Hong Kong notification influenzas respiratory pathogen activity increased

As the Chinese mainland reports the rising cases of respiratory diseases, Hong Kong has also notified that the activity of respiratory pathogens beyond influenza has increased.

The Hong Kong Health Protection Center issued an announcement on the official website of the Hong Kong Government on Friday (November 24) that although the latest monitoring data shows that the overall activity of seasonal influenza in Hong Kong has continued to decline, but from the recent community and hospitalsJudging from the test data of the respiratory tract samples, the positive ratio of the pathogenia outside the seasonal influenza is increasing.

The Health Protection Center reported that as of the week of the 18th of this month, the positive percentage of the sub -flu virus increased from about 1%in early September to about 5%, and the positive percentage of adenovirus rose from about 2%toAbout 4%; on the other hand, the positive percentage percentage of respiratory virus virus dropped from about 9%to about 1%from early September, and the level of other respiratory pathogen was relatively stable.

The Center for Health Protection pointed out that the changes in the aeration pathogen belong to seasonal changes. The sub -influenza virus and adenovirus mainly affect young children, and may cause school outbreaks.The center has recently recorded sporadic cases of the school's outbreak of respiratory tract infection, involving pathogens, including sub -flu viruses and pneumoniacum. The center has sent a letter to remind the school to increase alertness and take preventive measures in response to the risk of outbreaks of winter respiratory infections.

In addition, the Center for Health Protection said that the case of child respiratory infection in northern China has recently risen.The latest information of the World Health Organization shows that mainland China has strengthened the monitoring of respiratory infection diseases. The causes of infection include pneumoniacum, respiratory tract synmogenic virus, adenovirus, and influenza virus; no new pathogens have been found in mainland China so far.The situation, at the same time, maintains close connections with the officials and mainland officials.