Second suspected A (H1N1) patient recovering: Health Ministry

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-13 14:36

BEIJING - A 19-year-old Chinese student who has been quarantined as the Chinese mainland's second suspected case of A (H1N1) influenza is "recovering with a normal body temperature," China's Health Ministry said Wednesday.

Final A (H1N1) test results of the man, surnamed Lv, were still not available yet, said a statement on the ministry's website.

Lv, who studied at a Canadian university, arrived in Beijing on Flight AC029 from Toronto via Vancouver on May 8.

Airport authorities said his body temperature was normal when he arrived in Beijing.

He had a fever on May 10 and developed a sore throat and headache on May 11. He took his temperature himself, which showed 39 degree Celsius, according to the ministry.

Lv left Beijing by Train D41 on Monday evening for Jinan, the provincial capital of Shandong, and reported by phone to the Jinan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) while on the train. He was then sent to the Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital for isolation and treatment.

The Jinan CDC and Shandong CDC conducted tests on the virus specimen of the patient Tuesday, which showed that he was "suspected positive" for A (H1N1).

If confirmed, he would be the second such case on the Chinese mainland, following a 30-year-old man surnamed Bao in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

Bao was also recovering with a normal body temperature and "showing good spirits," the Health Ministry said Wednesday.

The country's health authorities had begun a manhunt for those in close contact with Lv during his travels.

Passengers from the 32nd to 38th row on Flight AC029 on May 8, and those who traveled on the 7th carriage of Monday's Train D41 must report to health authorities as soon as possible, it required.