The flu season got off to a deadly start in Hong Kong claiming the lives of one child and seven adults in the space of five days, health authorities said on Friday.
Another 18 adults reportedly have severe cases of influenza, while a 6-year-old girl is critically ill with severe paediatric influenza, according to the Department of Health. Two other children have also been taken ill with the disease.
The department’s Centre for Health Protection had warned of a surge in the rate of...
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