Friday, July 21, 2017

HK CHP Notified Of A Single H7N9 Case In Jiangsu Province

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For the third week in a row China's NHFPC reports a single new H7N9 case over the past 7 days, this time in Jiangsu province.
     The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is today (July 21) monitoring a notification from the National Health and Family Planning Commission that one additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) was recorded from July 14 to 20 in Jiangsu, and strongly urged the public to maintain strict personal, food and environmental hygiene both locally and during travel.

     The 62-year-old female patient in Nanjing was known to have exposure to live poultry market and had onset on July 12.
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