Hong Kong: A woman is critically ill in Hong Kong with the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu, the first confirmed case in the city this winter, the Hong Kong government said.
The woman, 68, was admitted to hospital on Thursday after falling ill on Dec. 19, the Hong Kong government said in a statement issued on Saturday.
The case has been classified as "imported" after it emerged the woman had recently been in the Longgang district of Shenzhen in mainland China, where the first human case of the deadly H7N9 strain was reported in March 2013
The woman ate chicken while in Shenzhen but was not exposed to live poultry, the government said.
The government is trying to track down friends of the woman who may have been exposed to the virus, the source of which had not been determined.
The first known human case of the H7N9 strain was reported in mainland China in March last year, according to the World Health Organization. The virus subsequently spread to Hong Kong last December where it killed three people.
Officials at Hong Kong's Health and Food and Environmental Health Departments were not available for comment.
Hong Kong hospitals have introduced measures to monitor and contain influenza infection, including cutting visitor hours, after the government raised the city's influenza pandemic response level to "serious", it said in a statement late on Saturday.
The woman, 68, was admitted to hospital on Thursday after falling ill on Dec. 19, the Hong Kong government said in a statement issued on Saturday.
The case has been classified as "imported" after it emerged the woman had recently been in the Longgang district of Shenzhen in mainland China, where the first human case of the deadly H7N9 strain was reported in March 2013
The government is trying to track down friends of the woman who may have been exposed to the virus, the source of which had not been determined.
Advertisement
Officials at Hong Kong's Health and Food and Environmental Health Departments were not available for comment.
Advertisement
© Thomson Reuters 2014
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Hong Kong to Launch 'Inverse Bitcoin ETF' for First Time in Asia All You Need To Know About Bird Flu Virus Found In Humans In 2024 McDonald's Slashes Breakfast Hours In Australia After Nationwide Egg Shortage From Bird Flu 150 mg Semen In Kolkata Doctor's Body, Suspect Gang-Rape: Parents To Court 2 French Rafale Jets Collide Mid-Air, Instructor, Pilot Missing Vandalism At Kolkata Hospital Where Doctor Was Raped, Tear Gas Fired Probe Reveals Brazil Plane Crashed One Minute After Pilots Sensed Trouble "Strictest Punishment For Crimes Against Women": PM Amid Kolkata Protests "Working To Reduce Government Interference In People's Lives": PM Modi Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.