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China reports another suspected Sars case
Beijing, Apr 28: China today said a 49-year-old `critically ill` woman doctor was the latest suspected case of Sever Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in Beijing even as the government called on people to hospitalise anyone with symptoms of fever.
Beijing, Apr 28: China today said a 49-year-old "critically ill" woman doctor was the latest suspected case of Sever Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in Beijing even as the
government called on people to hospitalise anyone with symptoms of fever.
The newly reported suspected Sars patient, surnamed Zhang, was now in critical condition, the health ministry said. Zhang, a retired woman doctor, once shared the same
hospital ward for treatment with Beijing's only confirmed Sars case, Li, a nurse.
Already under isolation in Beijing's Ditan Hospital since April 22, the patient also reported respiratory distress and other chronical diseases.
She was earlier hospitalised for lung infection in Jiangong Hospital on April 12, and transferred to Ditan Hospital after she reported fever some days later.
According to Zhang's clinical symptoms and the epidemiological investigation, she was confirmed to be a suspected Sars case yesterday, the ministry said.
The ministry said the confirmed Sars patient, Li, was in relatively stable condition and has had normal temperature since past 12 days. The six other suspected Sars patients in Beijing continued receiving medical treatment in Ditan Hospital, the ministry said.
Since Li and one suspected patient used to work in the same laboratory in the institute of virology under the Chinese Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) in Beijing, experts said it was possible that the epidemic may have been caused by laboratory infection.
The Chinese mainland has reported one confirmed Sars case and one suspected case in Anhui and one confirmed case and six suspected cases in Beijing since April 22.
The mother of a confirmed Sars patient in Anhui died on April 19, possibly due to the disease. Meanwhile experts from who have arrived in china to help local officials fight the resurgence of the deadly respiratory disease.
A top epidemiologist has urged the residents of Beijing to hospitalise anyone with fever, a major symptom of Sars.
"Those who report the symptoms of fever should be hospitalised immediately and our citizens should form a sound personal hygienic habit," deputy director of Beijing Health Bureau, Liang Wannian said.
The respiratory departments of the people's hospital and Jiangong Hospital and the institute of virology were all isolated and all staff in contact with the affected areas have been quarantined, he said.
Thirty-six people in close contact with the Sars patient have been discharged from medical observation and 78 are still receiving medical observation and their body temperatures are normal.
Sars first broke out in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong in November 2002. It set off a global health crisis, killing 774 people around the world and infecting more than 8,000.
China was the worst hit country with at least 349 deaths.
Bureau Report
Already under isolation in Beijing's Ditan Hospital since April 22, the patient also reported respiratory distress and other chronical diseases.
She was earlier hospitalised for lung infection in Jiangong Hospital on April 12, and transferred to Ditan Hospital after she reported fever some days later.
According to Zhang's clinical symptoms and the epidemiological investigation, she was confirmed to be a suspected Sars case yesterday, the ministry said.
The ministry said the confirmed Sars patient, Li, was in relatively stable condition and has had normal temperature since past 12 days. The six other suspected Sars patients in Beijing continued receiving medical treatment in Ditan Hospital, the ministry said.
Since Li and one suspected patient used to work in the same laboratory in the institute of virology under the Chinese Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) in Beijing, experts said it was possible that the epidemic may have been caused by laboratory infection.
The Chinese mainland has reported one confirmed Sars case and one suspected case in Anhui and one confirmed case and six suspected cases in Beijing since April 22.
The mother of a confirmed Sars patient in Anhui died on April 19, possibly due to the disease. Meanwhile experts from who have arrived in china to help local officials fight the resurgence of the deadly respiratory disease.
A top epidemiologist has urged the residents of Beijing to hospitalise anyone with fever, a major symptom of Sars.
"Those who report the symptoms of fever should be hospitalised immediately and our citizens should form a sound personal hygienic habit," deputy director of Beijing Health Bureau, Liang Wannian said.
The respiratory departments of the people's hospital and Jiangong Hospital and the institute of virology were all isolated and all staff in contact with the affected areas have been quarantined, he said.
Thirty-six people in close contact with the Sars patient have been discharged from medical observation and 78 are still receiving medical observation and their body temperatures are normal.
Sars first broke out in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong in November 2002. It set off a global health crisis, killing 774 people around the world and infecting more than 8,000.
China was the worst hit country with at least 349 deaths.
Bureau Report