Health | HK resident infected with H7N9

A 68-year-old woman from Hong Kong has been infected with the H7N9 virus – the first case reported in the neighboring SAR this winter. The woman presented symptoms consistent with H7N9 on December 19, which was then confirmed yesterday. She is currently in a critical condition, having been admitted to the intensive care unit. The patient had visited friends in Shenzhen, accompanied by two other people. She came back the same day to Hong Kong and told authorities she had not visited any market in Shenzhen, nor did she have contact with live poultry. Although there has been no reported case of H7N9 human infection in Macau, the Health Bureau said it has activated a contingency plan “adopting a series of preventive measures.”