China Declares 4-Year-Old First Cured as H7N9 Virus Spreads
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A four-year-old boy in Shanghai was discharged from a local hospital today after recovering from the H7N9 bird flu, making him the first patient declared cured of the influenza that’s killed nine people in China.
The boy was diagnosed with H7N9 on April 4, three days after he began suffering from a fever, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The report cited Lu Hongzhou, a professor with the Shanghai Public Health Clinic Center, as saying China’s current methods were effective if patients begin treatment no later than five days after showing flu symptoms.