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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

High-risk elderly mortality stronger than SARS



[02:30] 2013/05/01
 H7N9 avian influenza in Hong Kong threat looming.CHP's new discovery and infectious animal diseases Scientific Committee meeting yesterday to analysis of the latest outbreak, the next six months is the key, so far found that the elderly are a high risk group of H7N9, 5% of the patients in the Mainland over the age of 60, elderly mortality Bi Shashi higher .Chairman of the Committee, the University of Hong Kong, Department of Microbiology, Chair Professor Yuen Kwok-yung warning, H7N9 has not yet signs of human to human transmission, Mainland outbreak can be controlled below the stage, must have an impact on Hong Kong, to improve border and poultry epidemic prevention.  http://news.on.cc/cnt/news/20130501/bkn-20130501023031374-0501_00822_001.html