1 Mainland H7N9 case reported

April 30, 2013

The Centre for Health Protection has verified with the National Health & Family Planning Commission today one human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Fujian.
 
It involves a 58-year-old man who is receiving treatment in hospital. His condition is serious.
 
As of 9pm today, a total of 126 cases have been laboratory confirmed with avian influenza A(H7N9) on the Mainland, including Zhejiang (46 cases), Shanghai (33 cases), Jiangsu (27 cases), Anhui (four cases), Henan (four cases), Jiangxi (five cases), Fujian (three cases), Shandong (two cases), Beijing (one case) and Hunan (one case).
 
No human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) has been identified so far in Hong Kong.