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Eliza
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Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:24 am |
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Fascinating phenomena.
Seven teens found to have collective A(H1N1) infections
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Central Epidemics Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported collective swine flu infections involving seven teenagers who recently entered the country from the United States, Canada and Hong Kong. This may be the first indigenous recording of massive outbreak within the country, said health officials.
Shih Wen-yi, a spokesperson for the CECC, said that health authorities are still in the process of determining whether or not the virus was imported from another country or indigenous to Taiwan and transmitted amongst the students.
This put the total tally of confirmed A(H1N1) cases in the country at 68, according to officials.
These seven adolescents, between the ages of 10 to 20 and consisting of four males and three females, arrived Taiwan, June 21 and displayed flu-like symptoms on June 25, said Shih.
The seven teenagers of ethnic Chinese descent were in Taiwan to study Mandarin, added local media.
In related news, Shih remarked that the Department of Health will begin procurement bidding on July 3 for the 5 million vaccines required by this fall. Health authorities promise at least one inoculation shot for those in the high-risk group such as children and the elderly.
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HK detects A/H1N1 flu virus resistant to Tamiflu
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-03 20:36:33 Print
HONG KONG, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A strain of influenza A/H1N1 virus was found resistant to anti-flu drug oseltamivir in Hong Kong laboratory tests, local health authorities said Friday.
A spokesman for the Department of Health of Hong Kong said the department's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch (PHLSB) Friday detected a strain of A/H1N1 flu virus which was resistant to oseltamivir, i.e. Tamiflu.
The virus was identified during PHLSB's routine sensitivity test of the new flu virus to oseltamivir and zanamivir, the spokesman said.
Hong Kong has maintained an antiviral stockpile of both Tamifluand Relenza.
"Tests showed that this strain is sensitive to zanamivir, i.e. Relenza," he said.
He said this is the first time Tamiflu resistance in influenza A/H1N1 virus found in Hong Kong, adding that similar cases were also reported in Denmark and Japan.
The virus was isolated from the specimen taken from a 16-year- old girl coming from San Francisco. She was intercepted by Port Health Office at the Hong Kong International Airport on June 11 upon arrival.
The girl was then admitted to Queen Mary Hospital for isolation. She was tested positive to influenza A/H1N1 but opted not to take tamiflu. She had mild symptoms and was eventually discharged upon recovery on June 18.
"This is the only Tamiflu-resistant strain so far among some 200 influenza A/H1N1 samples tested in Hong Kong. Further tests are underway," the spokesman said.
He noted that PHLSB conducted routine sensitivity tests on specimens taken from confirmed A/H1N1 flu patients.
The case will be reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) , the spokesman said.
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Thailand reports 134 new cases of A/H1N1 flu
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-04 12:39:06 Print
BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has 134 new cases of influenza A/H1N1, bring the total number to 1,845, Public Heath Ministry on Saturday said.
Among the 1,845 cases, 1,748 cases have recovered and six died, the Thai-language news agency INN quoted a ministry official as saying.
Late Friday, the ministry announced the country's sixth death case due to the A/H1N1 virus infection.
According to the ministry, the latest victim was a 30-year-old man, whose weight was 123 kilograms, the INN reported.
The announcement has seen the country's death toll from the deadly new virus rise to six since June 27.
The country had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.
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Thailand's death toll from A/H1N1 flu rises to 7
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-04 16:59:16 Print
BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Public Heath Ministry on Saturday reported the country's seventh death case due to the A/H1N1 virus infection.
According to the ministry, the latest victim was a girl from central province of Ratcha Buri, some 80 km southwest to Bangkok, Thai language news agency INN reported.
The announcement has seen the country's death toll from the deadly new virus rise to seven since June 27.
Late Friday, the ministry announced that a 30-year-old male patient from Bangkok became the sixth flu death case.
As of Saturday morning, the ministry announced 134 more patients, including 115 students have been confirmed to be infected with the A/H1N1 flu virus, bringing the country's total number to 1,845.
