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Hong Kong cases of ‘public enemy No 1’ superbug more than double in 2018, prompting Hospital Authority to unveil five-point plan to halt the spread

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The number of Hong Kong patients diagnosed with a superbug that has been dubbed “public enemy No 1” more than doubled last year, with fears the increase in cases of the virus was driven by people eating bacteria-infected food or poor personal hygiene.Hospital bosses have moved to quell worries among the public with a five-point plan to combat the spread of a range of superbugs, which includes more active screening for patients deemed high risk, issuing guidelines to local doctors to reduce the…

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