The case spoken of below is from late last year. Here are the specifics:
TaiwanDate of Report 12/31/13Name: 86(M) Tourist to TaiwanFrom: Jiangsu ProvinceAdm: ICUTimeline:12/17: Came in to Taiwan12/19: Loss of appetite12/23: Chest tightness12/24: ER, diag. bilateral pneumonia12/16: Tamiflu12/31: All contacts test negativeNote: 25 tourists in group. 22 returned to China.Two daughters stayed behind, with Father. No sym’s.
TAIPEI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- A H7N9 avian flu patient from the Chinese mainland died on Monday in Taipei, Taiwan's disease control authority said on Tuesday.
The 86-year-old man from Changzhou City in east China's Jiangsu Province tested positive for the H7N9 virus during a trip to Taiwan in late December.
This was the second confirmed case in which H7N9 had been imported into Taiwan.
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