Macao today reported four local and two imported Influenza A (H1N1) cases, taking the total number of such cases to 68. At a press conference at the Influenza Response and Coordination Centre, the Health Bureau announced that the first three cases involved a seven-year-old girl, her two-year-old brother and their cousin aged 22 months, who all lived with their grandparents. The girl had visited Gongbei, Zhuhai, and played in a playground in a shopping mall on 2 July and showed flu symptoms on 5 July. She was tested positive for the virus yesterday and was classified as an imported case. Her brother and cousin were also tested positive yesterday and were regarded as local cases. The other three cases involved a 63-year-old Portuguese woman, her son aged 37 and granddaughter aged 14. The woman, who had arrived on 1 July and lived with his son’s family in Macao, showed flu symptoms on 5 July. Her son and granddaughter also developed flu symptoms the next day. They all went to Hospital Conde S. Januário for medical attention and were tested positive for the virus today. The Portuguese woman was regarded as an imported case and her son and granddaughter were classified as local cases. The six patients were receiving treatment at the quarantine wards at Hospital Conde S. Januário, taking the total number of H1N1 inpatients to 26. Five patients had recovered from Influenza A (H1N1) and were discharged from hospital today, and 51 people were required to stay home for medical observation. Macao’s pandemic alert remained at Level VI, Blue, which indicated that there were no fatal cases and the spread of the virus was moderate.
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