The country had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.
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Thailand's death toll from A/H1N1 flu rises to eight
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-07 12:33:47 Print
BANGKOK, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday announced the country's eighth death related to the Influenza A/H1N1 virus.
The eighth death is a man of 58 years old, who died from renal failure at a hospital in the capital of Bangkok, the Thai-language news agency INN reported.
As of Tuesday morning, the ministry announced 156 more confirmed cases, bringing the country's total number to 2,428.
On Saturday, the ministry reported the country's seventh flu death case, who is a 37-year-old woman from the central province of Ratcha Buri.
Thailand had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.
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Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:56 pm |
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A/H1N1 sneaks further into Oceania as it claims new lives in Thailand
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-08 05:56:22 Print
HONG KONG, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Two more patients in Thailand were confirmed to be killed by the new influenza A/H1N1 virus Tuesday as the virus staked out new territory in Palau, a Pacific island nation.
Thailand's Public Health Ministry Tuesday announced the country's eighth and ninth deaths related to the deadly new influenza A/H1N1 virus.
The eighth death is a man of 58 years old, who died from renal failure at a hospital in the capital of Bangkok, the Thai-language news agency INN reported.
The ninth death is an eight-year-old girl from central province of Phetchaburi, the Thai-language news agency INN reported.
The ministry also announced 156 more patients, bringing the country's total number to 2,428.
As of Tuesday morning, over 2,350 have already recovered, some 40 others are still treated in hospitals, and eight people died of the A/H1N1 flu virus infection, the Thai-language news agency, INN quoted sources as saying.
The Australian state of Tasmania also recorded its first fatality related to A/H1N1 flu with the death of an 85-year-old woman with the virus.
Director of Public Health Chrissie Pickin said on Tuesday the woman suffering from a pre-existing chronic lung condition and A/H1N1 flu died in Royal Hobart Hospital Monday.
At least 13 people with A/H1N1 flu have died in Australia as of Tuesday afternoon.
In Oceania's other places, Palau's Ministry of Health has confirmed its first case of influenza A/H1N1, the Pacnews reported on Tuesday.
Health Minister Stevenson Kuartei announced that Palau has its first laboratory confirmed case of Influenza A/H1N1, after receiving lab results Monday from the first batch of samples sent to a Melbourne-based World Health Organization laboratory in June.
Kuartei said the first case was a two-year old girl of a visiting family here in Palau from Seattle, the United States.
The girl has left Palau and has long recovered.
Another eight people have tested positive in Fiji for the influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total confirmed cases to 27 in the country.
This was revealed by Fiji Ministry of Health officials on late Monday as the country was quickly running out of chemicals used for testing the virus and there is only enough stock to cater for this week.
Doctors in Fiji have been reminded to strictly abide by clinical criteria to ensure resources are saved as samples continue to be vetted in the health labs.
Fiji's officials said that the growing number of confirmed cases could mean cancellation of some public events and the closure of schools.
The country is preparing itself for the Pacific Youth Festival that will be launched on Saturday where 1,000 youths will be converging.
Vietnam's total tally rose to 235, local newspaper the New Hanoi reported Tuesday.
So far, 129 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital. The rest are being treated in stable conditions.
The Malaysian Health Ministry detected 34 new cases of A/H1N1 flu on Tuesday, bringing the total cases to 468 in the country.
Malaysian Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that 335 or 72 percent of the total 468 patients of the flu had recovered and been discharged from hospital.
Singapore on Tuesday night confirmed 106 new cases of influenzaA/H1N1, bringing the total number of such cases to 1,217 in the city state.
In Brunei the newest figure related to the flu was 174. Its ministry said that it was investigating the new cases, adding that76 of the total cases in the country had been discharged from hospital, while 88 patients were still under treatment.
In a related report, Australian professor Daniel Tarantola warned on Tuesday Asia's economic transformation is putting the region's health at risk.
