Hong Kong Flu-like Illness outbreak

Treyfish · Mar 16, 2008

Re: Hong Kong Flu-like Illness outbreak

Human and avian flu alert as Guangzhou confirms H5N1

Damon Pang

Monday, March 17, 2008

Hong Kong is on full alert for both human and avian flu outbreaks after the mainland confirmed a bird flu case involving poultry in Guangzhou.

The Food and Health Bureau has reacted by suspending for three weeks the import of live poultry from affected areas.
This came as the Centre for Health Protection confirmed a new influenza case yesterday - the 12th since the reporting mechanism was launched last Thursday.
The latest case involves a two-year-old girl with influenza B. The girl was admitted to Tseung Kwan O Hospital on Thursday and is now in stable condition. Separately, mainland authorities confirmed a case of H5N1 avian flu in the Jinhua new market in Guangzhou's Liwan district where 114 head of poultry died and 518 were culled.The Guangdong provincial government and the Ministry of Agriculture have started emergency procedures to keep the situation under control, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will today send an inspection team to the province's registered farms that supply poultry to the territory.
Guangdong governor Huang Huahua said in Beijing the authorities are monitoring those who have been in contact with the chickens in Liwan but have found no abnormalities so far. He said the chickens came from other provinces.
The Food and Health Bureau earlier confirmed there are no chicken farms that supply Hong Kong within a 13-kilometer radius of a market in Foshan where 2,000 chickens were culled.
Thirteen farms in Foshan outside the radius and nine in Guangzhou supply poultry to Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, the Labour Department has issued health warnings, calling on companies to step up preventive measures such as disinfecting the workplace.
"Everyone should continue to be vigilant in guarding against the spread of the disease in the workplace," a spokesman said.
He urged the public to maintain good ventilation, disinfect commonly used equipment while keeping the workplace, including floors, carpets, doors and windows clean. Employees, the spokesman said, should consult a doctor promptly in cases of fever or coughs and avoid going to work if advised by doctors.:tiphat: http://www.thestandard.com.hk/weeke...30&art_id=63141&sid=18096572&con_type=1&d_str=

Shiloh · Mar 16, 2008

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Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-03/17/content_6540372.htm

Flu jabs planned for Hong Kong kids
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-03-17 06:44

GUANGZHOU - Hong Kong is planning free flu vaccinations for 1 million children aged 12 and under to prevent further spread of the epidemic.

The project would cost about HK$100 million ($13 million), said Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health York Chow on Friday, one day before five more school children were suspected of contracting the virus.

The large-scale initiative will be evaluated by the Commission of Science of Hong Kong.

Health authorities said the virus was running wild in Hong Kong's community and schools after killing four children and infecting increasing numbers of people, as investigations began on the five new cases to confirm whether flu was the culprit.

Flu was found to have caused the deaths of two children in Hong Kong earlier this month. On March 1 a child died from H1N1 and another from H3N2 on March 14.

Both strains have appeared in different countries in past months.

The results prove the children did not die of any new or more virulent virus, a spokesperson for Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection said.

The speaker said outbreaks were getting worse in Hong Kong as the city grows more crowded and the conditions more conducive to cross infection.

Chow said the possibility of extending school closures could not be ruled out if the situation didn't improve.

Sources from the World Heath Organization (WHO) said the current outbreak was not out of the ordinary for the peak flu season, and that the WHO would keep an eye on the situation in Hong Kong, according to www.cri.cn.

Meanwhile, neighboring Guangdong province launched an overall flu surveillance mechanism on Saturday.

The mechanism will detect any new outbreaks and notify relevant departments when to adopt emergency control measures.

The provincial health department said the flu-B virus that had appeared in Guangdong did not vary.

People should not panic because flu-B is much less virulent than flu-A, which is spreading in Hong Kong, Lin Jinyan, vice-director of the Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Friday.

He said he believes that the province has sufficient experience to handle the current flu outbreaks.

The provincial health and education departments have jointly ordered all kindergartens, elementary and middle schools to examine their students' health every morning.

"No school has been closed so far," Lin Jinyan said. "But people who have contracted flu should stay home from school or work."

Experts say the number of flu patients will not significantly fall until the end of April.

Until now, Guangdong has reported just five outbreaks in which 15 people have contracted the virus.

Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Shaoguan each have had one outbreak and Guangzhou two, according to the provincial health department.

Influenza is most active between March and July.

