10 February 2014 -
The National Health and Family Planning Commission of China
has notified WHO of 15 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human
infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, including one death.
Details of height cases notified to WHO on 7 February 2014 are as follows:
Six of the eight cases are male, the age range is 5 to 73 years
old. Cases were reported from Jiangsu (2) Zhejiang (2), Beijing (1),
Guangdong (1) and Guangxi (1) and Hunan (1).
Five cases are currently in critical condition, two cases in severe
condition and one has a mild illness. Seven out of eight cases are
reported to have had a history of exposure to poultry or a live poultry
market. One of the eight is a close contact of a case from Heng County,
Guangxi province, who had been notified to WHO on 5 February 2014.
- A 64 year-old farmer from Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, who
became ill on 27 January and was admitted to hospital on 30 January and
transferred to another hospital on 4 February. He is currently in a
severe condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live
poultry.
- A 39 year-old man from Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, who became
ill on 26 January and was admitted to hospital on 28 January and
transferred to another hospital on 31 January. He is currently in a
severe condition The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
- A 66 year-old man from Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, who
became ill on 22 January and was admitted to hospital on 4 February. He
is in critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live
poultry.
- A 63 year-old man from Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, who became
ill on 20 January and was admitted to hospital on 1 February. He is in
critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live
poultry.
- A 61 year-old, woman from Yueyang City, Hunan Province, who
became ill on 29 January and was admitted to hospital on 31 January and
transferred to another hospital on 3 February. She is in critical
condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
- A 36 year-old, woman from Foshan City, Guangdong Province, who
became ill on 25 January and was admitted to hospital on 30 January and
transferred to another hospital on 2 February. She is in critical
condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
- A 5 year-old boy from Nanning City, Guangxi Province, who became
ill on 3 February and was then transferred to a hospital. He has a mild
illness. This patient is a close contact of a previously reported cases,
a 41 year old woman from Nanning City who was notified to WHO on 5
February (see Disease Outbreak News dated 7 February). An
epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
- A 73 year-old man from Northern Beijing who became ill on 30
January and was admitted to hospital on 2 February and was transferred
to another hospital on 5 February 2014. He is in critical condition .
The patient has a history of exposure to live poultry.
Details of seven new cases, including one death, notified to WHO on 8 February 2014 are as follows:
Cases were reported from Guangdong (3), Zhejiang (2), Fujian (1)
and Hunan (1). Four of the cases are male. The age range is between 21
and 81 years. Three cases are currently in critical condition and three
cases are in severe condition. Six out of the seven cases are reported
to have had a history of exposure to poultry or a live poultry market.
- A 54 years old man, from Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, who
became ill on 1 February and was admitted to hospital on 4 February. He
is currently in a severe condition. The patient has a history of
exposure to live poultry.
- A 76 years old woman from Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, who
became ill on 24 January and was admitted to hospital on 31 January. She
is currently in a critical condition.
- A 81 years old man from Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, who became
ill on 30 January and was admitted to hospital on 2 February and
discharged from hospital on 6 February at the request of his family and
died at home on the same day. The patient has a history of exposure to
live poultry.
- A 21 years old woman from Loudi City, Hunan Province, who became
ill on 30 January and was admitted to hospital on 1 February and then
transferred to another hospital on 2 February. She is currently in a
critical condition. The patient has a history of exposure to live
poultry.
- A 48 years old man from Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, who
became ill on 28 January. He was admitted to hospital on 30 January and
then transferred to a hospital in Guangzhou City on 5 February 2014. He
is currently in a severe condition. The patient has a history of
exposure to live poultry.
- A 62 years old man from Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, who
became ill on 1 February and was admitted to hospital on 2 February. He
is currently in a severe condition. The patient has a history of
exposure to live poultry.
- A 59 years old woman from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, who
became ill on 27 January ad was admitted to hospital on 1 February.
She is currently in a critical condition. The patient has history of
exposure to live poultry.
Continued:
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014_02_10/en/index.html
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