China reports fifth A/H1N1 case via local transmission
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June 8, 2009 by fluoutbreak
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CHENGDU, June 7 (Xinhua) — China confirmed on Sunday a fifth A/H1N1 patient infected through local transmission, bringing the total number of A/H1N1 cases to 73 on the mainland.
The latest confirmed case was an 18-year-old woman surnamed Li in the southwestern Sichuan Province, the Sichuan Health Department said on its website on Sunday.
She showed symptoms of fever and a cough Saturday morning and tested positive for the virus in the disease control and prevention center of Chengdu, the provincial capital.
Her mother, a 40-year-old Chinese-American, who arrived in Chengdu on Tuesday from New York via Hong Kong, was confirmed to have the virus Saturday, the second such case in the province.
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