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Hong Kong - Influenza outbreak in school - 18 year old boy died - school closed for 7 days

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A mentally retarded doubt school will be closed seven days in exile

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Economic Times - a 18-year-old severely retarded boys allegedly because dyed a stream, last Monday admitted to Caritas Hospital, died on Saturday. (Picture)

[Economic Daily News] our exposure to avian influenza and double attack. Influenza virus surged 83 percent last week, a 18-year-old severely retarded boy died allegedly as a result of a stream dye, which schools are required to be closed for seven days. Add two H7N9 cases in Guangdong yesterday, the situation is critical.

Mercy school male dormitory erupted last month

In Sham Shui Po, special schools providing residential services "Mercy School," according to information released by the school, the school dorm last month on the 27th, there are 12 boys have been a high fever, a cough and runny nose symptoms of respiratory tract infection However, no outbreak dormitory.

CHP yesterday means that the 18-year-old boy was admitted to Caritas Hospital last Monday, died on Saturday, his respiratory specimens tested positive for influenza A, who did not have to fight flu shot. Caritas hospitals means that the boys had severe mental retardation, fever stay, awake, the situation is not serious, but he is among the previous hospital stay for pneumonia.

Another five school students should also admitted to Caritas Medical treatment, have been discharged in stable condition, in which three people are diagnosed with the infection of a stream. Centre asked the school to suspend classes a week from today, to prevent the spread of pandemic influenza in schools. This is the first year, our school closed because of the flu outbreak, also reported the first case of flu this winter deaths.

CHP's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch, last week, a total of 245 influenza viruses isolated, H3N2 accounted for 51%, 30% of swine flu H1N1, influenza B accounted for 19%; overall flu figures from the previous week's 134 a significant increase of 83%.

Data show that influenza in Hong Kong is very active, isolated virus has reached 245 and is greatly increased, but the center has not yet announced yesterday Hong Kong has entered the winter influenza peak, only known as "influenza activity increased, indicating the winter influenza season is approaching." .

The Administration has not yet announced a peak into the flu, they are in effect on Friday with the Hospital Authority and private hospitals to strengthen the monitoring mechanism to restart on Friday until noon yesterday, has received five adults over the age of 18 or influenza infection The cases require intensive care, but before the death of the above-mentioned 18-year-old Mercy school boys.

Letters have been sent to the center represents doctors, private hospitals and schools, homes, reminded to remain vigilant guard against seasonal influenza, and calls on them to keep abreast of the situation.

Mainland H7N9 farmer increased two critical

Mainland avian flu cases has continued to increase. Guangdong Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission informed add two H7N9 confirmed cases, involving a 47-year-old Foshan, engaged in the sale and transport of poultry man; another resident named Yangjiang Municipal 71 years old farmer, the two were in critical condition , being treated in hospital, each with more than 60 close contacts, but no exception.

As of yesterday, a total of Guangdong Province, confirmed eight cases, Shenzhen, Foshan, Huizhou each one, Dongguan 2, Yangjiang 3; while the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong is the total of confirmed cases has reached 152.

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/智障生疑甲流亡-學校停課7天-225529353.html
 
Re: Hong Kong - Influenza outbreak in school - 18 year old boy died - school closed for 7 days

Influenza outbreak in Hong Kong schools will be closed on the 7th kill children

Sing Tao Global Network
2014-01-07
  
Sing Tao Global Network News: New year again raging flu in Hong Kong in the past four JCP recorded five serious cases of influenza patients need to stay in intensive care unit, the last two weeks, Sham Shui Po Chi Yun School and more collective outbreak of the flu, influenza is a more pupils life-threatening, the school suspended seven days from today. Influenza virus samples detected another CHP, breaking 240 last week, the first week of the previous month increased by 2.7-fold. Doctors refer to the recent cases of suspected influenza patients and hospital admissions have increased 10%, expected early winter influenza season in the Lunar New Year approaching, called on the people vaccinated as soon as possible.
  
"Sing Tao Daily" reported, designed to provide accommodation and special education for the severely mentally handicapped deepwater? Mercy School, influenza outbreaks occur earlier, six aged between 6-18 year-old male student, starting from the 27th month flu symptoms, including fever, cough and runny nose.
  
One 18-year-old has not vaccinated, chronically ill students admitted to Caritas Hospital last Monday and died on Saturday, his respiratory specimens tested positive for influenza. The remaining five children had been admitted to Caritas Medical Centre for treatment, and was discharged in stable condition.
  
The school will be closed today from 7 days to resume next Tuesday. School notice pointed out last month between the 27th to 31, have found 12 male boarders appear high fever and upper respiratory tract infections, while the female boarders unaffected; If the parents are unable to arrange boarders relatives to take care of the students, please call school their children continue to live.
  
In addition, the number of influenza virus recently detected CHP continued to rise last week, a total of 245 influenza virus-positive samples, 65 the first week of last month, up 2.7 times, eighty percent increase over the previous week.
  
Five for the H3N2 virus into a stream samples, three became H1N1 swine flu, the other two become influenza B. Central component analysis refers to the recent strains with the seasonal flu vaccine similar.
  
Center on Friday to strengthen the monitoring mechanism to restart the flu, found serious cases of influenza infection and ICU stay alone in the past 24 have been recorded five cases, all patients is an adult.
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