Guangdong Health Department Denies H1N1 Community Outbreak
06-18 20:05 Caijing
Full article in Chinese: http://www.caijing.com.cn/2009-06-18/110186212.html
» Yu Dewen, spokesperson of Guangdong
Provincial Health Department, denied an A/H1N1 outbreak in some local
communities in the province, contrary to what the deputy director of the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention in Guangzhou had said previously.
» Yu
argued that the A/H1N1 cases are not severe enough to be deemed a community
outbreak according to the standards of the national plan for preventing and
controlling of the A/H1N1 spread issued by the Health Ministry on June 17.
»
Despite his denial, Yu anticipated a continuous increase in imported cases and
local cases without an identified source, adding that the health authorities of
Guangdong have shifted their attention to controlling transmission.