Giuseppe · Mar 17, 2008

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Update on influenza situation (with table)
March 17 2008, 13.20.44

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (March 17) received five new reports concerning children admitted to public or private hospitals because of suspected influenza-related complications, bringing the accumulative number of cases under the influenza surveillance arrangement to 17.

A CHP spokesman said that among the 17 cases, five had laboratory evidence of influenza infection.

One of these five cases involved a 12-year-old girl reported to CHP today.

She was admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital on March 16 and is now in serious condition.

The remaining four cases included a two-year-old girl admitted to Tseung Kwan O Hospital on March 13 and a three-year-old boy admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital on March 11. Both of them are in stable condition.

The other two girls aged seven and eight, admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital on March 11 and March 7 respectively, were discharged.

CHP is following up on the remaining reports.

The influenza surveillance arrangement has been implemented between CHP and local hospitals to monitor the trend of complications suspected to be related to influenza in children since March 13.

Meanwhile, the CHP followed up on four new reports of influenza-like illness (ILI) outbreaks affecting four secondary schools involving 23 people (see Annex).

The spokesman said that ILI may be caused by influenza or other respiratory viruses.

CHP's officials have provided health advice to the staff of all these institutions.

The telephone hotline (2125-1133) set up by CHP to answer public enquiries on seasonal influenza has so far received 197 calls.

It will continue to operate between 9 am and 6 pm from Monday to Friday. More details of the institutional outbreaks, preventive tips and the daily update of influenza situation are now available in CHP's website (http://www.chp.gov.hk).
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Experts of Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong meet to discuss seasonal flu (with photo)
March 17 2008, 12.37.34

Public health and medical professional of Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong today (March 17) held a meeting at the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health on issues relating to the prevention and control of seasonal flu.

The meeting was arranged in view of the current influenza situation and developments in Hong Kong.

During the meeting experts exchanged views and share information on epidemiological and laboratory findings of the three places as well as clinical management of influenza.

The laboratory identification of influenza virus and measures on the prevention and control of influenza being carried out in Hong Kong were also discussed in the meeting.

A CHP spokesman said the meeting was held in accordance with the agreement signed by the health authorities of the three places in 2005 under which Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong would enhance cooperation in the control and prevention of infectious diseases.

Experts participating in the meeting included Consultant, (Community Medicine) of CHP, Dr SK Chuang; Consultant in-charge of Pathology Service of DH, Dr W L Lim; Chief Manager (Infection, Emergency and Contingency) of the Hospital Authority, Dr Liu Shao-haei; Dr Lin Jinyan and Dr He Jianfeng from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province; Consultant Pediatrician, Chief of Service of Pediatrics and Neonatology of the Health Bureau, Macao SAR, Dr Liu Kin-man; and Public Health Specialist, Health Authority Officer of the Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance of Diseases Of the Health Bureau, Macao SAR, Dr Leung Iek-hou.
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Treyfish · Mar 17, 2008

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12 year old girl flu is hospitalized to be in shock

[ The Daily Sun special news ] seizes the life flu to continue in the community eruption! The health protection center yesterday again announced more than 5 children to suspect because the flu to bring about the illness complication to be hospitalized a document, the command accumulates 宗數 reaches as high as 17, creational document 12 year old girl diagnosed the infection flu, entered Majialie Hospital, appeared the shock so shape, the situation is serious, and some four middle schools eruption flu, involved 23 people.

Again raids four middle schools 23 person of center moves
The protection center yesterday received five children to suspect appeared the flu illness complication the report, the Elizabeth hospital receives four, middle two respectively were year old of and five year old boys, the situation serious, other two year old girls and nine year old boys then the situation was stable. Another creational document 12 year old girl which enters Majialie Hospital for Sunday, has diagnosed the infection flu, appears the shock so shape, the situation is serious, the command diagnoses always a document to accumulate to five.
Five diagnose in a document, general Australian hospital two year old girls and Majialie Hospital three year old boys, still kept the medicine, the situation are stable, moreover two girls left the hospital. This center yesterday received four middle schools eruptions flu document, involved 23 people, the patient age lies between 12 to 25 years old.
Moreover, the protection center yesterday and the Guangdong Province prophylaxis control center and the Aomen sanitation bureau's expert held the special conference. Protection center sociological medicine consultant doctor (infectious disease) Zhang Chu Mr. Yu Huihou said, after Guangdong and the Aomen nobody infection flu dies document, but Guangdong Province's flu peak for from March to July, compared to the Hong Kong comparatively late, the infection 宗數 temporarily not obviously rises.:tiphat:

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Treyfish · Mar 17, 2008

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No humans involved in bird flu outbreak
By Liang Qiwen (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-03-18 07:37

GUANGZHOU - The bird flu outbreak in the capital of Guangdong province has not involved any humans, provincial governor Huang Huahua said on March 17, 2008, in Beijing on the sidelines of the NPC sessions.

