2010/11/18 09:05
7 years in Hong Kong confirmed the first H5N1 bird flu, the patient is a 59-year-old local woman in serious condition last night by the Tuen Mun Hospital intensive care unit, transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital for isolation and treatment of infectious diseases continue to be central. She had visited the Mainland market in Tuen Mun Yan Oi Street, the response level has been rising in Hong Kong "serious" inter-departmental meeting was held today to discuss further action.
"Sing Tao Daily" reported that the Food and Health Secretary York Chow said yesterday that a return to Hong Kong from the Mainland, 59-year-old woman was diagnosed with the infection of H5N1 avian influenza. Patients 23 to 10 between 1 month, and her husband and daughter to the free exercise of way to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing travel from Shanghai three times, the occupancy family housing in the mainland, and visited local markets and chicken However, there is no contact with live poultry during the period, nor to the farm, returning home after the patients had to Tuen Mun Yan Oi Market Music.
1 month, returning the following day in patients with onset of runny nose symptoms, followed by disease and persistence of fever, cough and phlegm and yellow and with bloodshot eyes, she has consulted private doctors and Accident and Emergency Department of Tuen Mun Hospital for treatment, but her condition did not improve and, ultimately, on the 14th by the Accident and Emergency Department of Tuen Mun Hospital admission was initially diagnosed as pneumonia, the hospital medical ward with patients in hospital, and quarantine and antibiotic treatment. As the situation continued to deteriorate after admission, the patient transferred to the intensive care unit two days later.
Dr Chow said, until yesterday at 5 pm and the University of Hong Kong Department of Health laboratory confirmed the H5N1 influenza infection patients. Now in serious condition and pneumonia in patients with symptoms, the doctor has prescribed Tamiflu and Relenza two kinds of antiviral therapy. 7 pm last night were transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital by ambulance, to 8 pm by the medical staff wearing full protective clothing, brought infectious diseases intensive care center building treated in isolation.
Controller, Centre for Health Protection, said authorities are tracking close contact with patients who had. Department of Health said the 60-year-old husband, the patients had runny nose and cough with phlegm symptoms, but has recovered, her husband and daughter after inspection, no bird flu symptoms. And has worked with patients hospitalized in the same ward of the five patients, has not being unusual, it is believed that the risk of human to human transmission is not high, the Administration will continue to closely monitor and test.
Dr Tsang pointed out that the H5N1 influenza can lie dormant for up to two weeks, because most of the time the week before onset in the Mainland, it is considered more likely to imported cases, but the patient developed symptoms return day later, temporarily unable to rule out a local infection cases.
Patients had to have markets in Tuen Mun Yan Oi live chicken stalls two steps, the department mission yesterday wearing full protective clothing and wearing masks of the cleaners to clean the markets. As for the female patient home Ting Ting Fook House yesterday with the department staff to clean around the ground floor windows and entrance of the building.
Dr Chow added that the Hong Kong authorities have been alert response level rose by a "serious", and World Health Organization has reported, and informed the Mainland authorities for follow up. Weisheng Bu attaches great importance to the State, and has notified the Agriculture, Inspection and Quarantine and other relevant departments, requiring Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places such as health departments for the prevention and control of epidemic monitoring. Dr Chow said the event will be held today, inter-departmental meeting discuss further action. He said the response level on behalf of Hong Kong, the Mainland and those who travel travel increased risk of infection, the mainland will strengthen the monitoring of chickens to Hong Kong, to enhance the testing chickens at Man Kam
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