China rules out SARS suspect in Shenzhen

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China rules out SARS suspect in Shenzhen

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Medical tests have proved that a hospital patient in China's southern city of Shenzhen has regular pneumonia and not SARS. Official reports said that the situation of the 38-year-old garment trader is now under control.

Head of the Health Bureau of Shenzhen City, Zhou Jun'an, said Shenzhen City has strictly followed the requirements for reporting set by the World Health Organization.

He added that there has been no confirmed or suspected SARS case in Shenzhen since winter.

According to the health official, Chen Xiaohe, a garment trader from a market in Bao'an District of Shenzhen, who was reported by overseas media as a SARS suspect, has been diagnosed as suffering from infections caused by gram-negative bacillus.

Chen, 38, complained of fever, fatigue and cough a month ago without obvious causes such as contacting or eating civet cats or mice.

Chen was checked into the local hospital on Jan. 10 for respiratory distress, coupled with other symptoms such pneumonia, respiratory failure, and failure of other organs in the chest.

"Chen's ailment is now under control after two day's intensive care, but he is not out of the dangerous period," said Zhou. Testson the patient's blood, mucus and stool have proved coronavirus negative.

By People's Daily Online

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