The outbreak, which was first noticed last Thursday at a poultry market in Guangzhou's Liwan district, killed 114 birds and triggered the culling of another 518, the Ministry of Agriculture said
The case involved poultry at the Jinhua New Market in Liwan. Guangzhou's agriculture bureau said all the infected poultry were purchased from a non-licensed poultry wholesale market in the Nanhai district of Foshan, Guangdong.

The wholesale market in Nanhai had in turn bought the poultry from neighboring Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region earlier on March 6, He Rucheng, the vice-director of agriculture bureau of Nanhai district, said.

The illegal market in Nanhai was shut down on Friday. More than 2,000 live birds purchased from Guangxi by the market were also culled.

The outbreak of bird flu prompted neighboring Hong Kong to suspend live poultry imports from the affected area in Liwan, the Food and Health Bureau of Hong Kong said.

There are two ornamental bird farms registered to export to Hong Kong within a 13-km radius of the affected area in Liwan. These businesses were ordered to suspend their exports to Hong Kong for 21 days, Guangdong exit-entry inspection and quarantine bureau officials said.

The decision for the suspension was made on Sunday, Hong Kong's Food and Health Bureau said.

Relevant departments in Hong Kong said they would reinforce the inspection of poultry imports from other parts of the mainland as well as strengthen the interception of illegal poultry imports.

The National Bird Flu Reference Laboratory confirmed that the affected birds tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus on Sunday, marking the country's fifth outbreak among poultry this year.

"We have built up strict surveillance measures for people who are working in zoos, poultry farms and the poultry transportation sectors to prevent human infection," Xiong Yuanda, an official of Guangzhou health bureau, said.

People should not touch live poultry to prevent becoming infected with bird flu, medical expert Zhong Nanshan said.

Experts fear the H5N1 virus will mutate into a form that allows for human-to-human transmission and spark a pandemic. :tiphat:

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Treyfish · Mar 17, 2008

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18./03/2008, billion Tuesday morning 08:57

The encephalitis victim has still not been released, nor has the oficial cause of death:tiphat:

The bright young dissection cause of death still treated the card

[ The Daily Sun special news ] infects the flu concurrent encephalitis death seven year old boy Luo Haoming, the next month on third will be buried to the long 沙灣 Catholicism cemetery for is peaceful. The vast bright parents today can arrive the Tunmen hospital to accept psychological counselling, and receives the son to bury the paper. It is reported, take port big microorganism department 系主任 as the head expert group, yesterday and vast bright before death department of pediatrics Doctor Li Danhao met with, but Li Danhao said because the event involved the patient personal secrets, could not disclose any details.

The parents now meet psychological doctor
Because the flu concurrent encephalitis death vast is bright, because the cause of death still was investigating, died until now already eight days from this month 11th, but the courtyard side has not still leased out the death card. Vast bright father Luoyuan disclosed that, today morning meets and the wife sees psychological doctor to the Tunmen hospital to accept counselling, afternoon can receive buries the paper, in order to handles loves the body 後事, he hoped son's cause of death can come to light as soon as possible.
Moreover, is responsible to investigate the flu to pass away the young Tong's expert group, yesterday morning met with to the Tunmen hospital and Doctor Luo Haoming department of pediatrics, understood he once approached the vast bright prescription the medicine and before death the medical record. After the meeting expert group convener Yuan Kuoyong and does not have the disclosure newest investigation to progress, the hereafter Doctor Guo Delin under the accompaniment inspects the expert in Tunmen hospital medical microbiology consultant to dissect the vast bright corpse, the hospital administrative bureau also has two staff members to arrive the assistance.
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Treyfish · Mar 17, 2008

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Hong Kong has four children admitted to hospital because of flu symptoms a girl in critical condition
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[Network - Sing Tao of Hong Kong's primary and secondary schools had been fully closed, the Centre for Health Protection on the 16th but then received four children from flu symptoms admitted to the report, in which a two-year-old girl in Tseung Kwan O Hospital confirmed influenza cases, and three children have symptoms of pneumonia, including a serious case of the 10-year-old girl, are being admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital the other two 10-year-old and 1-year-old boy were admitted to Tuen Mun and Princess Margaret Hospital in stable condition. For the past three days confirmed influenza patients admitted to hospital has increased to four, the center is now following up the case.

