
The patient is a 79-year-old woman from Jiangxi province who became ill on 3 May 2013.
Additionally, a patient earlier reported has died.
To date, a total of 131 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus including 32 deaths have been reported to WHO. Contacts of the confirmed cases are being closely monitored.

Continued:  http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_05_08/en/index.html

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