The Health Bureau (SSM) hosted a press conference yesterday at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre about a new flu outbreak that has been in the city for the past two months and is forecast by the bureau to last another two to three weeks.
Disease Prevention and Control Centre Director Lam Chong noted that since last month there has been another flu outbreak that would likely last for a further two to three weeks. Most of the cases are caused by influenza B and most of the patients are children, according to Lam.
Lam added that over the past two months, at its peak, there were 25 people affected by various flu-related illnesses in one week, and nine in one day. There were no serious influenza B infections and none of the patients needed to be hospitalised, Lam pointed out.
Disease Prevention and Control Centre Director Lam Chong hosts yesterday’s press conference about the city’s current influenza-related illness outbreak. Photo: Prisca Tang
