The Ministry of Health announced at 8 pm on May 12 that, according to the clinical manifestations and lab test results, a fever case found by Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital reported by Shandong Provincial Department of Health at 17:00 on May 12 was preliminarily diagnosed as a suspected A/H1N1 flu case.
The patient, male, 19 years old, is currently studying in a Canadian university. At 12:00 (Canadian time) on May 7, he took flight AC029 from Canada and arrived in Beijing at 14:30 on May 8. At 20:00 on May 10, the patient felt feverish. On the afternoon of May 11, his self-measured body temperature was 39°C, accompanied with sore throat, headache and other symptoms. At 19:25 on May 11, the patient left Beijing by train D41 and arrived in Jinan at 22:35 on the same evening. The patient voluntarily reported to the Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention at 21:49 on the train. After the train arrived in Jinan, the professionals from Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention immediately transferred him to Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital for isolation and treatment. In the morning of May 12, Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention respectively tested the patient's specimen and the results were both suspected positive for A/H1N1 flu.