At least eight members of a Hong Kong school group who visited mainland China were infected with norovirus and another 13 were displaying symptoms consistent with the stomach bug, city health authorities said on Sunday. The Centre for Health Protection said 135 teachers and students from Po Leung Kuk Lo Kit Sing (1983) College in…
Hong Kong health authorities are investigating an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis among primary school students on a study tour to mainland China, marking the latest in a series of similar incidents in recent weeks. The Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday that five students on a trip organised by S.K.H. St Michael’s Primary School…
Hong Kong health authorities are investigating an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis among primary school students on a study tour to mainland China, marking the latest in a series of similar incidents in recent weeks. The Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday that five students on a trip organised by S.K.H. St Michael’s Primary School…
Fourteen people have fallen ill with food poisoning in Hong Kong after eating a festive dish from restaurant chain Cafe de Coral. The Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday the cluster involved six men and eight women aged between 18 and 23. They ate poon choi from Cafe de Coral for dinner in a…
Hong Kong’s food hygiene authorities have issued a warning to a local bakery after some of its staff were shown cleaning a shelf with a floor mop in a viral online photo. Images widely shared on social media show two female employees at a bakery in the Tsz Wan Shan Shopping Centre using the floor…
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…
Twenty-six students from a primary school in Hong Kong suffered from acute gastroenteritis during a study tour to cities in Guangdong province, health authorities reported on Monday. The group was among the 116 pupils and 12 teachers from Tuen Mun’s Po Leung Kuk Hong Kong Taoist Association Yuen Yuen Primary School who went to Guangzhou…
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…
A doctor has issued a warning about the one type of salad he steers clear of at picnics for health reasons. Dr Lindsey, from the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio, took to social media (@academymedcle) to divulge the risks associated with potato salad – and his video that has since gone viral,…