Health authorities have warned Hongkongers to guard against norovirus infections while travelling to Japan as cases of infectious gastroenteritis rise in the country. Dr Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for Health Protection, issued the warning on Saturday amid a recent spike in viral gastroenteritis in Japan, following several cases linked to contaminated food since…
Health authorities have warned Hongkongers to guard against norovirus infections while travelling to Japan as cases of infectious gastroenteritis rise in the country. Dr Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for Health Protection, issued the warning on Saturday amid a recent spike in infectious gastroenteritis in Japan, following several norovirus infections linked to contaminated food…
Hong Kong government employees were among 57 diners who suffered food poisoning after eating pre-cooked food at a restaurant in Kowloon Bay earlier this month, the Post has learned, with the cases involving separate groups that dined at the venue over three days. Health authorities said the three clusters at the Golden Lilies International Banquet…
Six people have fallen ill with food poisoning after consuming tiramisu at Italian restaurant Pirata in Wan Chai, Hong Kong health authorities have said. The Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday that two groups of customers, comprising four women and two men, had lunch at the restaurant last Friday and developed symptoms of abdominal…
Hong Kong kindergarten teacher Amber Nathaniel began to suffer from the common but debilitating gastrointestinal condition known as irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, at the age of 16. Its symptoms include bloating, diarrhoea, constipation and stomach cramps. The condition is thought to affect up to one in 10 people worldwide. Nathaniel spent years seeking medical…