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H1N1 China tracking - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 221 total (rev. 6/19)
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AlaskaDenise
In Memoriam
Re: H1N1 China - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Re: H1N1 China - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Hong Kong Shares Chill On Swine Flu
Vivian Wai-yin Kwok, 06.18.09, 12:35 AM EDT
The rapid surge of swine flu cases in Hong Kong dampened investment sentiment.
HONG KONG--Hong Kong stocks continued to lose ground Thursday, following the downward trend of New York and Tokyo. The rapid spread of swine flu in Hong Kong also triggered worries after the city confirmed 54 new cases on Wednesday.
Hong Kong?s Hang Seng Index traded down 2.0% at 17,715.56 at midday.
Banking stocks in Hong Kong declined across the board after ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut its ratings on 18 U.S. banks overnight, citing expectations of more difficult operating conditions due to volatile financial markets and tighter regulation.
Global leader HSBC Holdings ( HBC - news - people ) lost 1.2% to 65.90 Hong Kong dollars ($8.45). H-shares of Bank of China ( BACHF - news - people ) sank 3.4% to 3.49 Hong Kong dollars (45 cents) while Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ( IDCBF - news - people ) shed 3.6% to 5.13 Hong Kong dollars (66 cents).
Analysts expected the benchmark to drop below 18,000 level soon as the continued spread of H1N1 influenza virus also weighed on investment sentiment. Hong Kong confirmed 54 new cases on Wednesday, a drastic surge that brought the total number of confirmed patients to 172.
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/18/briefing-asia-midday-markets-equity-flu.html
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Re: H1N1 China - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Hong Kong Shares Chill On Swine Flu
Vivian Wai-yin Kwok, 06.18.09, 12:35 AM EDT
The rapid surge of swine flu cases in Hong Kong dampened investment sentiment.
HONG KONG--Hong Kong stocks continued to lose ground Thursday, following the downward trend of New York and Tokyo. The rapid spread of swine flu in Hong Kong also triggered worries after the city confirmed 54 new cases on Wednesday.
Hong Kong?s Hang Seng Index traded down 2.0% at 17,715.56 at midday.
Banking stocks in Hong Kong declined across the board after ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut its ratings on 18 U.S. banks overnight, citing expectations of more difficult operating conditions due to volatile financial markets and tighter regulation.
Global leader HSBC Holdings ( HBC - news - people ) lost 1.2% to 65.90 Hong Kong dollars ($8.45). H-shares of Bank of China ( BACHF - news - people ) sank 3.4% to 3.49 Hong Kong dollars (45 cents) while Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ( IDCBF - news - people ) shed 3.6% to 5.13 Hong Kong dollars (66 cents).
Analysts expected the benchmark to drop below 18,000 level soon as the continued spread of H1N1 influenza virus also weighed on investment sentiment. Hong Kong confirmed 54 new cases on Wednesday, a drastic surge that brought the total number of confirmed patients to 172.
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/18/briefing-asia-midday-markets-equity-flu.html
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AlaskaDenise
In Memoriam
Re: H1N1 China tracking - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Re: H1N1 China tracking - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Hong Kong Reported 54 New Human Swine Flu Cases
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Department of Health said the department was investigating 54 newly confirmed cases of human swine influenza (Influenza A H1N1). Thirteen of them are imported while 41 are local.
This brings to 172 the total number of human swine influenza (HSI) cases in Hong Kong.
The new cases involved 32 female and 22 male aged between three and 55. All of them are in stable condition and have been admitted to public hospitals for medical treatment.
Among them are 26 students of the Hong Kong Australian International School and the father of an affected student. This brings to 29 the total number of people affected in the cluster.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old girl studying in ECF Saint Too Canaan College in Kwun Tong was confirmed to have infected with HSI. The school will suspend class for two weeks starting tomorrow.
A 29-year-old female nurse serving the Pediatric Ward of the United Christian Hospital (UCH) was confirmed to have infected with HSI. She has been admitted to UCH in stable condition.
DH is tracing close contacts of the patients.
In light of the development of HSI in Hong Kong, the spokesman noted that some disease control measures would be implemented tomorrow.
"The administration of directly observed chemoprophylaxis to or quarantine of close contacts of HSI patients will be stopped. Flight passengers in close contact with HSI patients will not be traced.
"Household contacts of confirmed patients will be put under medical surveillance and health advice will be provided," the spokesman said.
