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FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1989
PUBLIC URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST MALARIA
TO COUNTRIES
RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO INTEND TO TRAVEL WHERE MALARIA IS ENDEMIC, ARE URGED TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE RISK OF MALARIA INFECTION.
SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT THERE WERE 94 IMPORTED MALARIA CASES LAST YEAR COMPARED IN 1987.
WITH 96
IS A HONG KONG IS VULNERABLE TO MALARIA BECAUSE THE TERRITORY
THERE IS ALSO A GREAT MAJOR CENTRE FOR BOTH TOURISM AND BUSINESS.
PARASITES
BROUGHT INTO BEING
HONG RISK OF THE MALARIA
KONG BY TRAVELLERS FROM MALARIA ENDEMIC COUNTRIES.
OF PEOPLE IN THE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN THE MOVEMENT
URGED TRAVELLERS SPOKESMAN
TO TAKE PREVENTIVE SUMMER SEASON, THE
PROTECTION, AGAINST MOSQUITO BITES MEASURES, PARTICULARLY PERSONAL WHEN THEY VISIT MALARIA ENDEMIC COUNTRIES, WHICH INCLUDE CHINA, INDIA, PAKISTAN AND VARIOUS SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.
THE ALERT FOR MALARIA THEY SHOULD BE ON CHILLS OR FEVER AND SEEK EARLY TREATMENT.
SYMPTOMS
SUCH AS
INFORMATION ON MALARIA ENDEMIC COUNTRIES CAN BE THE PORT HEALTH OFFICE.
OBTAINED FROM
HONG
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF "IN VIEW OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND KONG, IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT THE IMPORTATION OF MALARIA INTO THE TERRITORY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"
IS
WHICH HONG KONG CAN THE ONLY EFFECTIVE AND PRACTICAL WAY IN PROTECT ITSELF AGAINST THE IMPORTATION OF MALARIA CASES, HE ADDED, THROUGH AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF SURVEILLANCE, CONSISTING OF CASE
ACTION. REMEDIAL TREATMENT,
AND INVESTIGATION DETECTION,"
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED SUCH A SYSTEM.
THE
MEASURES
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO URGED RESIDENTS TO TAKE PREVENTIVE
BECAUSE MALARIA 13 WHEN VISITING RURAL AREAS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES
PARTS TRANSMITTED BY ANOPHELINE MOSQUITOES WHICH ARE FOUND IN CERTAIN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
TAKE
ESPECIALLY THOSE PEOPLE GOING CAMPING OR TO PICNIC AREAS, AND
PERSONAL PLANNING
APPROPRIATE TO STAY OVERNIGHT, SHOULD
SHIRTS PROTECTION, FOR EXAMPLE WEARING LONG TROUSERS AND LONG SLEEVED
IN REPELLENTS.
ADDITION, THEY SHOULD OR COATS AND ALSO USE INSECT ALSO USE MOSQUITO NETS OR SCREENS.
"THE BEST
MEASURES, PREVENTIVE
WOULD HOWEVER,
BE TO STOP
MOSQUITOES FROM BREEDING," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
/MOSQUITOES TRANSMITTING
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