H1N1 cases in Hong Kong rivals mainland China

29 June 2009 @ 02:26 pm EDT

Hong Kong's H1N1 tally has reached726 with 130 new cases conformed within three days, the Department of Health (DH) said on Monday, which is only three lesser than the 729 cases of mainland China.

According to the statistics from DH, 130 new cases were confirmed from June 27 to 29, involving 72 males and 58 females, aged between 17 months to 62, but no fatality has been reported.


H1N1 cases in Hong Kong rivals mainland China
Tourists wear masks as they wait at the airport in Hong Kong June 12, 2009, a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an influenza pandemic and advised governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable Influenza A (H1N1) flu virus. The United Nations agency raised its pandemic flu alert to phase 6 on a six-point scale, indicating the first influenza pandemic since 1968 is under way.
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