The only case from H7N9 flu is by taking Tamiflu

A 4-year-old patient in Shanghai, the only case of health recovery after determining infection with influenza virus H7N9 treated with Tamiflu, a drug to prevent influenza A viruses, Chinese media reported.

China's Dong Phuong Tao Bao newspaper on April 9 said that a 4-year-old patient at Fudan University Children's Hospital, Shanghai after 5 days of treatment had no signs of fever, the state of health was almost recuperate.

This is the first case cured among patients infected with H7N9. Chinese health authorities say that this is evidence that not all cases have more severe symptoms.

The only case from H7N9 flu in China
Quoc was treated with Tamiflu medicine. (Photo: ABC)

The hospital said, when the patient was admitted to the hospital, there was no high fever, the body temperature was maintained at normal level, the disease was relatively mild, and was detected in time so the treatment developed use.

The representative of the hospital also said that the doctors here had treated the patients within 5 days, giving Tamiflu twice a day with a daily dose of 2-2.5mg / kg.

In the next 2 days, this patient will be tested for the last time, including the respiratory tract, liver and kidney functions, etc. 'If the test results meet the Ministry of Health standards, the patient will have can be discharged from hospital ' , hospital representative said.

However, until now, Chinese authorities have not made any statements about the use of Tamiflu to treat H7N9 flu.

The epidemic has just begun

Meanwhile, the evolution of H7N9 flu in China is still very complicated.

China has just entered the first phase of the H7N9 epidemic. (Photo: Reuters)

Until now, there has been one more patient infected with the H7N9 influenza virus that has died, increasing the number of deaths from H7N9 to 7.

According to Chinese media, the patient is a retired Shanghai man, 64 years old. From April 1, the patient showed signs of high fever, sore throat, runny nose.

As of April 3, the disease became increasingly dramatic and by the afternoon of April 7, the patient died. Soon after, the Shanghai health authorities confirmed that the patient died of a H7N9 influenza virus infection.

According to some Chinese health experts, the H7N9 epidemic in China is only in its first phase and is likely to break out on a large scale.