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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.

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The man developed a fever and a sore throat on the next day and was sent to hospital for medical observation. Local disease control centers later said he was tested positive to A(H1N1) flu.

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.