Latest News:  

English>>China Society

Beijing girl infected with H7N9 recovering (2)

(Xinhua)

08:23, April 16, 2013

A seven-year-old girl in Beijing who was the first person in China's capital to test positive for the H7N9 bird flu has started to recover, local health authorities said Monday. (Photo Source: china.com.cn)

BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A seven-year-old girl in Beijing who was the first person in China's capital to test positive for the H7N9 bird flu has started to recover, local health authorities said Monday.

The child, surnamed Yao, has been transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular ward in the infectious disease department of Beijing Ditan Hospital, according to the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau.

Over the past few days, the girl has been recovering and her temperature has stabilized, the bureau said, adding that she is no longer exhibiting respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms.

She has tested negative for the H7N9 virus twice and is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon, the bureau said.

On Monday morning, the bureau also said a four-year-old boy tested positive for the H7N9 virus by the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday evening.

He has not shown any flu-like symptoms and is not being included in the total number of confirmed cases nationwide, but he remains under medical observation at Beijing Ditan Hospital.

As of 8 p.m. Monday, 63 cases of the H7N9 strain of bird flu have been reported across China, including Beijing and Shanghai, the central province of Henan and the eastern provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui. Fourteen of the cases have resulted in death, according to local health authorities.


Latest development of H7N9 in China[Special]


We Recommend:

Sparking youth: Life of post-1990s models

The job of building heavenly homeland

Photo story: A family infected by HIV

Roads swallowing lives in many cities of China

Fly into sky: A day of an airline captain

China's weekly story (2013.3.29-4.7)

Incredible inventions by Chinese

Dangerous moment at Drum Rickshaw Race

'Nail house' remains on C China construction site

【1】 【2】 【3】

Email|Print|Comments(Editor:WangLili、Gao Yinan)

Related Reading

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Navy concludes visit to Morocco

  2. U.S., Philippines hold joint military drill

  3. People celebrate Songkran Festival

  4. H7N9 virus still not spread by people

  5. Wedding show at Slender West Lake

  6. 14 dead in central China hotel fire

  7. Drivers parade of Chinese F1 Grand Prix

  8. New hope for Peking Opera

  9. H7N9 wipes 10 bln yuan from poultry biz

  10. The mini homes in China

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Who makes the massive immigration fraud?
  2. Overcapacity troubles Chinese economy
  3. Survivors say SARS lesson mustn't be forgotten
  4. Chinese takeover not threat: German research
  5. Is strong trade data too good to be true?
  6. Hit film triggers discussion on giving birth abroad
  7. Philanthropists donate less as economy slows
  8. New media trend for Chinese language study in US
  9. Follow-up work needed for yuan's going global
  10. Boao Forum for Asia makes China, world closer

What’s happening in China

Death toll rises to 14 in central China hotel fire

  1. Pigeons in Henan confined due to H7N9 bird flu
  2. Drug addicts flee from detention in SW China
  3. Record amount of heroin seized in NW China
  4. H7N9 expert warns human transmission possible
  5. Anti-waste drive facing fresh challenges