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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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December 7, 2007
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Notification
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Jiangsu man ill with avian flu
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The Ministry of Health has notified the Centre for Health Protection of a confirmed avian influenza case involving a 52-year-old man in Jiangsu Province.

 

He developed fever on December 3 and was admitted to a hospital for treatment.

 

China's Centre for Diseases Control & Prevention conducted tests that showed the man had contracted the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

 

The patient's 24-year-old son was confirmed on December 2 to have been infected with H5N1.

 

The Centre for Health Protection is liaising closely with the ministry for more information on the case. Click here for preventive measures.