Tuberculosis in Hong Kong has dropped to its lowest level since 1947, with 40 fewer cases reported last year than the year before, but the health authority urged the public to stay vigilant due to the city’s risk factors and ageing population.
On Saturday, World Tuberculosis Day, the Hospital Authority and Tuberculosis Chest and Heart Diseases Association jointly sought to raise awareness of the contagious and airborne disease, which killed 1.7 million people worldwide in 2016 according...
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