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On 23 June 2017 the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported 10 additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9), including two deaths, from mainland China between 16 June and 22 June.
The cases are male, aged from 31 to 79 and were identified in Beijing, Sichuan, Anhui, Guizhou, Hebei, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jiangsu and Tianjian. Onset was from 5 June to 19 June and nine cases reported exposure to poultry or poultry markets.
Travellers who may be visiting areas with an outbreak of avian influenza or human avian influenza should be advised to:
An advice sheet recommending ways of reducing the risk from avian influenza has been prepared for travellers to areas reporting human cases of avian influenza.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has advised that 'It is not recommended that travellers take Oseltamivir (TamifluĀ®) with them'.
At present no vaccine is available against avian influenza in humans.
For further information see Avian Influenza