Source: Hong Kong Department Of Health
http://www.emaxhealth.com/2/90/31817/hong-kong-reported-54-new-human-swine-flu-cases.html
Re: H1N1 China tracking - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Hong Kong Reported 54 New Human Swine Flu Cases
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Department of Health said the department was investigating 54 newly confirmed cases of human swine influenza (Influenza A H1N1). Thirteen of them are imported while 41 are local.
This brings to 172 the total number of human swine influenza (HSI) cases in Hong Kong.
The new cases involved 32 female and 22 male aged between three and 55. All of them are in stable condition and have been admitted to public hospitals for medical treatment.
Among them are 26 students of the Hong Kong Australian International School and the father of an affected student. This brings to 29 the total number of people affected in the cluster.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old girl studying in ECF Saint Too Canaan College in Kwun Tong was confirmed to have infected with HSI. The school will suspend class for two weeks starting tomorrow.
A 29-year-old female nurse serving the Pediatric Ward of the United Christian Hospital (UCH) was confirmed to have infected with HSI. She has been admitted to UCH in stable condition.
DH is tracing close contacts of the patients.
In light of the development of HSI in Hong Kong, the spokesman noted that some disease control measures would be implemented tomorrow.
"The administration of directly observed chemoprophylaxis to or quarantine of close contacts of HSI patients will be stopped. Flight passengers in close contact with HSI patients will not be traced.
"Household contacts of confirmed patients will be put under medical surveillance and health advice will be provided," the spokesman said.
Source: Hong Kong Department Of Health
http://www.emaxhealth.com/2/90/31817/hong-kong-reported-54-new-human-swine-flu-cases.html
AlaskaDenise
In Memoriam
Re: H1N1 China tracking - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Re: H1N1 China tracking - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Flu fight rethink
Patsy Moy
Friday, June 19, 2009
The government is poised to scale down its handling of human swine flu (H1N1) victims by only admitting those in a serious condition to hospital.
Health chiefs will also be more sparing with anti-viral drug Tamiflu, giving it only to those with symptoms and not people who come into contact with them, a source told The Standard.
The adjustments are in line with the transition from the preventive approach to one of mitigation as more local cases are discovered, officials say.
"Now we have more confirmed cases we have a clearer picture of human swine flu, such as the symptoms are usually very mild," the source said. "So there is a need to ease our measures or we will no longer be able to cope with the rapid growth in the patient population."
Meanwhile, five more secondary schools were ordered to close for two weeks from today after one student from each institution was confirmed to be suffering from swine flu.
However, a government committee chaired by Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen failed after a two-hour meeting to order the closure of all schools as had been widely expected.
Centre for Health Protection controller Thomas Tsang Ho-fai said the government will announce on Tuesday whether all primary schools, kindergartens and nurseries will resume classes on Friday as scheduled.
The secondary schools closed from today are GT (Ellen Yeung) College, King George V School, South Island School, American International School and TWGH Li Ka Shing College.
Their students were among the 49 new confirmed cases yesterday, taking the tally to 221 so far. Of the new infections, 28 were local. A total of 10 secondary schools have been closed so far.
"One of the concerns about closing all schools is that the students may go out if they don't attend classes and that could even speed up infections in the community," another source close to the health authorities said.
A United Christian Hospital nurse, who was confirmed with human swine flu on Wednesday, is now suspected of contracting the virus from the parents of a 10-month-old baby when they took their child to hospital.
Macau has also recorded its first case of human swine flu - a Filipino man who arrived on a Cebu Pacific flight from Manila.
He was intercepted at Macau airport on Wednesday with fever and immediately sent to hospital for isolation. The Macau government has also started to trace the passengers sitting near him on the plane.
In a related development, a joint study by the Chinese University and the Hong Kong Observatory found influenza A has become more prevalent in summer, contrary to the common belief that winter is flu season.
The number of patients admitted with flu to Prince of Wales Hospital during the summer was around 20 a week before 2004, but that jumped drastically to more than 130 a week in the summer of 2005.
The correlation was established based on records of hospital admissions to Prince of Wales Hospital and weather data collected between 1997 and 2006.
The findings also show June and July are the summer peak for influenza while other peaks for both influenza A and B are in February and March.
Considering that vaccines take one to three weeks to become effective and the protection lasts for only a few months, Chinese University microbiology professor Paul Chan Kay- sheung said the best time to receive the flu vaccine would be in November and December.
"Receiving the vaccine too early may not offer protection for the summer peak, which is getting more severe in Hong Kong. Receiving vaccine too late would miss protection for the winter/ spring peak," Chan said.