Despite extraordinary progress which has lifted 600 million people out of poverty in Asia since 1990, the basic right to health is under threat and the future looks more uncertain, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Professor of Health and Human Rights, Daniel Tarantola said on Tuesday.
"The gap between the rich and poor is growing. The poor are getting sicker in crowded, polluted slums as Asia rapidly urbanizes, while the diseases of affluence like cardiovascular disease, cancer and depression are hitting the new rich," he said.
"The basic human right to health and economic development are inextricably linked, so we have to understand this complex relationship if we are going to turn Asia's growing wealth into better health."
Asia is especially vulnerable as it has the highest out-of-pocket health care costs and the lowest percent of GDP government spending on health.
"Asia hosts the highest number of households driven into poverty by health care costs, yet also boasts some of the world's best medical services for those who can pay," Tarantola said.
The first international conference to be held in Asia on health, human rights and development will consider the major threats to global and regional public health.
The conference to be held in Hanoi in October this year, will be co-hosted by UNSW's Initiative on Health and Human Rights and the Central Commission for Popularization and Education of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:33 pm |
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Thailand confirms 10th of A/H1N1 flu death
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-08 10:46:17 Print
BANGKOK, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Thai Public Health Ministry unveiled on Wednesday morning another fatality from A/H1N1 flu, bringing the number of flu death case to ten, Thai media reported.
According to Bangkok Post online, the minister Witthaya Kaewparadai confirmed a university student in Phuket had died of the new flu strain, though he did not give more details.
He also showed concern over the possibility of spreading of the virus since the universities and schools have started classes.
The ministry had reported 156 more flu infection cases nationwide on Tuesday, adding up the total cases to 2,428. The flu has killed ten in the country so far.
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Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:09 am |
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HK reports first serious A/H1N1 flu case
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-08 21:24:32 Print
HONG KONG, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong confirmed 41 new cases of influenza A/H1N1 on Wednesday which involved the city's first serious case, local health authorities said.
A spokesman for the Department of Health of Hong Kong said that among the 41 new cases, a 76-year-old man who had been admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital on July 5 is now in serious condition.
Laboratory analysis on respiratory samples taken from the man yielded a positive result for influenza A/H1N1 on Wednesday.
Controller of the Center for Health Protection of the department Thomas Tsang said that the man has been suffering from a chronic disease.
As the number of confirmed cases of new flu grows, it is expected to see serious and fatal cases coming up, Tsang said.
The man lives in Sha Tin with his wife who is a symptomatic. Investigation into the case is ongoing.
The newly confirmed cases brought the total to 1,055 in the territory.
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Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:58 am |
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A/H1N1 flu death toll in Thailand adds up to 12
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-09 11:57:05 Print
BANGKOK, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Thai Public Heath Ministry Thursday morning announced another death case of A/H1N1 flu, bringing the total flu fatalities nationwide to 12, Thai media reported.
According to Thai-language news agency (INN), the ministry said the latest victim of the new flu strain was a 52-year-old policeman, who died of the complication caused by kidney failure.
The first A/H1N1 flu death case in Thailand was reported on June 27.
As of Wednesday, the ministry reported altogether 2,714 flu-infected cases across the country, with 2,593 having recovered.
Thailand reported its first two confirmed flu cases on May 12 and the pace of the epidemic had been slow until June 12, when 43 cases were confirmed across the country in a single day.
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Thailand reports 1 more death due to A/H1N1 virus infection
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-09 13:43:18 Print
BANGKOK, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has one more death due to the A/H1N1 virus infection, bringing the country's death toll to 13, Doctor Paijit Warachit deputy permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry said Thursday.
The latest victim is a school student in a northeastern province of Ma-ha-sa-ra-kham, Thai language news agency INN quoted Doctor Paijit as saying.
Earlier the ministry also reported the country's 12th death case, which is a 52-year-old policeman, who also suffered from the kidney failure.
