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Mainland reports 15th flu case, 2 more suspected

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-28 21:41

FUZHOU/SHANGHAI -- The number of confirmed A(H1N1) cases on the Chinese mainland rose to 15 on Thursday, after one more case each reported in eastern Fujian Province and Shanghai, while new suspected case each reported in Shanghai and Guangdong, health authorities said.

A nurse puts on a pair of goggles before entering the isolation ward at the Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing, May 20, 2009. [Xinhua]

The newly confirmed case in Fujian involved a 25-year-old Chinese male who arrived in Beijing Monday evening on Air China flight CA982 from New York and then flew to Fuzhou, capital of Fujian, on CA1821, the same day.

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He had a cough and sore throat early Tuesday and went to the Fuzhou No. 2 Hospital, where his temperature was measured at 37.5 degrees Celsius.

He tested positive for A(H1N1) flu Wednesday by the Fujian Provincial Disease Control and Prevention Center and positive again Thursday by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The man, who was being treated at the Fuzhou Pulmonary Hospital, was in stable condition with a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, the health bureau said.

The bureau said 84 people had been exposed to him. In Fujian, 19 among the 23 exposed people in the province had been quarantined while the other four had not been found. Others were been sought nationwide.

The Shanghai patient, a 26-year-old Chinese female, who was reported as suspected case Wednesday, had been tested positive to A(H1N1) by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said Chen Qiwei, spokesman for the municipal government, here on Thursday afternoon.

She is the second confirmed case in Shanghai, Chen said.

The patient, arrived in Shanghai on May 23 on American Airlines flight AA289 from Chicago, began to cough early Monday. Her temperature rose to 38 degrees Celsius early Tuesday, Chen said.

Her parents and the driver of a taxi that took her to Huashan Hospital have been put under a one-week medical observation.

Her temperature had dropped to 37.4 degrees Celsius and she had been in stable condition, Chen said.

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