Influenza has ravaged Hong Kong recently. In the weekly flu report (April 16-19) announced by the Center for Health Protection earlier, there were 29 severe cases of influenza, including 17 deaths. Guan Rihua, an honorary clinical associate professor of the Department of Children and Adolescents of the University of Hong Kong, said in a radio program on the 22nd that the flu season in Hong Kong has just begun, and there is still a period of time before the peak. increase.
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Guan Rihua said that there have been more and more influenza cases this month, mainly type A, concentrated in the group of young children under the age of two or three. He pointed out that the situation was expected because social distancing measures and mask orders were lifted in Hong Kong.
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Lin Yonghe, a family doctor, said on the same radio program that various respiratory virus infection cases have appeared in the community since March, and the number of elderly people admitted to hospital has also increased. In the past two weeks, there have been nearly 50 serious or dead cases. He pointed out that the general flu outbreak lasts for about 12 weeks, and a total of more than 300 people have died. “It cannot be taken lightly,” and he called on the public to get a flu vaccine.
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2023-04-22 11:22:35
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