Guizhou Province – Credit Wikipedia
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We’ve a Reuters report this morning, based on a Xinhua News story, indicating that Guizhou province has reported their first H7N9 case, that of a 38-year-old man from Zunyi city who died last week.
While the Reuters report (see China reports second H7N9 bird flu death in a week) doesn’t mention it, the (admittedly syntax challenged machine translation) of the Xinhua news report suggests this is an imported case from Zhejiang province.
I expect we’ll get a much clearer idea of what transpired when Hong Kong’s CHP posts an update, but for now, here is the best of the Chinese language reports I’ve found so far. (Note: I’ve selectively translated a couple of the underlined dodgy parts of the Google translation below)
Guizhou is now the first case of H7N9 bird flu imported suspected cases died a death
2014-01-13 20:13 Source: Securities Times Online
Guizhou Province recently discovered a case of imported H7N9 suspected cases of bird flu, the patient returned home in the 4th treatment from Zhejiang, died on the 9th. It is the first imported case found in Guizhou Province.
According to Xinhua News Agency reported that the patients were male, aged 38, who lives in Meitan County of Zunyi City, until in Ruian work. Cough occurs in patients with a month ago, cough, paroxysmal cough, even with white sticky sputum, recurrent after treatment at a local hospital drugs. April 2 (alt.: 2nd of month), cough, sputum symptoms, accompanied by dizziness, fatigue, nausea discomfort, dyspnea significantly after the event, but not for further treatment. 4, 2009 (alt: 4th), the patient returned from Zhejiang Meitan treatment, the 8th sicker into First People's Hospital of Zunyi City, at 18:10 on the 9th died.
On the 11th, Guizhou Provincial Health Department organized clinical, disease control experts in consultation with other diagnostic conditions, determine patients suspected cases of human infection of H7N9 avian influenza this flu. It is understood that this case belongs in Guizhou Province imported case was first discovered.
It is understood that the Guizhou Provincial Health Department has sent a group of experts rushed to Zunyi, Meitan, epidemiological investigation, to guide prevention and control work, the patient environment contact disinfection, and close contacts of the patient, including family members and participation treatment of health care under medical observation.
Meanwhile, Zunyi City started the highly pathogenic bird flu monitoring, reporting and implementation of zero-day report, and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the first case of bird flu reported in a timely manner will be sampled specimens were sent to the National Center for Disease Control review. Currently, the group has been in close contact with the patient to be H7N9 test results were negative.
