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Confirmed cases of A(H1N1) flu in mainland rise to 43

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-02 20:25

BEIJING -- The tally of confirmed A(H1N1)flu cases on the Chinese mainland has risen to 43 on Tuesday as four more people were confirmed infected with the virus.

Shanghai announced two more cases, involving two Chinese women from the United States, who are the city's sixth and seventh cases, said the spokesman of Shanghai Municipal Government.

The sixth was a 60-year-old woman who arrived in Shanghai early Friday from America by flight MU588.

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The woman was tested positive to A(H1N1)flu virus on late Monday and all the eight people who had close contact to her have been quarantined. None of whom showed flu symptoms.

A 18-year-old girl arrived in Shanghai by flight UA835 on Saturday. She tested positive to the virus on Tuesday morning.

All the six people who had contact with her had been quarantined and showed no flu symptoms.

The Ministry of Health reported another two new cases in the central provinces of Hubei and Henan, who were confirmed Tuesday morning according to clinical diagnosis, epidemiological investigation and lab tests.

A 20-year-old man became Hubei's first confirmed patient. He flew from Canada on May 24, transferring flights in the Republic of Korea (ROK) to Guangzhou. All the 14 people who had close contact had been quarantined and another 34 people who had exposure to the patient have been quarantined at home, said the provincial health department.

The other case in Henan involved a 3-year-old girl, who arrived with relatives in Zhengzhou on Thursday on Korean Air flight KE809 from Seoul, where she had transferred from a flight from Las Vegas. Her fever has subsided.

Health departments from the two provinces were tracing those in close contact with the patients and have been quarantined quarantine. None of them had shown flu symptoms, the ministry said.

According to the World Health Organization, as of Monday, 62 countries have officially reported 17,410 cases of influenza A(H1N1)infections, including 115 deaths.