Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Hong Kong Peak period of influenza in the next few weeks



...He added that cases have increased slightly in the beginning of the period of the winter influenza season, then dropped for some time, in the last couple of months, once again approaching its peak. The virus is mainly the higher numbers of infection by H3N2, the elderly and the chronically ill, occupied most of the public hospitals of internal medicine beds.
According to the present analysis, Dr Chow said the general influenza virus after 8-10 weeks, the peak period will fall more than half the time has now elapsed, so the next few weeks may still be the peak period of influenza. In addition, there is also scarlet fever cases may also be because the weather is getting hotter and hotter, more other infectious diseases, especially infectious diseases caused by food. He urged the public to observe good personal, environmental and food hygiene..

http://www.singpao.com/gw/xwa/201206/t20120606_361460.html

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