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Written by: Chen Qianting
2020-02-14 20:36
Last updated: 2020-02-14 20:38Following 11 public housing estates recently affected by three public housing estates in the MTR Choi Hung Station area, the Centre for Health Protection announced today (14) that there was an additional case of veterans disease in Kwun Tong District involving two persons For patients with long-term illness, the two lived in Choi Hei House, Choi Fuk Estate, Kowloon Bay, and Wang Kwong House, 33 Ngau Tau Kok Road, not far from each other. The two patients did not travel outside the incubation period. The staff of the center are following up to collect environmental and water samples for testing to identify possible sources of infection.
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The Centre for Health Protection stated that the two new cases of veterans' disease included a 56-year-old male patient living in Choi Hi House, Choi Fuk Estate, and a 62-year-old male patient living in Wang Kwong House, 33 Ngau Tau Kok Road. Both have long-term illnesses. The patient's sample was tested and confirmed to be positive for serotype 1 antigen of Pneumococcus pneumoniae.
A spokesman for the center said an epidemiological investigation found that two patients did not travel outside the incubation period. The staff of the center are following up to collect environmental and water samples for testing, and continue to investigate to find possible sources of infection.
In addition, the Center for Health Protection announced the latest situation on a recent case study of a veterans disease group involving 11 patients. Laboratory results showed that clinical samples from six patients in this group and water samples from two fresh water cooling towers at Rainbow MTR Station showed the same genotype of Pneumococcus pneumophila serotype 1. Investigations are ongoing.
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