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Hong Kong schools could close before Lunar New Year holiday to stem seasonal flu outbreak

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The Lunar New Year holidays could start early for schoolchildren in Hong Kong as the city’s leader weighs the merits of keeping pupils home following flu outbreaks in kindergartens and primary schools that have caused two deaths. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she would talk to the city’s flu experts, University of Hong Kong microbiologist Professor Yuen Kwok-yung and Chinese University professor of respiratory medicine Dr David Hui Shu-cheong, on Tuesday...

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