"Sing Tao Daily" news, the Centre for Health Protection and the local hospitals since monitoring began on the 13th of pneumonia, myocarditis, and other complications of influenza-like hospital patients, the Centre on the 16th again received four new cases in which a two-year-old girls admitted to Tseung Kwan O Hospital on the 13th, laboratory evidence that the flu is now in stable condition.The remaining three new cases of influenza is undetermined, but on the 15th of pneumonia admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital the 10-year-old girl is in serious condition; two other 10-year-old and 1-year-old boy from pneumonia were admitted to Tuen Mun and Princess Margaret Hospital in stable condition, the Centre is following up the case.
As for the Queen Mary Hospital earlier in the 10-year-old Macau boy is still in intensive care in hospital in serious condition, but with the flu or not. Queen Mary Hospital pediatric specialists have said that the recent regardless of whether it has found serious cases of infection should also be reported to be re-tested with the flu.

Recently children or parents are concerned that, the high utilization rate of paediatric wards, the hospital has produced fever, infection cases, and the gastric reflux, and other non-emergency tests postponed. He believes that the closure of schools should be able to reduce the chance of cross-infection students, and pointed out that the HA has, in recent years the consent of the parents, began to asthma, heart disease or poor immune function of children, provide free influenza vaccination.

Associate Professor of the Department of Pediatrics at the Chinese University of Han Jin Lun pointed out that the peak period of influenza cases now though, but does not represent a serious condition, "so that people do influenza B infection, less contact with the public because of their weak immunity, However, the data did not show a 'dangerous'. "

He said the Prince of Wales Hospital over the past five years only one child died due to influenza A, in the intensive care unit because of the flu only about 14 people each year than about 700 elderly people died of influenza less, and do not think that The virus is against children. Earlier because of flu symptoms in the two children Granville House, known for serious bacterial infection and myocarditis caused by influenza and may not be relevant.
Meanwhile, the Labour Department on the 16th suggested that employers and employees to prevent influenza measures, including one ninety-nine of bleach cleaning utilities, employees have symptoms of respiratory tract infection, wear face masks. While the iron's Telford Plaza earlier influenza exercise has been, recently began requiring employees take the temperature every day before work, and customer service free of charge at the Department of disposable masks and body temperature measuring table to the needy people, and every two hours have a clean, such as escalators. :tiphat: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh%7Cen&u=http://www.stnn.cc/hongkong/200803/t20080317_748103.html
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Treyfish · Mar 17, 2008

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Graphic: The Department of Health confirmed that a further 12-year-old girl admitted to hospital because of flu, is now in serious condition
[Ta Kung Pao - The Department of Health confirmed that a further 12-year-old girl admitted to hospital because of flu, is now in serious condition.Centre for Health Protection received yesterday a new case, a 12-year-old girl was admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital on March 16, is now in serious condition. The case of laboratory evidence that the influenza cases. CHP yesterday recorded in the three suspected influenza outbreak reports and a report confirmed influenza outbreak, involving four secondary schools a total of 32 people.
CHP said that yesterday received five new children suspected of influenza-related complications reported hospitalized cases, the cumulative figure of 17. Among the five confirmed cases of influenza, including the new cases.

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The remaining four cases, including the Tseung Kwan O Hospital on March 13 in the two-year-old girls, and admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital on March 11 in the Intensive Care Unit of the three-year-old boy is now in stable condition; other two were seven - year-old and eight-year-old, the girls admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital last week have been discharged.
Experts in Hong Kong and Macao to the prevention and control
On the other hand, Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong Province public health and medical experts in the Department of Health's Centre for Health Protection, to discuss the three influenza, as well as the prevention and control measures taken in Hong Kong. Centre for Health Protection Community Medicine Consultant Zhangzhujun said after the meeting, the three places at the meeting of experts on influenza cases in Hong Kong exchanged views and discussed the three influenza epidemiology, laboratory test results and clinical governance.
Zhangzhujun said that Guangdong influenza peak later than those in Hong Kong, usually from March to July each year, a little different. She said that the local influenza cases is not yet clear upward trend, there are no cases of death from influenza.
Influenza has yet to peak over the past Zhangzhujun said that the Hong Kong flu cases compared with the past few years, no clear upward trend. Recent figures reduced, and may be related to the current school holidays, but Hong Kong's peak period of influenza has not yet past, is expected to continue for at least the majority of weeks.

