At 07:04 on November 18, 2010
Xinhua BEIJING, Nov. 18 message, according to the Information Office of the Ministry of Health, the Hong Kong Department of Health informed that, in November 17, Hong Kong SAR found a case of human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza.
It is reported that patients were female, 59 years old. November 2, patients with symptoms such as runny nose; November 14, hospitalized with pneumonia in Hong Kong; November 16, transferred to the intensive care unit treatment. November 17, the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection of the respiratory tract specimens for laboratory testing, the results showed positive for H5 virus nucleic acid. On the same day, the cases were diagnosed in Hong Kong Health Department confirmed human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza infection. Currently, the patient is in Hong Kong the local hospital for isolation and treatment.
October 23-November 1, the patient had with his family to Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou and other tourism. No recent contact with poultry in patients with history of the readme. Family members of patients in Hong Kong has been under medical observation, no abnormal symptoms reported. Hong Kong Health Department has informed WHO of the situation and is in close contact tracking and tracing infections and so on.
The Ministry of Health attaches great importance to agriculture has been informed of the situation, Inspection and Quarantine and other relevant departments, and has asked Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other local health departments, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant plans, disease monitoring, prevention and control work to do
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