At 08:26 on November 18th, 2010
Patients with confirmed avian influenza infection have been to Chi Lok Yan Oi Market in Tuen Mun, the department that is sent to the market to enhance cleaning. Source: Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po
Xinhua People's Daily November 18 to 7 years in Hong Kong confirmed the first human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. A 59-year-old woman with family travel to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing, the week after returning fever, bloody sputum and other symptoms, yesterday confirmed avian influenza and pneumonia, the current serious condition. Food and Health Secretary York Chow, in patients with the incubation period between Hong Kong and the Mainland, or the failure to identify an imported case of local infection.7 people have close contact with patients are subject to monitoring, the patient had runny nose and other symptoms of her husband, has recovered. The Government yesterday flu response level immediately raise the alert to serious inter-departmental meeting will be held today to discuss countermeasures.
According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po reported, Director of the Centre for Health Protection, Thomas Tsang, said on 23 patients with her husband and daughter arrived in Shanghai departure, and later went to Hangzhou and Nanjing, Shanghai and staying in the home of friends. 1st of this month were returned the next day that is continuing runny nose, 5 more fever and cough, and sputum with blood, went to Tuen Mun Hospital patients did not improve, admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital on Sunday, yesterday transferred Infectious Disease Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital for isolation treatment. University of Hong Kong Department of Health and the laboratory test results showed that patients infected with H5N1 bird flu confirmed.
Dr Tsang pointed out that the patients visited the Mainland market and eating chicken, but no contact with chickens, returning home after the music has to Tuen Mun Yan Oi Market. The H5N1 avian influenza incubation period of two weeks, usually within a week the disease, most of the time the week before onset living in the Mainland, it is a greater chance of an imported, but also can not rule out a local infection. The Administration is now the virus for further testing, analysis of genetic sequencing is indeed the source of the virus.
60-year-old husband of patients had runny nose and cough with phlegm and other symptoms, has recovered; his daughter had no symptoms. In addition, patients in Tuen Mun Hospital, the same room five patients had no symptoms, yet found that "human to human transmission" of the situation, but will closely monitor the situation and testing.
Last night the authorities had sent for cleaning to the Yan Oi Market, Dr Chow pointed out that the implementation of live chickens in markets "clear day" policy, not further sample testing. Hong Kong has confirmed in response to human avian influenza infection, the response level immediately to raise the alert to severe, and cases reported to WHO, was held today, the event will also implement the monitoring of inter-departmental meeting. Dr Chow said the chicken is the main source of spread of avian influenza, the Government will immediately stepping up enforcement at the border and the wholesale market chickens to Hong Kong, but also appealed to local farms to strengthen the monitoring, testing will also increase the mortality of migratory birds.
Dr Chow said that the Mainland a recent human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, in June of this year occurred in Hubei Province; and Hong Kong on a human case, a 2003 case from Shantou input.
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