The country had its first two confirmed patients on May 12, and according to the World Health Organization, Thailand ranked 33rd among the countries hit by the deadly new virus.
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Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:31 pm |
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Thailand's total number of A/H1N1 flu patients rises to 2,925
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-09 15:52:12 Print
BANGKOK, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Public Health Ministry on Thursday announced the country's total number of the A/H1N1-virus-infected patients rose to 2,925 from 2,714 on Wednesday.
Earlier the ministry announced two additional death cases due to the new-deadly-virus infection, bringing the country's death toll to 13.
Thailand had its first two confirmed patients on May 12, and according to the World Health Organization.
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Thailand reports 1 more fatality due to A/H1N1 contraction. Toll now 15.
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-10 18:15:01 Print
BANGKOK, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Public Health Ministry on Friday reported one more death case due to the A/H1N1 virus contraction, bringing the country's death toll to 15.
The latest victim is a 63-year-old woman in Paknam district of Sa-moot-bra-karn province, next to capital Bangkok, the Bangkok Post's website quoted the ministry's Bureau of Epidemiology as saying.
The victim had had the valvular heart disease and high blood pressure prior to the new deadly virus infection, the Bureau of Epidemiology said.
Earlier, the ministry reported that the country had 146 more confirmed A/H1N1 virus infected patients, bringing the country's total number of the patients to 3,071.
Thailand had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.
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Thailand's death toll from A/H1N1 flu rises to 16
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-11 19:27:15 Print
BANGKOK, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Thailand reported one more death related to influenza A/H1N1, bringing the country's death toll to 16, according to local media on Saturday.
The latest victim was a 45-year-old man from Ayutthaya province, some 50 kilometers north to the capital of Bangkok, Rattanachai Jullaneth, chief of Ayutthaya public health office, was quoted by the Bangkok Post website as saying.
The patient was admitted to Ayutthaya hospital last Wednesday. He, already in critical condition, suffered from a complication of pneumonia and kidney failure.
A team of doctors tried to save his life by giving him the antiviral drug oseltamivir and washing his kidney, but they had failed, he said.
As of Saturday morning, Thailand had confirmed 157 new infection cases, bringing the country's cumulative total to 3,228.
Thailand reported its first two confirmed patients on May 12.
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HK reports 58 new A/H1N1 flu cases
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-11 20:15:34 Print
HONG KONG, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong has confirmed 58 new cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the past 24 hours as of 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, taking the total to 1,236 in the city, according to local health authorities.
A spokesman for the Department of Health of Hong Kong Saturday said the new cases involved 26 males and 32 females, aged between 2 and 55 years old
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Thailand's death toll from A/H1N1 flu rises to 17
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-12 12:27:13 Print
BANGKOK, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has one more death related to A/H1N1 influenza virus infection, bringing the country's death toll to 17, local media reported Sunday.
The latest victim is a woman from Rachaburi province, some 80 km southwest to the capital of Bangkok, the Thai-language news agency, INN quoted public health ministry sources as saying.
The government has advised internet bar to close temporarily from July 13 to July 28 to avoid the risk of infection among net surfers.
As of Sunday morning, Thailand has confirmed 247 infection cases, bringing the country's cumulative total to 3,475.
Thailand had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.
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Three more swine flu deaths in Thailand; toll rises to 18
AFP 12 July 2009, 04:43pm IST
BANGKOK: Thailand's swine flu death toll rose to 18 on Sunday as the government confirmed three more fatalities and opened a vaccine plant to prevent tens of thousands of infections across the country.
The latest confirmed deaths from the A(H1N1) virus were of a 45-year-old man in the central province of Ayutthaya, a 19-year-old man in southern Krabi province and a 24-year-old woman in Bangkok.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said that Thai people "should not be complacent but we will not panic", before he travelled south of the capital to open the country's first swine flu vaccination pilot plant.
