China's Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed a fourth case of swine flu on the Chinese mainland .Chinese state television (CCTV) broadcast video of the man, found in Southern China's Guangdong province.The 59-year-old man, with the last name of Yang, had earlier arrived in Hong Kong after travelling from the US on a flight via South Korea.
He then took a train to China's Guangdong Province. While on board the train, he showed symptoms of having contracted swine flu, including a fever, CCTV said.Yang was taken to a hospital in Guangdong, where he was quarantined. Health officials, speaking to CCTV, said that 80 percent of the people who had come into contact with him had been traced.
Meanwhile, in Shandong, CCTV said a patient, named Lu, who had been quarantined for one week showing symptoms of swine flu had been released. Officials and his family members celebrated his release from hospital, CCTV said.China has had seven cases of the virus, four on the mainland and three in its territory Hong Kong. None have become seriously ill. APTN.
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