Wednesday May 13, 2009
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Wednesday confirmed its second case of the new H1N1 strain of flu, a man in eastern Shandong province who had recently arrived from Canada.
"The suspected case of A/H1N1 flu in Shandong has been confirmed, which is the second confirmed case in our country," the Health Ministry said in a statement on its website (www.moh.gov.cn).
The Chinese man flew from Canada, where he was studying, on May 8 and then took a train from Beijing to Jinan, the capital of Shandong province. He was immediately isolated and sent for treatment after reporting flu-like symptoms on the train.
The patient with China's first confirmed case of H1N1, a 30-year-old man who flew to the country from the United States via Japan, was recovering, Xinhua said on Tuesday.
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