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For the second time in two days, and the third time this month, China is reporting a Human H5N1 infection. This time of a 27-year-old woman who died yesterday in Shandong Province.
The two year-old reported yesterday remains in critical condition.
Treyfish, on Flutrackers posted this translation roughly an hour ago.
At 21:43 on January 18, 2009 Source: China News Network
China news agency, Beijing, January 18 (Reporter Zeng Liming) -
National Ministry of Health on the 18th night 9:00 release information, said: According to Health Department of Shandong Province on the 18th briefing, Shandong Province, confirmed case of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases.
The patients with the situation, the Ministry of Health has the World Health Organization, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and part of national communications.
Zhang patients, 27 years old, female, currently residing in Jinan City, Shandong Province. January 5 this year the disease, the condition worsened after the hospital treatment. Because patients in a critical condition, after all rescue measures proved ineffectual, at 18:40 on January 17 in the death.
January 17, Shandong Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention to draw on the patients of respiratory tract specimens were tested, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive; China Center for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct a review of patients with respiratory specimens testing, the results for the H5N1 avian influenza virus nucleic acid positive.
According to World Health Organization of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed case definition and diagnostic criteria of China, the Ministry of Health human avian influenza prevention and control expert group to determine the cases of human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed cases.
After the outbreak, the local government in accordance with the "human infection of highly pathogenic avian influenza contingency plans" to take the corresponding control measures. All close contacts of strict medical observation, as of now no abnormal clinical manifestations. (完) (END)
Niman on Flutrackers has this follow up report from Xinhua news.
Woman dies of bird flu in east China
www.chinaview.cn
2009-01-18 22:57:21
JINAN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- A woman had died of bird flu in east China's Shandong Province, provincial health authorities reported on Sunday.
The 27-year-old woman surnamed Zhang, who lived in Jinan, the provincial capital, fell ill on Jan. 5 and went to hospital when got worse, said an official of the provincial health department.
She died at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday.
The national disease prevention and control center on Sunday confirmed that she was infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza.
