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Although we are awaiting an official statement on Hong Kong’s CHP website, as I mentioned in my earlier blog, multiple media sources in Hong Kong are reporting that a 66 year-old man, who recently arrived from Shenzhen, has been hospitalized in critical condition at Queen Mary Hospital, and has tested positive for the H7N9 virus.
Details are sparse at this time, and hopefully we’ll get more details later in the day (it is late evening in Hong Kong right now). Some samples of the media reports, starting with RTHK News.
HK confirms third case of H7N9
08-01-2014
Doctors have diagnosed Hong Kong's third case of H7N9 bird flu.
A 66-year-old man is being treated in intensive care at Queen Mary Hospital.
It's thought he could have caught the virus in Shenzhen, but the Centre for Health Protection say he hasn't been in contact with poultry recently.
Last month, an 80-year-old Shenzhen resident became the first person infected with the virus to die in Hong Kong.
A domestic helper, who was the territory's first case, is also thought to have caught the virus across the border.
And this report from Sina.com.hk
Hong Kong confirmed an H7N9 case
01 - 08 20:45
[News] Hong Kong now confirmed a suspected imported from confirmed cases of H7N9 avian influenza.
Infected a 66-year-old man was in critical condition, he was isolated in the intensive care unit of Queen Mary Hospital. Laboratory results, confirmed he was infected with H7N9 avian influenza.
Patients with chronic diseases, in brief before admission to Shenzhen, passing a sale of live poultry markets, the authorities are tracing the source of infection.
now.com News - Breaking News
If confirmed, this would be the third imported H7N9 case into Hong Kong in less than a month. I’ll update this story when we get an official statement from Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection.
