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Hubei reports suspected A(H1N1) flu case
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-01 08:18 BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Health said a suspected case of influenza A(H1N1) was reported in central Hubei Province on Sunday evening. The case involved a 20-year-old Chinese man who recently returned home at Wuhan, capital of Hubei, from Canada. He took a flight from Canada to Guangzhou in south China on May 24, and traveled back to Wuhan by train on May 29.
The health ministry said the patient was in a stable condition at present. A total of 14 people who had a close contact with him have been found and put under medical observation. As of early Monday, the Chinese mainland has reported 33 confirmed flu cases and one suspected case. |