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Human H7N9 case reported in central China

Xinhua, January 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

A new human H7N9 avian flu case was confirmed in central China's Hunan Province, with several coastal provinces reporting such cases this winter.

The patient is a 33-year-old man from Xintian County who is receiving treatment in a hospital, said the Hunan Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission on Wednesday.

Sporadic human H7N9 cases have been reported in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Fujian, including two fatalities, one in Zhejiang and another in Guangdong.

Three human H5N6 cases were also reported in Guangdong and one in Jiangxi. The H5N6 patient in Jiangxi, a 42-year-old male who lived in Guangdong, died in a hospital in Jiangxi in December. One H5N6 patient died in Guangdong in the same month. Endi