她說，現時

She said that currently, it is difficult to peak of the flu and will connect under a peak period. In addition, there are more than 10 children hospitalized cases, Zhangzhujun that no previous relevant statistics, and therefore it is difficult to determine whether the cases the past more than in previous years
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Giuseppe · Mar 18, 2008

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Reports under influenza surveillance arrangement
March 18 2008, 12.40.04

A spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health said today (March 18) that a total of 19 reports have been received so far through the influenza surveillance arrangement set up by the CHP with private and public hospitals to monitor the trend of influenza-related complications in children.

He said two of the cases were reported to CHP today, involving two boys both aged two, who were admitted to United Christian Hospital on March 10 and 13 respectively.

They are now in stable condition.

The number of cases that had laboratory evidence of influenza infection is still five (which were announced yesterday).

Of them, two patients have been discharged while three others are in stable condition in hospital.

For the remaining 14 cases, preliminary tests on 12 patients have shown negative results for influenza.

Two are pending influenza test results.

Noting that CHP did not receive any report of institutional outbreak of influenza today, the spokesman appealed to members of the public to stay vigilant by taking necessary precautionary measures to prevent influenza.

They should maintain good personal as well as environmental hygiene and build up good body immunity by having a proper diet, regular exercise, and adequate rests, reducing stress and avoiding smoking.

The telephone hotline (2125-1133) set up by CHP to answer public enquiries on seasonal influenza has so far received 209 calls. It will continue to operate between 9am and 6pm from Monday to Friday except public holiday.

More details of the institutional outbreaks, preventive tips and the daily update of influenza situation will be available in CHP's website (http://www.chp.gov.hk) soon.
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Treyfish · Mar 18, 2008

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Hong Kong influenza in kindergarten to stabilize at 24 primary schools resume classes in future
Http://news.QQ.com at 3:57 on March 19, 2008Director of the Centre for Health Protection Thomas Tsang said that all primary schools will be closed after kindergarten, the influenza situation has stabilized, currently deployed in the Easter holidays (21-24) after the resumption of classes. Plan to resume after the Easter holidays

Thomas Tsang, yesterday attended a radio programme, said that, according to analysis showed that the virus, the influenza virus in Hong Kong and Europe and the United States varieties, is not a new virus. But public and private hospitals the number of patients is higher than in previous years. As of last week, every 1,000 private medical treatment at the patient, there are 76 types of influenza, an increase of 20%.

Government decided the evening of March 12 primary schools and kindergartens in Hong Kong will be closed for at least two weeks prevention and control of influenza, Secretary for Health Dr Chow then repeatedly indicated that he did not rule out the possibility of extending the suspension period. And Thomas Tsang, said yesterday that the measures taken will be closed, influenza steadily growing number of intelligence and is scheduled to resume after the Easter holidays.

Thomas Tsang expected to resume after the Easter holidays, the peak period of influenza has not yet completely over. In return, the Centre for Health Protection and school representatives will be meeting, reminding them of attention after the resumption health measures, such as helping children Liangbenwen strengthen hand-washing facilities and ventilation systems. In return, the Centre for Health Protection to schools understand it, is that I had not already work for the prevention of influenza. Apart from the schools, the authorities will strengthen attention to the situation in other institutions.

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"We expect (then) there will be some primary school students still report flu symptoms such as fever." He said, "Parents and schools are also very important as the gatekeeper, students would still have a fever or cough, they should not go to school."

Influenza peak periods or extended

Thomas Tsang said that Guangdong Province than the peak of the influenza in Hong Kong in about a month later, the authorities will closely monitor the influenza peak period will not be extended.

In addition, the Centre for Health Protection in the past day, then received five intelligence that suspected child because of complications caused by influenza hospitalized, four of them were in stable condition, one recovered and been discharged.

