A two-year-old boy died on Thursday after suffering from a pneumococcal infection, in the third such fatality involving children this year.
The patient, who had a record of good health and had received pneumococcal vaccines, developed a fever, cough and running nose and started vomiting on November 13, the Centre for Health Protection said.
He consulted a private doctor. On Wednesday, the boy was found to have decreased consciousness and was brought to Tuen Mun Hospital, where his condition...
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