"Anyone who does not have immunity could be infected," he said. "I am convinced that our confirmed cases could reach tens of thousands or perhaps hundreds of thousands."
The first two million doses of vaccine were expected to be ready by January at the latest, the public health minister Witthaya Keawparadai said.
He said his ministry would double its work in order to halve the predicted number of flu fatalities in Thailand this year, currently expected to reach 1,200.
Across the kingdom 247 new cases of swine flu were confirmed, bringing the total to 3,555.
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Thai gov't to buy face masks for distribution amid rising A/H1N1 outbreak
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-13 14:34:32 Print
BANGKOK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's A/H1N1 virus prevention committee will propose the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday for a purchase of face masks worth 10 million baht (293,430 U.S. dollars)in a latest attempt to curb the rising virus outbreak.
The face masks will be distributed to the people, particularly those who daily travel by public transportation, Deputy Prime Minister Sanan Kajornprasart, who chairs the panel said Monday, a Thai language news agency Krungthep Turakij Online reported.
Also, the committee will propose the cabinet meeting to endorse a budget worth of 70 million baht (2.05 million U.S. dollars) to finance a public campaign to fight the new virus outbreak, he said.
The government plans have come amid the country's Monday reportof three more death cases due to the A/H1N1 virus infection, bringing the country's death toll to 21 since June 27.
Also, the country had 329 more confirmed A/H1N1 virus infected patients, bringing the country's total number of the patients to 3,883, according to the Public Health Ministry.
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I hear that face masks are really not that effective.
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| yankee-in-france wrote: | | I hear that face masks are really not that effective. |
I have heard that too YIF. They have different qualities of paper respirators and duckbills. You have to shop for one that works if a person wishes to go that route. I will research as time permits.
They shouldn't be that expensive. A few years back, the nuclear industry made a move from canister respirators to simple paper duckbills. I would think if these paper respirators would work in a nuke plant, they would work on the fly virus droplets.
Of course no respirator would stop radiation but they do stop the radioactive dust, mist, and fuel fleas.
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$33.95 for a box of 20. Not bad for 3M.
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Thailand reports three more deaths from A/H1N1 flu
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-14 13:30:24 Print
BANGKOK, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has three more deaths related to influenza A/H1N1 virus infection, bringing the country's death toll to 24, local media reported Tuesday.
The victims are two women from Bangkok and one from Samutsakhon, a province next to Bangkok, the Channel 7 quoted public health ministry sources as saying.
The government is stepping up its effort to curb the epidemic outbreak.
Deputy Prime Minister Sanan Kachornprasart, chairman of Thailand's national influenza committee, said on Tuesday that he will propose to the cabinet meeting the closure of all schools nationwide for two to four weeks to help curb the flu outbreak, but it was not necessary to shut down entertainment venues for the time being.
He would also ask the cabinet for a 70 million Baht (2.05 mln U.S. dollars) budget for a publicity campaign to educate people on the best ways of avoiding infection by the swine flu virus.
As of Tuesday morning, Thailand has confirmed 176 more infection cases, bringing the country's cumulative total to 4057, the Channel 7 said.
Thailand had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.
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All schools in Bangkok ordered to suspend classes amid rising A/H1N1 outbreak
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-14 16:06:47 Print
BANGKOK, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Tuesday ordered class suspension of all of its 435 schools, 200 nurseries, and 13 occupational training centers from July 15 to 19 to curb the rising A/H1N1 flu virus outbreak.
Speaking after a meeting of the city administrators, BMA Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said the BMA will focus on campaigning for the people to wear a protective mask, especially at crowded places, the Bangkok Post's website reported.
The BMA is going to distribute 2 million face masks to the people at various crowded locations such as at the BTS electric train stations and Hua Lampong railway station, he said.
Also, the BMA will distribute face masks to Bangkok MPs and city councilors, who will re-distribute the face masks to the people in their constituencies, he said.
