The Elderly Health Service of the Department of Health today (November 6) started the free influenza vaccination programme for more than 60,000 elderly people living in more than 700 residential care homes.
The Centre for Health Protection has cautioned the public to be vigilant against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, as many places, including Hong Kong, have seen its occurrence in the community.
In addition to the 24 hairy crabs tested earlier, the Centre for Food Safety has collected 43 more samples for chemical and microbiological analyses, and all showed satisfactory results.
The 2006-07 Influenza Vaccination Programme will start tomorrow, covering 300,000 people considered to be in the eight needy or high-risk groups.
The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed another enterovirus-71 case involving an 18-month-old boy, bringing the year’s total to 15.
The Department of Health has warned consumers not to buy a medicinal product called Shenxiaotoutongsan as it contains three undeclared Western drug ingredients that may cause side effects.
The Social Welfare Department is seeking applications for funding to acquire advanced Chinese screen readers and Braille displays to help people with visual impairment access information technology and meet their study or employment needs.
The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department has ordered the temporary closure of a fish stall in San Hui Market, Tuen Mun for thorough disinfection following the discovery of Vibrio cholerae in a water sample collected from its fish tank.
The Centre for Health Protection is investigating a Dengue fever case involving a 34-year-old woman who fell ill after returning from Malaysia.
The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department has made 40 prosecutions against people keeping live seafood in fish tank water, which did not conform with statutory requirements, since 2004. Thirty-one prosecutions were made in 2004, five last year and four in the first nine months of this year.