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Shaanxi province - which up until a week ago had never reported an H7N9 infection - reports their 4th case in a week, this time from the capital city; Xi'an. Of the three previous cases, 2 were from nearby Xianyang City, while the third was from Baoji City which lies 170 km to the west.
Today's (translated) report comes from the Xi'an Health and Family Planning Commission website.A common thread with three of these four recent cases has been an onset of symptoms in the last half of April, and roughly a week's hospitalization and treatment before being tested for the H7N9 virus.
The one exception, who tested positive within 72 hours of admission, was the 2nd case from Xianyang City.
First the statement from the Xi'an Government website, then I'll return with a bit more.
May 6 Xi'an confirmed one case of H7N9 cases
Published: 2017-05-08
Keywords: Health Categories: Health
May 6, 2017, by the Shaanxi Provincial Center for Disease Control to confirm the city of a female patient biological specimens for the H7N9 virus nucleic acid positive. This is the city diagnosed the first case of H7N9, but also the province's fourth case. Authorized by the Provincial Health and Health Committee, the relevant situation is released as follows:
Patients Hao Mou, female, 52 years old, who lives in Xi'an Gaoling District. Due to fever, malaise and other symptoms in the April 26 at 5 pm in the local village clinics treatment, the effect is poor. April 29 in Changqing Oilfield Workers Hospital chest CT examination prompted for lung infection, hospitalization to symptomatic treatment to May 3, the patient symptoms gradually increased. On the evening of May 3, go to Xijing Hospital, the Second Affiliated Hospital of the National Chiao Tung University, May 4 to the city center hospital. May 5 at 11 pm to collect the patient specimens sent to the city CDC detection.
May 6 as early as 7 pm, the city CDC test report H7N9 virus nucleic acid positive, and the specimens sent to the provincial CDC to review the confirmation. At 6:00 on May 6, then the provincial CDC laboratory review report, confirmed that the patient's biological specimens for the H7N9 virus nucleic acid positive. City Health Planning Commission organized by the provincial and municipal experts after consultation, at 7:20 on May 7 to the provincial transfer to the provincial designated Tangdu hospital for treatment.
After the outbreak of the epidemic, the municipal government attaches great importance to the municipal party committee secretary Wang Yongkang immediately instructions, the municipal government attaches great importance to grasp the investigation and prevention and control work. On the afternoon of May 6, the mayor of Shangguan Jiqing called the Municipal Health Commission, the Municipal Agriculture and Forestry Commission, the Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce, the Municipal Food and Drug Administration, the Municipal Transportation Bureau and other departments and district and county governments, To do the city H7N9 epidemic prevention joint control work carried out a special research and deployment, the establishment of Xi'an H7N9 epidemic prevention and control work leading group, requiring the relevant departments, districts and counties attach great importance to immediately close all the city's live poultry market, strengthen the source control, do Good farming, slaughtering, transportation and other aspects of the regulatory and poultry epidemic traceability tracking work, closely do a good job of foreign live poultry inspection and quarantine investigation, focus on the full treatment of patients, while doing public guidance and publicity, go all out to do the epidemic prevention and control work The At present, the city's relevant departments are in an orderly manner to carry out prevention and control work.
Up to now, and patients have had close contact with the staff have all the investigation flow finished, is isolated medical observation, no abnormalities.null
While delays in ordering H7N9 testing (and possibly isolation) of cases suggest that Shaanxi Province may have been caught a bit flat-footed in the opening weeks of their first encounter with the virus, their provincial website lists numerous multi-agency emergency meetings that have been held across the province over the past few days.
Information Published: 2017-05-08
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