He fears global warming will help the mutation of the flu virus, but said further studies are needed to confirm the hypothesis.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=83739&sid=24281464&con_type=3
Re: H1N1 China tracking - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 172 total
Flu fight rethink
Patsy Moy
Friday, June 19, 2009
The government is poised to scale down its handling of human swine flu (H1N1) victims by only admitting those in a serious condition to hospital.
Health chiefs will also be more sparing with anti-viral drug Tamiflu, giving it only to those with symptoms and not people who come into contact with them, a source told The Standard.
The adjustments are in line with the transition from the preventive approach to one of mitigation as more local cases are discovered, officials say.
"Now we have more confirmed cases we have a clearer picture of human swine flu, such as the symptoms are usually very mild," the source said. "So there is a need to ease our measures or we will no longer be able to cope with the rapid growth in the patient population."
Meanwhile, five more secondary schools were ordered to close for two weeks from today after one student from each institution was confirmed to be suffering from swine flu.
However, a government committee chaired by Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen failed after a two-hour meeting to order the closure of all schools as had been widely expected.
Centre for Health Protection controller Thomas Tsang Ho-fai said the government will announce on Tuesday whether all primary schools, kindergartens and nurseries will resume classes on Friday as scheduled.
The secondary schools closed from today are GT (Ellen Yeung) College, King George V School, South Island School, American International School and TWGH Li Ka Shing College.
Their students were among the 49 new confirmed cases yesterday, taking the tally to 221 so far. Of the new infections, 28 were local. A total of 10 secondary schools have been closed so far.
"One of the concerns about closing all schools is that the students may go out if they don't attend classes and that could even speed up infections in the community," another source close to the health authorities said.
A United Christian Hospital nurse, who was confirmed with human swine flu on Wednesday, is now suspected of contracting the virus from the parents of a 10-month-old baby when they took their child to hospital.
Macau has also recorded its first case of human swine flu - a Filipino man who arrived on a Cebu Pacific flight from Manila.
He was intercepted at Macau airport on Wednesday with fever and immediately sent to hospital for isolation. The Macau government has also started to trace the passengers sitting near him on the plane.
In a related development, a joint study by the Chinese University and the Hong Kong Observatory found influenza A has become more prevalent in summer, contrary to the common belief that winter is flu season.
The number of patients admitted with flu to Prince of Wales Hospital during the summer was around 20 a week before 2004, but that jumped drastically to more than 130 a week in the summer of 2005.
The correlation was established based on records of hospital admissions to Prince of Wales Hospital and weather data collected between 1997 and 2006.
The findings also show June and July are the summer peak for influenza while other peaks for both influenza A and B are in February and March.
Considering that vaccines take one to three weeks to become effective and the protection lasts for only a few months, Chinese University microbiology professor Paul Chan Kay- sheung said the best time to receive the flu vaccine would be in November and December.
"Receiving the vaccine too early may not offer protection for the summer peak, which is getting more severe in Hong Kong. Receiving vaccine too late would miss protection for the winter/ spring peak," Chan said.
He fears global warming will help the mutation of the flu virus, but said further studies are needed to confirm the hypothesis.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=83739&sid=24281464&con_type=3
AlaskaDenise
In Memoriam
Re: H1N1 China tracking - Hong Kong confirmed cases - 221 total (rev. 6/19)
June 19, 2009
H1N1 FLU PANDEMIC
HK flu cases hit 221
HONG KONG - HONG Kong on Thursday reported 49 newly confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, bringing to 221 the total number of cases in the southern Chinese city.
All the new cases, involving 22 male and 27 female patients aged between one and 55, were in a stable condition after being admitted to public hospitals, the Department of Health said.
'Six of the cases are imported, while 28 are local. Classification of the other 15 cases is still pending,' the department said.
Among the cases were three boys and two girls from five secondary schools that had now been advised to suspend classes for two weeks from Friday, the department added.
Last week, authorities ordered all primary schools in the city to be closed for two weeks after the first cluster of local H1N1 flu cases was found.
When Hong Kong discovered its first case, in early May, health authorities quarantined around 300 guests and staff at a hotel where the carrier, a Mexican, had briefly stayed.
Hong Kong is nervous about infectious diseases following the outbreak of the Sars virus in 2003, which killed 300 people here and a further 500 around the world.