Meanwhile, from Tuesday, billboards to campaign for the people to wear the preventive mask and often wash hands will be put up at various corners of the city. The BMA will also ask all community radios to join the campaign to fight the new flu.
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Thailand reports 412 news A/H1N1 flu patients
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-15 14:13:12 Print
BANGKOK, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has 412 more influenza A/H1N1 cases, bringing the country's total number to 4,469, local media reported Wednesday.
Of those patients, most have recovered, 24 people died, some six people are in serious condition, the Thai-language news agency, and the INN quoted public health ministry sources as saying.
The Thai cabinet on Tuesday approved an 850 million baht (24.9 million U.S. dollars) budget to purchase antiviral vaccine and medicine to curb outbreak of the influenza A/H1N1.
Also Tuesday, the Bangkok government ordered class suspension of all 435 schools, 200 nurseries, and 13 occupational training centers from July 15 to 19 to curb the rising A/H1N1 flu virus outbreak.
The country had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.
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HK reports first suspected fatal case of influenza A/H1N1
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-16 23:45:35 Print
HONG KONG, July 16 (Xinhua) -- A 42-year-old Philippine seaman, who died last week with a superbug infection, was tested positive for the influenza A/H1N1 overnight, Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection announced on Thursday.
If confirmed, it would be Hong Kong's first fatality from influenza A/H1N1.
Earlier tests found community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in the man's blood sample, the center discovered he also tested positive for the human swine flu virus on Wednesday night.
The man flew to Hong Kong from the Philippines on June 28 and left two days later on board a cargo ship. He came down with a fever, cough and chest pain on July 3 and was admitted to the Ruttonjee Hospital with pneumonia on July 8 when he was back to the city. He had respiratory failure and died on July 10.
Centre Controller Thomas Tsang said on Thursday more laboratory tests and a post-mortem examination will be conducted to find out the cause of the man's death. He did not rule out the possibility of influenza A/H1N1 contributing to the death.
He added the man was likely to have been infected outside the city, and a delay in seeking medical attention might have worsened his illness.
Hong Kong's Department of Health confirmed 85 new cases of influenza A/H1N1 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 1,552, with 23 confirmed cases staying in public hospitals for treatment. Among them, 18 cases are in stable condition, three in serious and two in critical condition.
Tsang said the serious cases represent about 0.3 percent of the total tally, which is consistent with overseas findings.
He also urged the high-risk groups, such as patients with chronic lung, heart disease or diabetes, and people who are overweight or pregnant, to avoid crowded places and to consult doctors as early as possible if they fall sick.
He noted Hong Kong is in the summer peak flu season, with the virus of influenza A/H1N1 at an active stage.
Secretary for Food and Health York Chow said earlier this week whether Hong Kong sees its first fatal human swine flu case will not affect the local government's emergency measures, adding schools should resume classes if adequate preparation is made.
About 30 percent of kindergartens will resume classes in August and they will be given health and hygiene advice one week before they re-open. Most schools will resume classes in September and arrangement details will be announced soon.
On the procurement of vaccines, he said the local government will demand suppliers comply with quality and safety standards and ensure they have the necessary registration from the relevant authority before any vaccines are administered.
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A/H1N1 flu cases rise to 338 in Vietnam
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-17 13:13:44 Print
HANOI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese Ministry of Health confirmed 18 more influenza A/H1N1 cases, bringing the country's tally to 338, local newspaper the People reported Friday.
Out of the 18 cases, 14 patients are in a commune of the country's southern province of Dong Nai, said the ministry. They were tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus after having contacts with flu patients.
So far, 279 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals. The rest are being quarantined and treated, all in stable condition, said the newspaper.
The ministry also said there is a high possibility of the spread of flu A/H1N1 virus in schools and communities in the coming time. Therefore, it urged people coming to Vietnam from affected areas to observe self-quarantine and limit their contacts with other people within seven days from the time of entering the country.
No death in connection with the disease has been reported since its outbreak.
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