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Re: Hong Kong: 2011 Scarlet fever warnings/cases
Source: http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/ma...-dropping.html
Scarlet fever cases ‘dropping’
10/09/2011 10:22:00 Alexandra Lages
Macau recorded 87 cases of scarlet fever up until yesterday, a significant increase compared to the 16 cases last year, according to figures from the Health Bureau. Director of the bureau, Lei Chin Ion, assured at a press conference yesterday that the situation is under control.
“Cases are dropping and there was no significant increase after the re-opening of schools. No cases of death were reported either,” Lei said.
Scarlet fever is an illness potentially fatal among children. Hong Kong declared an outbreak in June and two children died from scarlet fever this year in the neighbouring territory.
Unlike Macau, the HKSAR has reported an increase after the new school year commenced last week.
The head of Hong Kong’s Department of Health (DP), Lam Ping Yan, told reporters there were more than 1,100 cases this year. He pledged that authorities will closely monitor the situation in schools and continue to step prevention.
In Guangdong Province, there were 847 cases from January up to now. Deputy Director of the Department of Health of Guangdong Province, Huang Fei, said the situation in the Mainland province is similar to those recorded in both SARs.
“Peak season is in June, more or less the same in the three regions. We will continue to conduct studies on prevention and monitoring,” he said.
Hong Kong’s DP director further explained that this year’s high number of cases affected the whole region and refused to talk about an epidemic in Hong Kong.
“It can be explained by changes in the environment, immunity was lower or germs were stronger. We were already expecting the number of cases would rise after the re-opening of schools, because it transmits human to human,” Lam said.
“But that’s not an epidemic; if it was we would notify other regions immediately...”
Link to 2012 thread; http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?p=437132
Source: http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/ma...-dropping.html
Scarlet fever cases ‘dropping’
10/09/2011 10:22:00 Alexandra Lages
Macau recorded 87 cases of scarlet fever up until yesterday, a significant increase compared to the 16 cases last year, according to figures from the Health Bureau. Director of the bureau, Lei Chin Ion, assured at a press conference yesterday that the situation is under control.
“Cases are dropping and there was no significant increase after the re-opening of schools. No cases of death were reported either,” Lei said.
Scarlet fever is an illness potentially fatal among children. Hong Kong declared an outbreak in June and two children died from scarlet fever this year in the neighbouring territory.
Unlike Macau, the HKSAR has reported an increase after the new school year commenced last week.
The head of Hong Kong’s Department of Health (DP), Lam Ping Yan, told reporters there were more than 1,100 cases this year. He pledged that authorities will closely monitor the situation in schools and continue to step prevention.
In Guangdong Province, there were 847 cases from January up to now. Deputy Director of the Department of Health of Guangdong Province, Huang Fei, said the situation in the Mainland province is similar to those recorded in both SARs.
“Peak season is in June, more or less the same in the three regions. We will continue to conduct studies on prevention and monitoring,” he said.
Hong Kong’s DP director further explained that this year’s high number of cases affected the whole region and refused to talk about an epidemic in Hong Kong.
“It can be explained by changes in the environment, immunity was lower or germs were stronger. We were already expecting the number of cases would rise after the re-opening of schools, because it transmits human to human,” Lam said.
“But that’s not an epidemic; if it was we would notify other regions immediately...”
Link to 2012 thread; http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?p=437132
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