The activity of local flu in Hong Kong has continued to rise in the past two weeks, and the main flu virus is type A influenza.
According to the Hong Kong News Agency, the Hong Kong Department of Health's Health Protection Center reported on Thursday (March 23) that the central monitoring data showed that the seasonal influenza activity of Hong Kong has recently risen slightly, calling on citizens, especially young children, especially young children., Elderly and patients with long -term sickness, inoculate the flu vaccine as soon as possible, and always pay attention to individuals, hands and environmental hygiene.
In the respiratory samples collected by the Public Health Examination Service Office and the Hospital Administration of Health Protection Center, type A or type B seasonal influenza virus is a positive percentage percentage of one week, from 0.75%of the week of March 4th, micro micro -micro, microIt rose to 3.31%of the week as of March 18.In the past two weeks, the detected influenza virus is mainly type A influenza.
The main diagnosis of flu and staying in public hospitals have also risen slightly, especially children under 12 years old and people 50 or above.The overall ratio of the main diagnosis is the overall ratio of the public hospital, from 0.01 (per 10,000 people) as of March 4th to 0.07 from the week of March 18.As for the case of severe influenza, a total of nine serious influenza cases were recorded in March this year (as of March 22), and a total of five were recorded from January to February.
The Hong Kong Department of Health believes that due to the degree of sexual fluidity activity in Hong Kong's local season, the overall Hong Kong citizen's immunity to influenza may be weaker than the past, which will lead to the positive rate of influenza virus in the near future.Upward trend.
