Chinese Mainland's First A/H1N1 Flu Patient Recovering

Chinese mainland's first confirmed A/H1N1 patient who was only identified by the family name Bao is recovering, said He Jun, spokesman of Chengdu City Health Department in Sichuan Province, Tuesday.

"Bao's life signs are stable: normal temperature, alleviated symptoms, lighter coughing after three days' medication and care by medical workers from the Health Ministry, Sichuan Province and Chengdu City," He said at a news briefing held by Chengdu City Government Tuesday.

Bao was also relieved of anxiety through psychological intervention and counseling, and was in a healthy mood, said He.

Chengdu didn't received reports about new confirmed or suspected A/H1N1 cases as of 4 pm Tuesday.

In the meantime, Chengdu City Center for Disease Control and Prevention has dispatched five groups down to different urban districts to guide and supervise A/H1N1 disease prevention efforts there.

Northwards, Beijing opened a second venue for quarantine purpose near the Capital Airport Monday, said Yu Debin, deputy chief of Beijing Municipal Tourism Administration who is appointed as commander-in-chief of medical observation venues for A/H1N1 flu.

The first venue used for quarantine is Guomenlu Hotel near the airport. This hotel, with only 188 rooms, which was used to quarantine people in an earlier flu case involving a Mexican national who ended up in Hong Kong, keeps 163 people under quarantine.

And the second venue, Jinglin Mansion, is at the south of the Capital Airport and has 191 guestrooms. Yu didn't give an exact number of people being kept under quarantine at Jinglin Mansion at the moment.

(Source: Xinhua)