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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1988
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST HEPATITIS A URGED
TODAY (TUESDAY)
A HEPATITIS OF THE LUNAR
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT PUBLIC TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES WITH THE APPROACH
AGAINST
HOLIDAYS.
URGED THE
AND
OTHER
NEW YEAR
ACCORDING TO A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN, THERE WERE
AN JANUARY, REPORTED
CASES
IN
VIRAL HEPATITIS THREE-FOLD WHEN COMPARED WITH 10% CASES) IN DECEMBER 1987.
386 CASES OF MORE THAN HEPATITIS A
OF INCREASE
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HE EXPLAINED THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S MONTHLY STATISTICS ON HEPATITIS INCLUDED HEPATITIS A AND HEPATITIS B.
VIRAL
"SO FAR, 103 OF THE 386 CASES IN JANUARY HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE HEPATITIS A CASES WHILE THE REST ARE STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.
HEPATITIS A
CONTAMINATED FOOD POLLUTED SHELL FISH.
H
DRINK,
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IN
THE THROUGH
THE PARTICULAR,
CONSUMPTION
CONSUMPTION
OF OF
DURING THE LUNAR NEW
PEOPLE PERIOD, YEAR
CAREFUL IN THE CHOICE OF FOOD AND DRINKS,
"SINCE
TEND ΤΟ BE LESS THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ARE TRANSMITTED THROUGH BE SPECIALLY CAREFUL
DISEASES GASTROINTESTINAL CONTAMINATED FOOD AND DRINK, THE PUBLIC SHOULD IN THEIR EATING HABITS.
"
HEPATITIS A DYSENTERY IS ΤΟ BECAUSE THESE
THE MOST RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE METHOD TO PREVENT AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SUCH AS TYPHOID AND
AND FOOD PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVE DISEASES ARE CONTRACTED VIA THE FAECAL-ORAL ROUTE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
SEAFOOD
HYGIENE
IN PARTICULAR, HE ADVISED THAT ALL FOOD, THOROUGHLY WASHED AND COOKED BEFORE CONSUMPTION AND THAT NOT BE LEFT UNCOVERED IF NOT TAKEN IMMEDIATELY.
SHOULD BE THEY SHOULD
PEOPLE TRAVELLING DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR
A. COUNTRIES WHERE HEPATITIS
TYPHOID DISEASES ARE ENDEMIC, ARE ALSO ADVISED SELECTION OF FOOD AND DRINK.
PERIOD TO NEARBY AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS IN THE
+
THEY ARE ADVISED TO OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING HYGIENE RULES:
# WASH HANDS BEFORE MEALS AND AFTER VISITING THE TOILETS;
ENSURE THAT ALL FOOD IS
CONSUMPTION;
PROPERLY WASHED AND
COOKED BEFORE
AVOID BUYING FOOD FROM UNLICENSED FOOD PLACES OR HAWKERS DOUBTFUL, SOURCES: AND
* ENSURE THAT DRINKING WATER IS BOILED.
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