Taiwan detected the first case of H7N9 infection

Taiwan has discovered the first case of H7N9 influenza virus infection, which caused many deaths in China during the last nearly a month, the Taiwanese health agency's announcement on April 24 said.

According to Taiwanese officials, the infected person is a 53-year-old man working in Suzhou. From March 28 to April 9, this man in Suzhou, on April 9, went from Shanghai to Taiwan.

Starting on April 12, the patient has symptoms of fever, sweating, fatigue . On April 16, due to the high fever, the patient went to the doctor to diagnose the disease. Three days later, the patient's health condition began to be critical. Doctors have taken patients to a medical center for treatment.

Currently, patients are being actively treated by doctors in Taiwan.

During this time, Taiwanese doctors conducted two test samples for this patient. Both results showed that the patient gave a positive result for H7N9. By noon on April 24, doctors had an accurate diagnosis that the patient was infected with the H7N9 virus.

The report of the Taiwanese health authority also confirmed, according to the patient's statement, during the working time in Suzhou, the patient completely did not contact live poultry nor eat uncooked poultry meat. types of poultry eggs and birds.

Currently, 139 people who are in contact with patients, including 3 regular contacts, 26 regular contacts and 110 health workers who have treated patients are being monitored. According to the report, 3 health workers showed symptoms of dyspnea. The Taiwanese side said, it is continuing to closely monitor these cases.

Thus, after nearly a month of detecting the first H7N9 infections, the H7N9 flu virus has moved out of the mainland provinces of China. More importantly, if the patient's testimony is accurate, many people are concerned about the possibility of human-to-human transmission of H7N9 virus.

On 24/4, the Chinese authorities also made assertions, completely excluding the possibility of spreading from person to person of this virus.