The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health today (6th) investigated 3 outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infections involving infants from Po Leung Kuk, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley Precious Blood Kindergarten and Li Po Chun United World College in Sha Tin. A total of 69 students aged between 5 were sick. Months up to 20 years old, there are 10 children in the Baoliangju infant group who need to be admitted to the hospital for treatment, and there are still 3 students in the hospital.
The Department of Health urges citizens and staff of institutions to be vigilant and maintain personal and environmental hygiene at all times.
An upper respiratory tract infection broke out in the infant group of Po Leung Kuk in Causeway Bay.
The first case occurred in the Infant Group of Po Leung Kuk, Causeway Bay, involving 12 males and 8 females, 20 people, aged between 5 and 28 months. The onset was the earliest on November 20 with symptoms of fever, cough and runny nose.
All children in the hospital have sought medical treatment; 10 of them have to be admitted to the hospital for treatment, and 7 of them have been discharged from the hospital, all in stable condition.
Precious Blood Kindergarten (picture from school website)
The second case was at Happy Valley Precious Blood Kindergarten, involving 11 boys and 12 girls, 23 students, aged between 3 and 4 years old. The first onset was on November 25, with fever, cough and runny nose symptoms, of which 21 were He has sought medical treatment, all conditions are stable and no hospitalization is required.
Hong Kong Li Po Chun United World College.
(Snapshot of school webpage)
The third case was in Li Po Chun United World College in Sha Tin, involving 4 men and 22 women, a total of 26 people, aged between 16 and 20. The first onset was on November 29 with symptoms of cough, sore throat and runny nose.
Four of them have sought medical treatment; all are in stable condition and do not need to be hospitalized.
Staff of the Centre for Health Protection have provided advice on the prevention of respiratory tract infections to the three schools mentioned above and are under medical supervision.
As the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection are similar to those of new coronary pneumonia, Happy Valley Blood Kindergarten and Shatin Li Po Chun United World College have included mandatory testing announcements on the 29th of last month and the 2nd of this month, respectively, and suspended classes for at least 5 days for cleaning; health protection The centre has also directly provided stool sample bottles and deep throat saliva test sample collection kits to the infant group of Po Leung Kuk in Causeway Bay.
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