Overcrowded public hospital wards are bracing for an even heavier winter flu load ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday next month, with non-urgent patients having to wait up to eight hours to see a doctor.
The health authority last week announced the city had entered the winter peak season for influenza and warned virus activity could further increase in coming weeks. So far the surge has claimed eight lives.
The Department of Health said the peak flu season normally lasted for at least a month...
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