In addition, four secondary schools a total of 23 people suspected of suffering from influenza. Asked whether the tide of influenza has spread to older students crowd, Thomas Tsang, said the four secondary schools, each less than 10 people infected, and secondary health awareness is relatively high, the transmission of the virus is relatively slow speed . He stressed that people of any age have the opportunity to suffering from influenza, but children may be relatively large. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=zh|en&u=http://news.qq.com/a/20080319/000231.htm

Treyfish · Mar 18, 2008

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:tiphat: Helblindi:tiphat: Consultations for flu up 20pc on last year

Mar 19, 2008

The number of people who went to private doctors last week complaining of flu symptoms was up 20 per cent from the same week last year, a health official said yesterday.

Still, the number was well short of the record, said Thomas Tsang Ho-fai, controller of the Centre for Health Protection.

Of every 1,000 consultations, 76 were for flu symptoms, against 60 in the same week last year. The record is more than 100.

Dr Tsang, who was speaking on a radio programme, said the peak flu season still had a few weeks to go and there could be fresh outbreaks in schools after the Easter break.

The government ordered kindergartens and private schools to shut for two weeks last Thursday after several flu outbreaks in schools and the deaths of four children with flu symptoms.

Since then, the number of children seeking treatment at public hospitals for flu symptoms had returned to normal and the pressure on beds in children's wards had eased, Dr Tsang said.

The Hospital Authority said occupancy rates in children's wards had been falling since Friday and by yesterday were down to 90 per cent. However, medical wards are still full.

The authority appealed to the public to remain vigilant for flu symptoms and to take precautions to avoid catching the virus, especially with the Easter holiday weekend looming.

For the first time since last Thursday, when the Centre of Health Protection required institutions to report flu outbreaks, no reports of fresh outbreaks were received yesterday.

However, it received two new reports of children being admitted to hospital with suspected complications arising from flu infection.

The two, both boys aged two, were admitted to the intensive care unit of United Christian Hospital, one on March 10 and the other last Thursday. Both are in stable condition.

Since Thursday, the centre has confirmed five children have flu. Two have already left hospital. Of another 14 admitted with suspected complications arising from flu, 12 did not have flu. Test results for the others are pending.

:tiphat: South China Morning Post

Giuseppe · Mar 19, 2008

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Reports under influenza surveillance arrangement
March 19 2008, 11.31.04

A spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health said there was no new influenza outbreak reported to the CHP today (March 19) but members of the public should stay alert by taking precautionary measures against influenza.

He said the cumulative figures for cases reported to the CHP through the influenza surveillance arrangement set up with private and public hospitals to monitor the trend of influenza-related complications in children are as follows:

A. Cases with positive test results for influenza
* Total no of cases 6
* No of patients discharged 5
* No of patients in hospital 1 (stable condition)

B. Cases with preliminary negative test results for influenza
* Total no of cases 13

C. Cases pending laboratory test result for influenza 1

D. Total reports
* Total no of reports recorded since March 13 20
* No of patients discharged 11
* No of patients in hospital 9

The telephone hotline (2125 1133) set up by CHP to answer public enquiries on seasonal influenza has so far received 218 calls. It will continue to operate between 9am and 6pm from Monday to Friday except public holidays.

People are advised to maintain good personal as well as environmental hygiene and build up good body immunity by having a proper diet, regular exercise, and adequate rest, reducing stress and avoiding smoking.

More details of the institutional outbreaks, preventive tips and a daily update of the influenza situation will be available on CHP's website (www.chp.gov.hk) shortly.
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Giuseppe · Mar 19, 2008

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Girl with flu-related complications recovers

A 20th child has been admitted to hospital due to suspected influenza-related complications.

The Centre for Health Protection today said a two-year-old girl was admitted to Matilda International Hospital on March 17 and later discharged.

The number of cases with laboratory evidence of flu infection is six. Of them, five patients have been discharged and one is stable.

For the remaining 14 cases, preliminary tests on 13 patients returned negative flu results. Results are pending in the remaining case.

For prevention tips and daily updates, click here or call 2125 1133.

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Treyfish · Mar 19, 2008

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The province's new influenza-like 3

The latest situation said yesterday's Guangdong new influenza-like 3, respectively, in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai City Xiangzhou District Primary School. So far, the outbreak of influenza-like the province reached 12.

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Among them, 122 were from Guangzhou, Shenzhen 3 67, Zhuhai 3 98, 34 people from a Shaoguan, Huizhou 1 from 31 people.

