Hong Kong Quarantines 19People After Second Case of H7N9
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Hong Kong health officials have quarantined 19 people who had contact with an 80-year-old man confirmed to have the city’s second case of H7N9 influenza, which has killed 45 people in China this year.
The patient is a long-term resident of mainland China who was hospitalized in the border city of Shenzhen from Nov. 13 to Nov. 29 for treatment of an underlying chronic illness, the Hong Kong government said in a statement on Dec. 6. He moved to Hong Kong on Dec. 3 and was admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital, where he tested positive for the new strain of bird flu after developing a fever, the statement shows.