The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
Regarding an earlier announcement on a cluster of patients infected with Influenza A in a male ward of Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, the spokesperson for Kwai Chung Hospital made the following update today (July 23):
Five more patients (aged 27 to 79) in the same ward presented with symptom of fever. Appropriate viral tests were arranged for the patients and the test results were positive to Influenza A. The patients concerned are being treated under isolation and are in stable condition.
Admission and visiting to the ward concerned have been suspended. Infection control measures have already been enhanced according to established guidelines. The hospital will continue to closely monitor the conditions of the patients in the ward concerned.
The cases have been reported to the Hospital Authority Head Office and the Centre for Health Protection for necessary follow-up.
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