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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988

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CO-ORDINATED ACTION AGAINST HEPATITIS A

IN ADDITION

AND HEALTH A. AND TO URBAN AND OF FOOD

TO MEASURES TAKEN BY THE MEDICAL FURTHER SPREAD OF HEPATITIS DEPARTMENT TO CONTROL THE PREVENT THE DISEASE, THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALL STEPPED UP INSPECTION PREMISES AND CONTROL OF UNLICENSED FOOD HAWKERS.

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THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), IN REPLY TO QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM.

MR CHAMBERS SAID A SPECIAL INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES

SET UP TO THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HAD BEEN SITUATION AND TO CO-ORDINATE CONTROL MEASURES.

COMMITTEE, BRANCH AND MONITOR THE

NOTING THAT THE

DISEASE WAS

THE THROUGH TRANSMITTED

THE REST WAY ΤΟ FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL

CONSUMPTION OF CONTAMINATED FOOD OR DRINK, HE SAID PREVENT IT WOULD BE TO OBSERVE GOOD PERSONAL, HYGIENE.

MR CHAMBERS SAID THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT UNDERTAKEN MEASURES IN THE AREA OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND ISSUING A PRESS RELEASE ON FEBRUARY

HAD

PUBLICITY BY 2 WARNING THE PUBLIC TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS OVER FOOD, PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.

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COUNTRIES

'IN PARTICULAR, PEOPLE TRAVELLING DURING

TO

WHERF HEPATITIS

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THE LUNAR NEW A IS ENDEMIC HE ADDED.

YEAR

WERE

PERIOD

NEARBY SPECIALLY ADVISED TO TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS,

ΤΟ ITSELF, IT'S

HE SAID TWO PRESS CONFERENCES WERE HELD ON FEBRUARY 2 AND 8 PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH BASIC INFORMATION ON THE DISEASE MODE OF TRANSMISSION AND METHODS OF PREVENTION.

PRESS INTERVIEWS BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD KEPT HAD ONCE AGAIN EMPHASISED

ON THE OTHER HAND, TELEVISION, RADIO AND APPROPRIATE OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL AND THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THE SITUATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HYGIENE, MR CHAMBERS SAID.

+ז

OF

PUBLIC

ON INTEREST

FOR USE

OF THE PREVENTION ON TELEVISION AND

AN ANNOUNCEMENT HEPATITIS A IS CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED RADIO, HE ADDED.

HE SAID

THAT LEAFLETS AND POSTERS HAD BEEN STRATEGICALLY

OF ENTRY AND EXIT IN HONG

TO KONG PLACED AT ALL POINTS TRAVELLERS OF THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

REMIND

CENTRAL HEALTI EDUCATION THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S

HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, UNIT HAD INTENSIFIED HEPATITIS-RELATED INCLUDING

OF

PORT THE DISTRIBUTION

HEALTH LEAFLETS TO SCHOOLS.

FACTORIES AND OFFICES AND CLINICS, AS WELL AS GIVING HEALTH TALKS TO SCHOOLS.

FURTHERMORE, HE SAID THAT A 24-HOUR

INFORMATION ON

HEPATITIS HAD

PREVENTION OF THE DISEASE

WAS

CLINICS.

BEEN

TELEPHONE SERVICE GIVING AND A VIDEO ON THE AT GENERAL OUT-PATIENT

UP,

SET BEING SHOWN

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