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  • China - Beijing - City influenza-like illness increased significantly from the previous month - first H1N1 death - no cases of H7N9

    Beijing and the city's first case of the H1N1 deaths No cases of H7N9

    At 07:54 on January 24, 2014 Source: Beijing Times

    Yesterday, the CDC Bulletin, the city's first case of influenza deaths, has entered the peak flu season. For other provinces of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza occurs, CDC, said the city does not rule out future cases of local cases and imported cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza may occur, the current monitoring shows that the city is no H7N9 cases, and the variability of the virus has not yet appeared.

    Beijing's first flu death this year

    Patients: A 73-year-old man infected with viruses: influenza A H1N1 virus history: suffering from cancer, pneumonia, and chronic diseases

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    Municipality higher intensity influenza activity

    Yesterday, the Beijing Municipality recent CDC outbreak were notified. According to reports, the city has entered a peak period of influenza and influenza deaths occurred this year's first case.

    For situations southern provinces and cities appear one after another H7N9 cases, deputy director of CDC Spark Pang said at this stage the city of influenza virus type A (H1N1) influenza virus, influenza A (H3N2) and influenza B viruses co-epidemic, Among them, the H1N1 influenza virus activity from the previous month was significantly enhanced.

    Spark Pang introduced, most recently, the city of onset of influenza-like illness increased significantly from the previous month, and at a high level.

    This year, the city of class C infectious diseases were reported in 2,781 cases, the number of reported cases of the disease to other more infectious diarrhea and influenza. Last week, the city's two hospitals outpatient and emergency visits to monitor the cumulative number of 88 million people, the percentage of cases of influenza-like 2.8% positive for influenza virus detection rate of over 50%, "an average of more than 3000 cases of influenza patients per day, which does not include did not come to the hospital. "

    Pang Spark, from the current ILI situation, "main force" is a 25-year-old to 59-year-olds, accounting for about 30% of all influenza-like illness, advised the public not to persist in working to prevent the spread of the influenza virus more people.

    As of yesterday, the city did not report public health emergencies and cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza received.

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    Has received 10 reports from centralized heating

    Reporters learned from the disease control department, last autumn and winter so far, CDC has received 10 cases of fever of more than 10 people focused on disease reporting, these people concentrate fever outbreak occurred in kindergartens, schools, hospitals and other personnel-intensive units. 10 cases involving a total of 190 cases of fever epidemic fever patients without severe cases, with no deaths.

    Yesterday, the Shanghai reported 1 new confirmed cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza. Patients Qin Moumou, female, 61 years old, Shanghai hukou. Confirmed on January 22, is now in active treatment.

    Sporadic cases of H7N9 currently does not rule

    Whether the H7N9 epidemic will arrive in Beijing? Spark Pang said that at present, the city of influenza virus activity significantly increased from the previous month, and will continue to maintain a high level of activity in the coming period, does not exclude the nurseries, collective units and crowded places caused by influenza the possibility of centralized heating epidemic, but also occur due to severe cases or deaths caused by influenza, especially in children, the elderly and people with chronic underlying diseases such as influenza high-risk populations.

    Meanwhile, the country has entered the Spring Festival travel peak, during the Spring Festival, railway stations, shopping malls and other public places, a significant increase in population density, population mobility enhancement, poultry transport and trade frequently, the risk of the spread of flu increases. Therefore, the city does not exclude local cases and cases of imported cases of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza may occur, "according to currently available information, the public health significance of virus mutation did not occur. Virus not yet have an effective capacity of human to human transmission, Therefore, the city is currently H7N9 avian flu pandemic lower the possibility of sporadic cases will mostly dominated, "said Pang Spark.

    Reporters learned that, since January 1 of this year, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other 66 cases were reported in five provinces, cases were sporadic, indicating that the outbreak among poultry are not blocked.

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    Real-time monitoring of viral training emergency personnel

    For the city of reported cases of H7N9 may occur, whether the hospitals do prevention work? Spark Pang introduced, many case reports appearing one after another H7N9 has caused the city's attention, according to CDC will promptly global, national influenza epidemic dynamics change and the city, the city carried on the epidemic situation analysis and risk assessment for the government to provide the appropriate initiatives based on suggestions for city residents publish reminded, once confirmed cases, the first time to the public.

    Meanwhile, to further improve the monitoring of influenza-like illness and etiological work the city in a timely manner to understand and master the city of influenza activity status and variation.

    Currently the city's major hospitals are more respiratory patients, in order to strengthen the hospital, including emergency, respiratory and other key sections of the front-line medical staff "real" capability, CDC has been carried out on the CDC personnel and medical institutions training to improve the capacity of the city's flu prevention and control professionals, once the symptoms of H7N9 flu cases have features will be found in time. In addition, in accordance with the requirements, the city has been enhanced pre-hospital triage and infection control in health care institutions, aimed at the emergence of cases, to prevent cross infection.

    □ spark dialogue Pang, Deputy Director of Beijing CDC

    Holiday farmhouse to live away from poultry carcasses

    Beijing Times: For previous years, this year the city of influenza activity intensity characteristics?

    Pang Spark: The current level of influenza has not been over the city last year, but the intensity of the flu in southern China has exceeded last year, the intensity of influenza activity in some areas of North America is relatively large. Currently the city of influenza vaccine and influenza vaccination virus strains match, so we remind ready to go to North America, southern China tour, visiting people to pay attention to the prevention of influenza, influenza vaccination is best able to advance two weeks after the injection of the vaccine can antibody in vivo.

    Beijing Times: Previously focused on influenza vaccination of school-age population has been completed, whether now be vaccinated?

    Pang Spark: the city has completed 60 years of age or older city residence and primary school, secondary school students free vaccination influenza vaccine in school, and played a role in this part of the crowd barrier, the current community health services can also be vaccinated influenza vaccine, the public can call the intentional inoculation 12320 Public Health Service hotline nearest vaccination point.

    Beijing Times: How do individual prevention?

    Pang Spark: on the one hand, on the road, in the waiting, waiting time, as far as a place to wait for air circulation, to reduce air circulation and crowded places. Of course, a balanced diet, adequate rest and avoid fatigue. On the other hand, people on the road to minimize unnecessary contact with livestock, with special attention to avoid contact with dead poultry, try to avoid contact with wild birds or wild birds into the habitat.
    Currently the city are still some small traders themselves slaughtered poultry, farmhouse public to play, not to slaughter their own livestock, slaughtered away from the scene.

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    Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital launched influenza agent

    Beijing Times (Reporter Li Qiumeng) reporter learned from the Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital, according to this year's flu TCM features, the hospital has organized some experts drafted in 2014 in Beijing influenza agents, focusing on "Xuanfei cold, heat and dryness." .

    Febrile disease theory holds that when the lines are cold flu areas directly related to the local regional climate change. Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital of the recent more than 200 cases of flu medicine epidemiological investigation conducted analysis shows that this year's flu symptoms characteristic of traditional Chinese medicine as "cold outside there in the dry heat folder", outside cold symptoms are more prominent, and the overall performance of high fever, no sweat, chills, headache and muscle and joint pain, oropharyngeal dry, sore throat, dry cough with little phlegm. Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital launched the 2014 influenza mixture to the soup and Maxinshigan Jieji Gegen decoction made of wood, initially proved to be effective in improving fever and other flu symptoms, shorten the course. Currently Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital has opened a flu designed units provide agent services for patients.

    Beijing Times reporter Li Qiumeng
    (Editor: Baocong Ying, Gao Xing)

    zhttp://bj.people.com.cn/n/2014/0124/c82840-20464188.html
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