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It is understood that the 12 outbreaks have occurred in schools, a total of 352 people infected, the epidemic influenza B virus are mainly. Yesterday afternoon, the vice governor of minefields in the blue field to the provincial health department office, briefed on the prevention and control of influenza epidemic reporting and prevention and control work in the province to deploy again and again.

The province launched a comprehensive monitoring network

On the 13th, Guangzhou, Shenzhen in influenza cases, the provincial party secretary Wang Yang, Huang Huahua, governor of separate instructions for our province, all localities and departments to do a good job of influenza vaccination to prevent the spread of influenza. March 15, deputy party secretary Liu Yupu also chaired the meeting, asking the province launched a comprehensive influenza epidemic-monitoring network system to ensure timely and accurate grasp of the epidemic of influenza and publish information. Found layers of the epidemic must be promptly reported, not delayed.

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How to prevent influenza?

Chinese Academy of Engineering, Institute for Respiratory Disease in Guangzhou Zhong Nanshan, director of the media analysis, last winter, Guangzhou relatively long period of cold, influenza virus, after a long incubation period, the weather is warming, the virus entered the active phase, as a result of influenza cases increase.

Experts remind that the prevention of influenza, it is necessary to maintain good personal and environmental hygiene, diligence and washing. Second, in sneezing or coughing of a handkerchief or tissue Cover your mouth and nose to avoid infecting others. The third is to a balanced diet, regular exercise and adequate rest, avoid excessive fatigue. Fourth, ventilation windows several times a day, and maintain indoor air fresh.:tiphat: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?h...aily.com/A/html/2008-03/20/content_418763.htm

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Date: [March 19, 2008] version of the: [DA38] Version: [Dongguan news and current affairs] is the source: [Nanfang Dushi Bao]

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-- (China Hongmin) to enhance the prevention of influenza, Dongguan City Bureau of Education has set up sanitation and anti-epidemic work leading group, under the Office of the epidemic emergency. Yesterday, the Department of Education once again issued an emergency circular calling for the towns, schools before 9:45 am every day to area schools and nurseries flu epidemic situation was reported to the Office of Education epidemic emergency.

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Journalists yesterday afternoon that, in order to strengthen the schools and nurseries flu prevention and control work, and the towns of Dongguan City Bureau of Education requested Street Missions Office, the city schools should also be set up directly under the principal party and government leaders responsible for the sanitation and anti-epidemic work leading group. According to the arrangements for the timely and respond to a possible influenza epidemic, the towns Street Missions Office of the Guardian of the city directly under the stem and schools (kindergarten) from the health workers responsible for the immediate effect, before 9:45 am every day to area schools and nurseries report influenza epidemic outbreak emergency City Department of Education's Office (Tel: 23126130,23126139, Fax: 23126131).

City Bureau of Education stressed that, once in the same dormitory or in the same class one day or three cases within three consecutive days, a number of students have flu-like symptoms, as there clusters of cases, the school must be promptly to the local disease prevention and control agencies report that at the same time Educational administrative departments report to the higher authorities, and under the guidance of the health sector to the corresponding prevention and control work.

Staff absenteeism is also required master

It is understood that under the current "on further strengthening the schools and nurseries in the work of prevention and control of influenza emergency notice" requires schools to examine morning newly established system, and health to examine morning newly daily observation, timely health status of students, once student, faculty acute fever, headache, and other symptoms of acute pharyngitis, we must promptly send regular hospital treatment, and to strengthen reporting information on the absence of students and staff to conduct an investigation. The students found abnormal symptoms increase, it is necessary to timely reporting of disease prevention and control centers and Education. The hospital diagnosed as influenza students, faculty, in accordance with the relevant provisions of isolation treatment, the patients who have had close contact, it is necessary to carry out preventive medication and medical treatment.

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The two girls then allegedly as a result of influenza hospital officials said resume after Easter
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Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection will be in conjunction with the Department of Education guidelines, the prevention of influenza outbreaks. (Source: Wen Wei Po)

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March 19 - According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po reported, the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection on the 18th to receive two suspected hospitalized because of the flu and the report involved two 2-year-old boy in stable condition. Advocate Center Director Thomas Tsang said after the Easter holidays primary schools and kindergartens can resume, the CHP will be in conjunction with the Department of Education guidelines, the prevention of influenza outbreaks.
CHP on the 18th received two two suspected hospitalized because of the flu and the report, the number of reported cases has increased to 19.

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