China's 2nd confirmed A/H1N1 flu patient dicharged from hospital

　　China's second confirmed A/H1N1 influenza patient was discharged from hospital at 9 a.m. Tuesday after eight days of treatment in this capital of east China's Shandong Province.

　　Chen Shijun, director of the Infectious Disease Hospital in Jinan, where the patient surnamed Lu was treated, confirmed that lab tests of the flu patient's saliva samples proved negative for A/H1N1 influenza virus on Monday.

　　The patient was a 19-year-old Chinese student from a Canadian university, who was on a vacation home.

　　China has reported three confirmed A/H1N1 influenza cases. The first A/H1N1 flu patient in the Chinese mainland was discharged from hospital Sunday in southwestern Sichuan Province. The Ministry of Health reported Monday one more suspected case in south China's Guangdong. All of the patients were people who returned from North American region.

　　山东省卫生厅新闻办18日通报称，山东发现的中国内地第2例输入性甲型H1N1流感患者吕某某，经山东省、市专家组会诊，报告中国国家卫生部同意，该患者已治愈康复，符合出院条件，将于今日上午9时康复出院。

　　目前，中国内地已确诊3例输入性甲型H1N1流感病例。

　　山东省卫生厅的通报称，18日晚上22时35分，与患者吕某某密切接触的D41次列车7车厢乘客和乘务人员全部解除医学观察。

　　通报称，患者吕某某于5月16日起，体温正常、流感样症状消失，无并发症，临床情况稳定。5月17日、18日省市疾控中心连续两次咽试子检测结果均为阴性，18日留取粪便标本病毒检测结果也为阴性。