Date :2009-01-04
A born in Hong Kong but living in Shenzhen, the two-month-old girl, yesterday was confirmed to have contracted H9N2 avian flu in Hong Kong Tuen Mun Hospital.
This is Hong Kong has always been the first five cases of bird flu.
According to Ming Pao Daily News Network reported that the Hong Kong Director of the Center for Health Protection Thomas Tsang said at a press conference yesterday, the baby girl on December 22 to Tuen Mun Hospital, when she appeared symptoms such as coughing and vomiting, but no fever, She was discharged on the 23rd. Hospital discharge for her to carry out inspections, yesterday confirmed to be H9N2 positive. Thomas Tsang said, H9 avian influenza H5 more minor symptoms, so the threat of lower H9.
Thomas Tsang said that after the girl returned to Shenzhen, feeding problems, and then to see a doctor at the local, high white blood cell found, their parents and bring the baby to Tuen Mun Hospital detection, high white blood cell has nothing to do with avian flu, she is now an isolation ward .
The case was also referred to inform the Government of Guangdong Province Health Department to find out means of transmission, because of their family members are asymptomatic, so a lower risk of human to human. Baby girl do not even have a chicken.
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