The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health announced they are investigating two cases of necrotizing fasciitis in elderly women. The first case, an 80-year-old woman with...

The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of HealthSaturday received notification from the health authority of Macau concerning a locally acquired case of dengue fever in Macau. A...

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The Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced Thursday that a sample of shrimp sashimi taken at a Thai restaurant was found to be contaminated...

The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating a fatal case of infection by Streptococcus suis, a kind of bacteria isolated from pigs, affecting a 57-year-old...

The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health announced they were investigating a confirmed case of cholera this weekend. The case involved a 31-year-old man who has diarrhea...

The Public Health Laboratory Services Branch (PHLSB) of the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) confirmed two cases on sequential days of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-5 (NDM-5) Carbapenemase-producing...

The Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today ordered the temporary closure of a food stall after the bacterium, Vibrio cholerae was detected in their fish tank.   A water...

The Public Health Laboratory Services Branch (PHLSB) of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health confirmed today (June 10) a case of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) Carbapenemase-producing...

The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is currently investigating the death of a 51-year-old man due to necrotizing fasciitis (NF). According to the case, the patient,...