Press release from Hong Kong's CHP :
" The spokesperson for TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital (WTSH) made the following update today (February 28) regarding an earlier announcement on a cluster of Clostridium Difficile toxin cases in a tuberculosis and chest ward.
One more 34-year-old female patient who previously stayed in the ward presented with diarrhoea symptoms. The test results for the patient concerned were positive for Clostridium Difficile toxin. The patient was transferred to Kwong Wah Hospital on February 22. She is being treated under isolation and is in stable condition.
Admission to the ward concerned has been suspended and restricted visiting to the ward has also been imposed. Infection control measures have already been stepped up according to established guidelines. All other patients in the ward are under close medical surveillance."
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