H7 cases test negative

April 29, 2013

From noon yesterday to noon today, the Centre for Health Protection received notification of three suspected human cases of avian influenza A(H7) which fulfilled reporting criteria, and one case which did not.
 
The cases involve a three-year-old boy, a six-month-old girl, and a three-year-old girl. They tested negative for the H7 virus and are stable. The case which did not fulfil the reporting criteria also tested negative for H7.
 
This brings the total number of notifications received since March 31 of cases fulfilling reporting criteria of suspected human cases of avian influenza A(H7) to 18, and those not fulfilling reporting criteria to 43.
 
No confirmed human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) has yet been recorded in Hong Kong.