Another suspected A/H1N1 flu case reported in C China

www.chinaview.cn 2009-05-25 20:58:00
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BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Health Ministry reported another suspected A/H1N1 influenza case Monday in central Hunan Province.

The case, twelfth in the mainland, involved a 19-year-old male student from Changsha, capital of Hunan.

The provincial health department said he had been studying at a U.S. university, which was not specified.

The patient boarded Air China flight CA982 from New York at 4 a.m.(Beijing time) Thursday and arrived in Beijing at 6 p.m. (Beijing time).

On Friday, he took a taxi with his mother to the airport. They then boarded Air China flight CA1349 and arrived in Changsha at 1:40 p.m.

He developed a sore throat and cough Friday and was put under observation at the Changsha Center for Disease Control and Prevention the following day. On Monday, his cough worsened and he was sent to the Public Health Treatment Center in Changsha, where he remains under quarantine.

Three people who had close contact with him were under observation.

The ministry noted that he was on the same plane with a 65-year-old man who was the fourth case reported in Beijing.

The mainland had 11 confirmed cases and one suspected case as of 9:30 p.m. Monday.
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Tentara AS Jadi Orang Pertama yang Terjangkit H1N1 di Kuwait

Kuwait - Kasus virus H1N1 atau yang lebih dikenal dengan flu babi terus meluas dari tempat asalnya, Meksiko. Seorang tentara Amerika Serikat (AS) yang sedang bertugas di Kuwait pun ditetapkan menjadi korban pertama virus mematikan itu.

Virus dideteksi dalam segerombolan tentara yang tidak bisa ditentukan jumlahnya dalam perjalanannya melalui Kuwait. Beberapa akhirnya dikarantina di pangkalan militer untuk pengobatan dan beberapa telah meninggalkan Kuwait.

Tentara pertama kali ditetapkan terjangkit virus H1N1 di Gulf, tempat pengekspor minyak terbesar di dunia. Kuwait adalah pangkalan logistik bagi militer AS dalam mensuport pasukannya ke Irak.

"Tentara AS, yang nama dan umurnya tidak ditutupi tiba di Kuwait untuk transit. Mereka diuji dan diberikan pengobatan yang tepat," kata Wakil Menteri Kesehatan Ibrahim al-Abdulhadi kepada kantor berita KUNA seperti dilansir Reuters, Minggu (24/5/2009).

Dalam pernyataannya kepada KUNA, Keduataan AS mengatakan: "Kami menyadari bahwa kasus flu H1N1 telah ditetapkan sementara kepada personel pasukan militer AS yang ditugaskan ke luar negeri, termasuk tentara yang transit melalui pangkalan militer AS di Kuwait."

"Mereka tidak datang dengan kontak fisik dengan populasi di Kuwait," tambahnya.


Sumber : Laurencius Simanjuntak - detikNews