Autumn might be around the corner, but Hong Kong’s “summer” flu season has only just started and could overlap with the typical winter surge. Everyone in the city should heed the call from health officials urging vaccinations to protect the community. Flu normally has a summer run from July or August and a break before…
Hong Kong may experience an overlap of the summer and winter flu seasons amid a recent surge in outbreaks at schools, with experts urging residents, especially vulnerable groups, to get vaccinated. Professor Lau Yu-lung, chairman of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases under the Centre for Health Protection, joined the growing calls on Saturday,…
The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah and another medical expert said on Saturday that they expected the current wave of infections,…
The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah warned on Saturday that the number of children with Covid-19 had risen significantly recently. “As…
Hong Kong health authorities have recorded 30 Covid-19-related deaths among 81 severe adult cases in the past four weeks, with the proportion of positive respiratory samples in the same period reaching this year’s peak. But experts have said the overall impact of the virus is weaker than in the past, while there is no evidence…
Indicators of Covid-19 activity in Hong Kong over the past four weeks have hit their highest level in a year, with 30 deaths recorded, despite an expert saying the overall impact of the virus had become milder. According to the Centre for Health Protection, the proportion of respiratory samples testing positive had increased to 13.7…
Hong Kong clinics have received a surge in inquiries and bookings for influenza jabs following the death of popular Taiwanese actress Barbie “Big S” Hsu Shi-yuan, who died from flu-triggered pneumonia. Hsu’s death, which was publicly revealed on Monday and happened while she was travelling in Japan with her family, not only sent shock waves…