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A further 63 people in nine groups were found to have felt unwell after consuming 䩕Poon Choi蒅 on January 29 which was bought from a food premises in Kam Tin, Yuen Long, bringing the total number of people affected so far to 441.
A spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (February 4) said all of the affected, comprised 201 males and 240 females aged from one to 86, had taken the food on January 29. They developed fever, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and vomiting about one to 40 hours after consumption of the 䩕Poon Choi蒅.
Of them, a patient who was previously admitted to St Teresa's Hospital has been discharged. Eighty-eight others consulted private doctors and 88 sought medical treatment from public hospitals.
Stool samples of two of the affected person have been tested positive for vibrio parahaemolyticus (a bacteria causing gastrointestinal symptoms).
Further investigations by CHP are in progress.
Ends/Saturday, February 4, 2006
Issued at HKT 13:35
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