Hong Kong health experts have called for older residents to get at least one Covid-19 booster shot annually after the city recorded 10 coronavirus-related deaths in one month, with fewer than 100,000 vaccine doses given to those aged 50 and above over the past year. A total of 98,049 doses of vaccines were administered to…
Hong Kong health experts have called for older residents to get at least one Covid-19 booster shot annually after the city recorded 10 coronavirus-related deaths in one month, with fewer than 100,000 vaccine doses given to those aged 50 and above over the past year. A total of 98,049 doses of vaccines were administered to…
Hong Kong’s flu season is expected to peak at the end of February and last well into March or April as more residents bring the bug back from overseas, a respiratory disease expert has predicted, while a senior health official has warned vaccination rates among young children remain worryingly low. David Hui Shu-cheong, a professor…
Hong Kong’s flu season is expected to peak at the end of February and last well into March or April as more residents bring the bug back from overseas, a respiratory disease expert has predicted. David Hui Shu-cheong, a professor of respiratory medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said on Saturday the flu…
Chronically ill patients should consider delaying any planned trips to countries battling flu surges, Hong Kong medical experts have warned, while also urging travellers to keep a record of local emergency numbers and buy insurance ahead of their departure. The warning came after the family of 48-year-old Taiwanese actress Barbie “Big S” Hsu Shi-yuan revealed…
Hong Kong’s winter flu season is expected to peak in early February, a respiratory disease expert has predicted, with 15 deaths in the second week of January confirmed to be people infected with influenza. David Hui Shu-cheong, a professor of respiratory medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, called for more residents to get…