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Friday, November 19, 2010

Hong Kong : Update on H5N1 case

An update on the H5N1 case in Hong Kong :

" Latest laboratory results received by the Department of Health (DH) today (November 18) revealed that all eight close contacts of the H5N1 case were negative for Influenza A (subtype H5).

The eight, three family members and five other patients who shared a cubicle with the H5N1 patient in a Tuen Mun Hospital ward, were being quarantined at Princess Margaret Hospital.

The H5N1 patient is also in Princess Margaret Hospital and is still in serious condition.

Meanwhile, three more contacts who shared a meal with the H5N1 patient on November 11 have been identified. None of them has fever. Contact tracing continues."

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