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FLU EXPRESS Flu Express is a weekly report produced by the Respiratory Disease Office of the Centre for Health Protection. It monitors and summarizes the latest local and global influenza activities.
Local Situation of Influenza Activity (as of Jul 19, 2017) Reporting period: Jul 9 – 15, 2017 (Week 28)
The latest surveillance data showed that the local influenza activity further increased to a very high level in the past week. It is foreseen that the influenza activity will remain at a very high level in the coming weeks.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has collaborated with the Hospital Authority (HA) and private hospitals to reactivate the enhanced surveillance for severe seasonal influenza cases (i.e. influenza-associated admissions to intensive care unit or deaths) among patients aged 18 or above since May 5, 2017. As of Jul 19, 297 severe cases (including 205 deaths) were recorded. Separately, 15 cases of severe paediatric influenza-associated complication/death (including three deaths) (aged below 18 years) were recorded in the same period.
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In week 28, the average consultation rate for influenza-like illness (ILI) among sentinel general outpatient clinics (GOPCs) was 14.2 ILI cases per 1,000 consultations, which was higher than 9.3 recorded in the previous week
http://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/flue...7_2017_eng.pdf