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Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2009/10/03/74.html
Google translation:
Infiltration in schools, the first Hong Kong influenza epidemic of deaths of children
At 17:12 on October 3, 2009
(Hong Kong 3 AP) With the penetration of influenza outbreak School, Hong Kong Friday is the first child the end of influenza deaths. A long-term ill 11-year-old girl died incidence of the week come. Last week, has another three children to undergo intensive care treatment after infection, two of them her own health, but were complicated by encephalitis, and encephalitis, now in serious condition. That pediatric doctors told his parents, if found infected children, the emergence of new symptoms should immediately seek medical attention again.
Last week, the CHP data show that there are six children for every 10000 people admitted to hospital due to influenza. Last week to week, there were three children in three serious cases of influenza. A 3-year-old boy with chronic illnesses, yesterday admitted because of pneumonia, Intensive Care Unit of the Eastern District Hospital last week confirmed influenza.
Two cases of their own health, 7-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy. The former fever and runny nose last Wednesday, two days later admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, admitted to the intensive care unit, concurrent encephalomyelitis. The latter last month on the 15th with fever, cough and sore throat, four days after the diagnosis of influenza, followed by, once again sought medical treatment, but her condition deteriorated this week, one admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital Intensive Care Unit, confirmed encephalitis. As of this week, three in Hong Kong and accumulated a total 113 cases of severe influenza.
70% of the patients are young people
CHP data show that last week, more than 3,000 people under 19 years of age infected with influenza, accounting for more than the overall rate of 70%. The latest issue of "infectious disease Live" that the influenza A landing early days a week or less is only 10 outbreaks in schools, by the end of August rose to 21 per week, formally opened in September after surging to a 78-320. In Hong Kong in the past two months, flu-like outbreak of cases, nearly 90% as a school.
CHP Dr Thomas Tsang, said that the 11 girls in the cause of death has yet to be determined anatomy. So far most of the minor children's illness, more than 100 cases of serious influenza cases, is still mainly middle-aged patients. However, with the school after the school-based influenza outbreaks, children with significant increase, he believed that serious cases are to be expected, "a school has 100 students in a few sick, so influenza cases in school-based. "
As the influenza season generally lasted 6-8 weeks, the Hong Kong influenza in August into the peak, Dr Thomas Tsang believes that is necessary to observe the next one to two weeks in order to understand whether it will stabilize the situation in the hope that the epidemic in mid-October drop.
Google translation:
Infiltration in schools, the first Hong Kong influenza epidemic of deaths of children
At 17:12 on October 3, 2009
(Hong Kong 3 AP) With the penetration of influenza outbreak School, Hong Kong Friday is the first child the end of influenza deaths. A long-term ill 11-year-old girl died incidence of the week come. Last week, has another three children to undergo intensive care treatment after infection, two of them her own health, but were complicated by encephalitis, and encephalitis, now in serious condition. That pediatric doctors told his parents, if found infected children, the emergence of new symptoms should immediately seek medical attention again.
Last week, the CHP data show that there are six children for every 10000 people admitted to hospital due to influenza. Last week to week, there were three children in three serious cases of influenza. A 3-year-old boy with chronic illnesses, yesterday admitted because of pneumonia, Intensive Care Unit of the Eastern District Hospital last week confirmed influenza.
Two cases of their own health, 7-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy. The former fever and runny nose last Wednesday, two days later admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, admitted to the intensive care unit, concurrent encephalomyelitis. The latter last month on the 15th with fever, cough and sore throat, four days after the diagnosis of influenza, followed by, once again sought medical treatment, but her condition deteriorated this week, one admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital Intensive Care Unit, confirmed encephalitis. As of this week, three in Hong Kong and accumulated a total 113 cases of severe influenza.
70% of the patients are young people
CHP data show that last week, more than 3,000 people under 19 years of age infected with influenza, accounting for more than the overall rate of 70%. The latest issue of "infectious disease Live" that the influenza A landing early days a week or less is only 10 outbreaks in schools, by the end of August rose to 21 per week, formally opened in September after surging to a 78-320. In Hong Kong in the past two months, flu-like outbreak of cases, nearly 90% as a school.
CHP Dr Thomas Tsang, said that the 11 girls in the cause of death has yet to be determined anatomy. So far most of the minor children's illness, more than 100 cases of serious influenza cases, is still mainly middle-aged patients. However, with the school after the school-based influenza outbreaks, children with significant increase, he believed that serious cases are to be expected, "a school has 100 students in a few sick, so influenza cases in school-based. "
As the influenza season generally lasted 6-8 weeks, the Hong Kong influenza in August into the peak, Dr Thomas Tsang believes that is necessary to observe the next one to two weeks in order to understand whether it will stabilize the situation in the hope that the epidemic in mid-October drop.