Mainland H1N1 flu cases rise to 7

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-22 22:07

BEIJING -- Another person has tested positive for the A/H1N1 influenza in Beijing, the Beijing municipal health bureau said Friday.

This is the fourth confirmed case in Beijing and the seventh on China's mainland.

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The male patient, surnamed Li, is a 65-year-old Chinese American who flew to Beijing from New York Thursday. His flight number was CA 982.

Li's body temperature was 37.5 degrees Celsius when he entered the airport in Beijing. He was immediately sent to Ditan Hospital.

Also on Friday, a 69-year man in Beijing, surnamed Zhang who has just returned from Canada, was confirmed to be the sixth A(H1N1) flu patient on the Chinese mainland.

The first two mainland flu patients -- one from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and the other from Shandong's Jinan -- were discharged from hospitals Monday and Tuesday.