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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIJING 001298 
 
HHS FOR OGHA 
CDC ATLANTA FOR CCID, AND PASS TO FLU COX AND MOUNTS AND 
COGH BLOUNT AND KELLEY 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
AMGT, MG, EAGR, HHS, TF, CH 
SUBJECT:  TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK - CHINA SITREP # 11 
 
REF: A) BEIJING 1283 B) BEIJING 1274 C) BEIJING 1264 
D) TOKYO 1072  E) BEIJING 1245    F) HONG KONG 802 
 
 
¶1.  (SBU) As of COB May 14, there are two confirmed cases of H1N1 on 
Mainland China, one in Jinan City (Shandong Province) confirmed on 
May 13, and one in Chengdu confirmed on May 11 (REF A and C). There 
had been one confirmed case previously reported in Hong Kong on May 
1 (REF F), and Hong Kong confirmed a second case of H1N1 on May 13 
of a man who had arrived in Hong Kong on May 11 on CX879 from San 
Francisco. 
 
STATUS OF AMCIT QUARANTINE CASES 
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¶2. (SBU) As of May 14, 80 American citizens are reported to be in 
quarantine throughout China - 50 are currently being quarantined in 
Beijing and 30 are quarantined in twelve other provinces and 
municipalities across China. Of these, 61 were passengers on the May 
8 NW029 flight from Tokyo to Beijing with China's first confirmed 
case of H1N1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Foreign 
Affairs Offices (FAOs) in several provinces and municipalities 
continue to request assistance from Embassy Beijing and our 
Consulates to help locate certain American citizens who traveled on 
the same flights as the two confirmed cases of H1N1. 
 
--Of the 50 AmCits quarantined in Beijing, 46 were passengers on 
flight NW029 into Beijing on May 8, 40 are being quarantined at the 
Guomen Hotel, 7 are being quarantined at the Jinglin Hotel, 2 are 
under observation at Ditan Hospital, and one is under home 
quarantine. 
 
--Seventeen AmCits are now in quarantine in Shandong, Gansu, 
Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan and Hubei provinces, which all fall under 
Beijing's Consular district. Of these, twelve are known to have been 
on the May 8 NW029 flight from Tokyo to Beijing. 
 
--Five AmCits remain in quarantine who were on board NW025 from 
Detroit to Tokyo (Narita) on May 8 with the four confirmed 
H1N1-infected Japanese passengers (who remain in Japan)(REF D). Four 
remain in quarantine in Shanghai at the Jin Jiang Star Hotel and one 
is under house quarantine in Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province). 
 
--Four AmCits are in quarantine in Guangdong Province, all of whom 
were passengers on the May 8 NW029 with China's first confirmed case 
of H1N1. 
 
--Two AmCits are in quarantine in Kunming (Yunnan Province), one at 
the home and one at the First Hospital Affiliated Kunming Medical 
University. 
 
--One AmCit baby remains in quarantine at the Changle Hospital in 
Fujian Province. 
 
 
 
 
INCONSISTENT LENGTHS AND TYPES OF QUARANTINE 
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¶3. (SBU) Among the AmCits who are or have been in quarantine 
throughout China, some have been released sooner than the mandated 
seven-day period. Embassy Beijing and the U.S. Consulates have 
received reports from FAOs and AmCits of individuals being released 
from quarantine after only one or two days.  Other AmCits have been 
allowed to stay under home quarantine. 
 
--One AmCit was detained for observation after having exhibiting an 
elevated temperature upon arrival in Nanjing (Jiangsu Province) via 
KA 862 on May 13. Jiangsu FAO reported to ConGen Shanghai that the 
AmCit was released on May 14 after they determined that she was not 
infected with H1N1. In another case, Fujian FAO reported on May 13 
 
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that two AmCits, a mother and child, had been quarantined at Changle 
Hospital on May 12 but were released on May 13 after overnight 
observation. 
 
--Of the 80 American citizens being quarantined in China, six have 
been allowed to stay under home quarantine across five provinces and 
municipalities. 
 
 
HEALTH SCREENING IMPOSED ON SCHOOLS 
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¶4. (SBU) Embassy Beijing has received reports of schools and 
District Education Departments issuing new health screening 
regulations for students and teachers. These measures include the 
monitoring and reporting of student and teachers' health status and 
absences from school. According to press reports, on May 13, 
Guangdong's Education Department issued a circular requesting that 
all schools implement daily health checks. According to the 
regulations, students who are absent from school will be 
investigated and quarantined, if necessary. 
 
CHINA WANTS TO TAKE LARGER ROLE IN H1N1 RESPONSE 
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¶5. (U) According to China's Ministry of Health website, Minster of 
Health CHEN Zhu spoke with Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of 
the WHO on May 13, reiterating both China's commitment to provide 
H1N1 rapid diagnostic training to ASEAN countries and China's desire 
to co-chair an international symposium on H1N1 with WHO. [Note: 
Minister Chen had first proposed these ideas on May 8 in Bangkok, 
Thailand at the ASEAN Plus 3 Senior Health Officials Meeting on 
A/H1N1. End note.] 
 
 
PICCUTA