Mystery virus strikes HK children
By Alfons Chan (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-11-17 00:53
Medical experts in Hong Kong are puzzled by a mystery illness affecting children.
Doctors at the Caritas Medical Centre in Kowloon say two of 30 admitted patients have signs of respiratory tract infection while six of were suffering from fever.
"Infection-control measures have been stepped up at the hospital, and medical staff at laboratories in the Centre for Health Protection, local universities and the Department of Health are conducting tests to identify the source of the virus," said Hospital Authority Chief Executive William Ho, who visited the patients yesterday.