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Hepatitis A

Question No 12

WRITTEN REPLY BY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELFARE TÒ A QUESTION BY DR.\CONRAD LAM

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 1988

12. DR. LAM asked (in Cantonese):

Question :

In view of the drastic increase in the number of hepatitis A cases since January this year especially in the last two weeks during which the disease was nearly epidemic, will Government inform this Council what measures it will take to control the further spread of the disease including measures to advise the public on its prevention?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:

Sir,

As this disease is transmitted through the

consumption of contaminated food or drink, the best way to

prevent it is to observe good personal, food and

environmental hygiene.

The following measures have been or are being

undertaken :✈

and

(A) Action by Medical & Health Department:

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Health Education and Publicity

(a) A press release was issued on 2

February warning the public to take

extra precautions over food, personal

and environmental hygiene. In

particular, people travelling during

the lunar new year period to nearby

countries where Hepatitis A is endemic

were specially advised to take extra

precautions.

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