Hong Kong hospitals face "protracted war against flu": official

          Source: Xinhua| 2018-02-20 21:39:05|Editor: Mengjie
          Video PlayerClose

          HONG KONG, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A health official in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has said that hospitals here were facing a "protracted war against flu" with the winter peak season expected to last for several more weeks.

          Hospital Authority chief executive Leung Pak-yin made the remarks as Hong Kong's public hospitals saw a rush of patients on Tuesday as the four-day Lunar New Year holiday ended.

          Meanwhile, the Center for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health of the SAR government said Tuesday that in view of the continuous high level of seasonal flu activity and the end of the Lunar New Year holiday for schools soon, it had issued letters to schools to appeal for heightened vigilance and reinforcement of preventive measures to mitigate the impact of seasonal flu.

          The SAR government's Secretary for Food and Health Chan Siu-chee has warned on Monday that the seasonal flu activity would remain at high level for a period of time and more patients were likely to show up at hospitals after the holiday.

          The Department of Health has ordered an additional 44,000 doses of flu vaccine and they are expected to arrive in Hong Kong by mid-March, Chan said when visiting three public hospitals.

          She added that she would also meet health experts to discuss enhancing Hong Kong's research on flu.

          TOP STORIES
          EDITOR’S CHOICE
          MOST VIEWED
          EXPLORE XINHUANET
          010020070750000000000000011100001369874671
          无码人妻一区二区三区四区av_亚洲精品911在线永久观看_精品一区二区国产在线观看_日韩不卡一区二区视频在线

                  亚洲国产AⅤ精品一区二区久久 | 亚洲最新在线免费观看 | 亚洲真实片中文字幕 | 亚洲第一网址在线观看 | 亚洲国产精品亚洲 | 亚洲国产天堂久久综合网 |