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A spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (January 24)said three of the 18 students and the group leader who returned from Chengdu yesterday developed symptoms compatible with influenza infection.
CHP investigation revealed that the four people, comprising two male and two female aged between 18 and 27, developed fever, sore throat, cough and runny nose. They have been admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital in stable condition.
Two of the four specimens taken from them showed positive result for influenza A (H1). All specimens showed negative result for influenza H5. The laboratory results showed that they were suffering from ordinary seasonal influenza and not avian influenza H5.
They are among a delegation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong which left for Sichuan on January 17.
The remaining 15 students do not have any symptoms of influenza infection.
Ends/Saturday, January 24, 2009
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