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A spokesperson for the Hospital Authority (HA) made the following announcement update today (July 13):
At 5pm today (July 13), there were a total of two public hospitals with new cases of patients suffering from diarrhoea or vomiting symptoms on individual wards. The breakdown is as follows:
* Tung Wah Eastern Hospital ¡ª 1 female patient (aged 91), in stable condition.
* Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital ¡ª 1 female patient (aged 82), in stable condition.
All patients that have tested positive for Norovirus are being treated under isolation. Laboratory tests are being carried out for other patients displaying symptoms of Norovirus and the results are pending.
Various infection control measures have already been stepped up in the wards concerned according to the operational needs of individual hospitals, which include temporary suspension of admission to and discharge from the ward, restricted visiting with adequate precautionary measures, enhanced medical surveillance of other patients in the ward.
The cases have already been reported to HA Head Office and Centre for Health Protection for follow-up action.
Ends/Thursday, July 13, 2006
Issued at HKT 19:19
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