2nd mainland suspected case found in Shandong

Source: China Daily | 05-13-2009 09:18

A suspected case of H1N1 flu has been reported in Shandong province, the Ministry of Health said last night, the announcement coming a day after the Chinese mainland confirmed its first case.

A 19-year-old student surnamed Lu has been isolated in a Jinan hospital; and tests Tuesday morning showed he possibly contracted the virus.

Lu, who was studying in a college in Canada, arrived in Beijing at 2:30 pm by flight AC029 last Friday.

On Sunday, his temperature rose to 39 C, and the following day, was accompanied by a sore throat and a headache.

At 7:25 pm on Monday, Lu departed Beijing by train D41 and, from the train itself, alerted the Jinan Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), which picked him up when the train arrived in the city at 10:35 pm.

Li Dexin, director of the Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention of the China CDC, said Lu's sample was sent to Beijing Tuesday and a result is expected this morning.

But Li said the suspected case is "imported", so there is no need to raise the country's alert level because no human-to-human transmission has been found on the mainland.