Influenza A(H1N1) has infected nearly 40,000 people around the world in 89 countries and territories, causing 167 deaths since late March, according to the latest World Health Organisation data. -- AFP
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Asia/Story/STIStory_392418.html
June 19, 2009
H1N1 FLU PANDEMIC
HK flu cases hit 221
HONG KONG - HONG Kong on Thursday reported 49 newly confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, bringing to 221 the total number of cases in the southern Chinese city.
All the new cases, involving 22 male and 27 female patients aged between one and 55, were in a stable condition after being admitted to public hospitals, the Department of Health said.
'Six of the cases are imported, while 28 are local. Classification of the other 15 cases is still pending,' the department said.
Among the cases were three boys and two girls from five secondary schools that had now been advised to suspend classes for two weeks from Friday, the department added.
Last week, authorities ordered all primary schools in the city to be closed for two weeks after the first cluster of local H1N1 flu cases was found.
When Hong Kong discovered its first case, in early May, health authorities quarantined around 300 guests and staff at a hotel where the carrier, a Mexican, had briefly stayed.
Hong Kong is nervous about infectious diseases following the outbreak of the Sars virus in 2003, which killed 300 people here and a further 500 around the world.
Influenza A(H1N1) has infected nearly 40,000 people around the world in 89 countries and territories, causing 167 deaths since late March, according to the latest World Health Organisation data. -- AFP
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Asia/Story/STIStory_392418.html
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China news agency, Hong Kong, June 27 (Reporter Chen Yimin) - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Director of the Center for Health Protection on the 27th Thomas Tsang said that influenza A H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong, the rapid spread of the near future, has become a leading flu virus. 当局下周将调整缓疫措施，不再隔离病情温和的病人，集中监测疫情进展和监察重症病人的情况。
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曾浩辉在记者会上表示，六月第一个星期，甲型H1N1流感个案占整体流感个案的二成，第三个星期更急升至逾七成，短短两、三个星内，甲型H1N1流感已成为香港最主流的流感病毒。
Thomas Tsang, said at a press conference the first week of June, Influenza Type A H1N1 influenza cases in the total percent of cases, the third week of七成more rapidly grown to more than just two or three stars, the A type H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong has become the mainstream of influenza virus. 目前每八个到指定流感诊所求诊的人士，就有一个是甲型H1N1流感患者，幸好暂时未有严重并发症出现。
At present, one of eight designated influenza clinics to those who, one is the alpha in patients with H1N1 influenza, but fortunately no serious complications occur. 他说，目前香港确诊的甲型H1N1流感约六百宗，没有严重或死亡个案，显示流感病毒相对温和，暂时没有出现变种情况，但甲型H1N1流感已在社区广泛流传，而香港正步入夏季流感高峰期，相信甲型H1N1流感也会是主要病毒。
He said that the current H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong confirmed influenza about 600, there is no serious or fatal cases, indicating a relatively mild influenza virus, variants of the moment does not appear, but the H1N1 Type A influenza has been circulating widely in the community, and Hong Kong is entering the summer the seasonal peaks of influenza, H1N1 Type A influenza also believe that the main virus. 曾浩辉又表示，当局将调校缓疫策略，新流感病毒在社区广泛流传，隔离病人的措施作用不大，所以日后的焦点将集中治疗为主，包括监测疫情进展和监察重症病人的情况，除了院舍集体爆发以及重症死亡个案，当局不再追踪个别个案，也不再对每个案进行详细调查。
Thomas also said that it will adjust the strategy to alleviate disease, a new influenza virus circulating widely in the community, measures to isolate the role of patients is low, they will focus on future-oriented treatment, including monitoring the progress of the epidemic and monitoring the situation of critically ill patients , in addition to homes, as well as a collective outbreak of severe cases of death, the authorities will not track individual cases, but also no longer carry out a thorough investigation of each case. 他又说，如私家医院发现有病人出现甲型H1N1流感征状，政府会提供免费病毒测试，确诊后转介入公立医院。
He added that private hospitals such as patients found to have symptoms of influenza A H1N1 influenza, the Government will provide free HIV testing, diagnosis referred to public hospitals. 而口岸方面会继续维持监测，但有病症的人士，如果病情轻微，未必送入院。
The port will continue to monitor, but those who have the disease, if minor conditions may not be sent to hospital. 截至下午二时三十分的过去二十四小时，香港共有三十三宗新增甲型H1N1流感确诊个案，至今共录得六百二十九宗甲型H1N1个案。
As of 14:30 the past 24 hours, there were 33 new confirmed cases of influenza type H1N1, has so far recorded a total of 629 cases of influenza A H1N1. (完)
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