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Hong Kong Child Dies of Flu - Which Strain?

Re: Hong Kong Child Dies of Suspected?? bird flu

Re: Hong Kong Child Dies of Suspected?? bird flu

http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-hk-news.php?nt_seq_id=1684491


Cover up the epidemic? Named officials to step down
3 children die of influenza authorities unresponsive to the families of bombers Monday appointed experts investigate the cause of death Yue


Monday announced the appointment on the 11th Yue expert panels to investigate cases of influenza kills people.
Epidemic outbreak of influenza in Hong Kong, teachers and students to the school are required to wear masks. China News Agency

An influenza kills people in Hong Kong - a comprehensive attack Taiwan, which Hong Kong flu become rampant hardest hit. Hong Kong on the 11th has 25 schools outbreak of influenza, so far at least three children were suspected influenza kills people. However, health officials obviously underestimated influenza epidemic, when seven-year-old boy with encephalitis after the death of the Food and Health Bureau Monday appointed Yue Yuen Kwok-yung, microbiology experts led by expert panel to investigate incidents of sudden death three young children. Other media reports, the Department of Health had tried to hide the epidemic, the outbreak of influenza also requires schools to the media sealed his mouth, three families of the deceased rebuked authorities unresponsive and strongly demanded that responsible officials to step down.
At the same time, the Government insisted that the suspension not be in Hong Kong, such as the Department of Education that the school holidays to mobilize follow the example of Ho Shun Tak Fraternal Association East Primary School "early vacation", the Administration will provide assistance. Education authorities are shelling hindsight, the failure to curb the further spread of influenza.

Including three cases in the 11th and on the 1st of this month, died in Tuen Mun Hospital Luogaomeng seven-year-old boy and three-year-old girl to Mr Bao, as well as last month on the 26th in the Prince of Wales Hospital deaths of two men Tong Yang Ke Hao, three had had fever and cough, and other flu-like symptoms. In-vivo testing to the H3N2 influenza A virus, and found that she had "fatty liver". The two boys were on the influenza test was negative. It is learnt that the forensic Ke Hao Yang found suffering from myocarditis, may be the cause of death, and in the incidence Luogaomeng after more than a week before the samples were taken, some experts worry that when "Ming" in the number of viruses has fallen, the impact test Results.

Yuen Kwok-yung said, will analyse all public hospitals in recent years, the peak period of influenza deaths of children, and whether the flu can compare the current situation to see if there abnormal.

The authorities first suspected killer flu case was detected 10 days after the establishment of the Panel, Po to his grandfather on the 11th Juehong Government slow to respond and questioned officials ignored the feelings of the parents who had lost their children, "Dr Chow should be with Dr Lam Ping-yan step down! "

Luogaomeng mother dissatisfied with the lack of awareness of the Government, she said: "People know that the cold days of this year long, and even I myself have had a premonition of this year disastrous outbreak of the virus at any time, but had not imagined that occurred on their son-earners. "Ke Hao Yang father also reprimanded the hospital the same day his son overlooked condition, after three-year-old girl was killed after excuse, but the initiative in an attempt to conceal the truth.


2008-03-12
 
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