Tag: health-authority
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Shanghai confirms new human case of H7N9 bird flu – Xinhua
Shanghai’s health authority has confirmed a new human case of infection by the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, the state-owned news agency Xinhua said on Friday. The man diagnosed with H7N9 bird flu is being treated in a hospital, Xinhua reported. Shanghai has already reported one human case of H7N9 infection this month.
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Hong Kong confirms 2nd human bird flu infection this winter
Hong Kong authorities on Friday confirmed the city’s second case of human bird flu infection this winter, five days after the death of a first patient who contracted the same H7N9 strain of the disease. The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health said a 70-year-old man with underlying illnesses, who was admitted…