MONDAY, MAY 22, 1989
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FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF CHOLERA THIS YEAR
A 62-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS TODAY (MONDAY) CONFIRMED ΤΟ SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA, THE FIRST CASE REPORTED THIS YEAR.
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ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH SAID THE PATIENT BECAME ILL LAST TUESDAY (MAY 16) AND SUFFERING FROM ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DIARRHOEA. THE FOLLOWING DAY, SHE ATTENDED YAN OI POLYCLINIC IN TUEN MUN AND WAS LATER TRANSFERRED ΤΟ PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED.
STOOL TESTS CARRIED OUT IN THE HOSPITAL CONFIRMED THAT THE WOMAN HAD CONTRACTED CHOLERA EL TOR. HER CONDITION WAS TODAY DESCRIBED AS SATISFACTORY.
SINCE THE PATIENT HAD NO RECENT HISTORY OF TRAVELLING THE CASE WAS CLASSIFIED AS LOCAL.
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MEANWHILE, OFFICERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE VISITED THE HOME OF THE PATIENT IN TUEN MUN.
THE FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING HER SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
AND THEIR CHILD, WERE GIVEN MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND PREVENTIVE DRUGS. THE PREMISES WERE ALSO DISINFECTED.
WITH THE APPROACH OF WARM WEATHER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DIARRHOEAL CASES TEND TO BE MORE PREVALENT.
HE URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ΤΟ TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO AVOID THE POSSIBLITY OF CONTRACTING INFECTION BY OBSERVING PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD HYGIENE BOTH AT HOME AND WHILE TRAVELLING ABROAD.
THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE SIMPLE RULES:
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ALWAYS KEEP HANDS CLEAN AND ESPECIALLY REMEMBER TO WASH HANDS AFTER VISITING THE TOILET AND BEFORE HANDLING FOOD.
COOK ALL FOOD THOROUGHLY AND CONSUME IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
STORE COOKED AND PERISHABLE FOOD IN THE REFRIGERATOR.
DO NOT BUY FOOD OR DRINKS FROM UNLICENSED HAWKERS.
ALWAYS KEEP YOUR PERMISES CLEAN, PARTICULARLY THE KITCHEN AND THE TOILET.
THE LAST CASE OF CHOLERA IN HONG KONG WAS REPORTED ON OCTOBER 3 LAST YEAR.
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