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…
About 90 per cent of Hongkongers at high risk of severe illness from Covid-19 are more than a year from their last vaccination, a newly formed concern group has found, as it urged residents to get inoculated against the disease before the winter flu season. The Covid-19 Public Health Concern Group also said on Sunday…
Hong Kong’s winter flu season may start as early as December and have twin peaks driven by different strains, similar to a phenomenon that happened during the previous one earlier this year, a top infectious disease expert has warned. Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, chair professor of infectious diseases at the University of Hong Kong, said…