Canada person leaves on affected Beijing, there have been no cases of H5N1 death reports | Canada | H5N1| _ bird flu news

Xinhua News (reporters Li Qiumeng) Canada Ministry of health yesterday announced the "Canada citizen flew back from Beijing due to incidence of H5N1 bird flu virus after death", a Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said yesterday that, as of last weekend, no bird flu cases have been reported in the city. At present, the city has entered the high risk season for seasonal influenza and other respiratory tract infections, influenza activity will continue to increase in the future, and centralized heating or will further increase.

　　Canada appeared H5N1 deaths

Canada's Health Minister Rona Ambrose on 8th, Canada Alberta residents from H5N1-type avian influenza died on 3rd. This is North America's first case of death from H5N1 avian influenza.

Ambrose said the patient on December 27 last year, returned from Beijing, China Canada morbidity after healing died. 7th released the autopsy report confirmed that it died of H5N1 avian influenza virus. Canada has been informed to China and the World Health Organization. Yet don't know the deceased's means of infection.

This is North America's first case of H5N1 strain bird flu deaths, but belong to isolated cases, two men and their close contacts are under medical observation, at present no symptoms.

　　Beijing far no bird flu cases reported

Beijing Municipal Health Bureau introduced city CDC medical institutions at all levels have been established in the city's monitoring of pneumonia of unknown causes, influenza surveillance, the monitoring of pathogenic monitoring of influenza and infectious disease symptoms. Once suspected cases were detected, reported to be the first time. As of last weekend, no bird flu cases have been reported in the city.

City CDC said influenza viruses on a rising trend in the City currently has entered the high season of seasonal influenza and other respiratory tract infections, Center recently received a number of collective-owned units and schools gathered reports of fever. For some period in the future, the city will continue to enhance the level of influenza activity, caused by an influenza virus collectives such as schools focus on fever outbreaks will likely increase further.

Glossary

H5N1 bird flu virus

With the H5N1 avian influenza virus in poultry and wild birds are easily spread, but transmission to humans is more difficult. But this virus was fatal, since 2003, there were 15 countries reported 648 cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza, of which 384 deaths.

Warm tips

City CDC special reminded, public should keep good of personal hygiene and the indoor sanitation; strengthened Deloitte wash, good of health habits; influenza, respiratory infectious diseases patients home or out Shi should wearing masks, not recommends sick work school, so as not to infection others, caused disease spread: for crowd concentrated of collective units, and school in respiratory disease high made season more should note strengthened health monitoring, special strengthened indoor confined space of ventilation and environment disinfection work, to reduced infectious diseases of spread.

(Original title: there have been no cases of bird flu in Beijing report)

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January 10, 2014 Beijing times
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加拿大人离京后患H5N1死亡 北京尚无病例报告|加拿大|H5N1|禽流感_新闻资讯

　　京华时报讯（记者李秋萌）针对加拿大卫生部前日公布“一名加拿大公民从北京飞回后因H5N1型禽流感发病死亡”一事，北京市卫生局昨日表示，截至上周末，本市无禽流感病例报告。目前本市已经进入季节性流感等呼吸道传染病高发季，未来流感活动将继续增强，集中发热现象或将进一步增加。

　　加拿大出现H5N1死亡病例

　　加拿大卫生部部长罗娜·安布罗斯8日证实，加拿大艾伯塔省一名居民因患H5N1型禽流感3日死亡。这是北美地区首例H5N1型禽流感死亡病例。

　　安布罗斯说，这名患者于去年12月27日从中国北京返回加拿大后发病，医治无效死亡。7日发表的尸检报告确认其死于H5N1型禽流感病毒。加拿大已向中国和世界卫生组织进行了通报。目前尚不知道死者的感染途径。

　　这是北美地区首例H5N1型禽流感死亡病例，但属于孤立病案，两名与其密切接触者已接受医学观察，目前都没有发病症状。

　　北京暂未有禽流感病例报告

　　北京市卫生局介绍，市疾控中心已在全市建立了各级医疗机构的不明原因肺炎监测、流感样病例监测、流感病原学监测和传染病症状监测。一旦发现可疑病例，须第一时间上报。截至上周末，本市无禽流感病例报告。

　　市疾控中心表示，目前本市流感病毒呈升高趋势，已经进入季节性流感等呼吸道传染病的高发季节，近期中心接到几起集体单位和学校聚集性发热的报告。在今后一段时期内，本市的流感活动水平将会不断增强，由流感病毒导致学校等集体单位发生集中发热疫情的可能性将进一步增加。

　　■名词解释

　　H5N1型禽流感

　　H5N1型禽流感病毒在家禽和野鸟间易于传播，但传播给人类比较困难。不过这种病毒很致命，自2003年以来，全球共有15个国家报告了648个人感染H5N1型禽流感病例，其中384例死亡。

　　■温馨提示

　　市疾控中心特别提醒，市民应保持良好的个人卫生及室内环境卫生；强化勤洗手等良好的卫生习惯；流感等呼吸道传染病患者在家或外出时应佩戴口罩，不建议带病上班上学，以免传染他人，造成疾病传播：对于人群集中的集体单位、学校在呼吸道疾病高发季节更应注意加强健康监测，特别加强室内密闭空间的通风和环境消毒工作，以减少传染病的传播。

（原标题：北京尚无禽流感病例报告）

（编辑：SN091）
2014年01月10日01:59
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