Hospital illness &quot;common virus&quot;: HK govt
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Health experts had identified a mystery illness that has infected 34 children in a Hong Kong hospital as a common respiratory virus, the government said Friday.
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More than a dozen wards in hospitals are shut by illness, in some cases caused by a winter vomiting bug.
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A top Chinese health official has warned of the increased risk of infectious diseases such as SARS and bird flu jumping the border to Hong Kong.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Common Kestrel Tested for H5 Virus in HK" - Xinhua headline]  Hong Kong, Feb.
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Hong Kong - Hong Kong health chiefs ruled out on Sunday Sars or bird flu in the death of a youngster among 24 hospital patients who suddenly went down with a mystery respiratory complaint.
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HONG KONG A senior Chinese health official disclosed on Friday that her country had found a lethal strain of avian influenza among pigs at several farms, a discovery that could move the virus one step closer toward becoming a global problem for humans.
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Health authorities in Hong Kong are  investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness  in a hospital that has infected 28 children.
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One in 20 patients in Northern Ireland catches an infection while in hospital, according to a new survey.
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By Roland Lim, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Hong Kong correspondent. HONG KONG: Hong Kong&#39;s Centre for Health Protection has conducted its first ever drill on how to deal with a contagious disease outbreak.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong legislators on Wednesday criticized a Hong Kong hospital for failing to immediately report an outbreak of a mysterious illness in its pediatric ward earlier this month.
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Over 100 hospital wards closed amid fears that infection will spread
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Health officials say the stomach illness that struck about 60 people last week is likely the same virus that sickened about 100 students at the University of Maryland earlier this month.
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HONG KONG  - Hong Kong health chiefs are investigating an outbreak of respiratory illness at a hospital involving 19 children that left one girl dead, the government revealed.
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Virulent norovirus has forced at least 70 hospital wards across England and Wales to close to new patients.
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China has issued emergency instructions  to hospitals nationwide to isolate patients suffering from  severe respiratory diseases to prevent a winter recurrence of  SARS, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
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China has issued emergency instructions to hospitals nationwide to isolate patients suffering from severe respiratory diseases to prevent a winter recurrence of SARS, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
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HIV and hepatitis C infections are &quot;[r]ampant&quot; in Canadian prisons and present a &quot;clear and present health risk&quot; to inmate populations, prison guards and the general public, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ontario Medical Association