BEIJING, May 29 (Xinhua) -- China Friday announced an influenzaA/H1N1 patient in southern Guangdong Province as the first case of domestic infection on the mainland, sounding new alarm of the epidemic since it appeared in China early this month.
The patient, a 24-year-old female living in Guangdong's capital city of Guangzhou, was believed to be infected by a man from New York on Monday. Guangdong provincial department of health confirmed both as A/H1N1 flu cases Friday noon.
Because the case indicated that the flu virus began to spread to local populations from an imported case, "the Ministry of Health attaches great importance to the case and will soon discuss to step up prevention and control work nationwide," the ministry said in a statement.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is also discussing further measures, such as the closure of schools and entertainment venues, should the situation turn serious, the center's chief epidemiologist Zeng Guang said on Friday.
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