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Hong Kong: SARS-infected elderlydoubled to 61 people in care homes
Duowei
News, May 15, 2003 In
over 50 Hong Kong care homes, the number of the elderly infected by SARS
has doubled to 61 people during the past two weeks. An expert at the
Medical Center of the Central University in Hong Kong points out that,
care homes are expected to be the next SARS “spreading center”. (The text
is in Chinese.) To read the following Chinese article, please install the Internet Explorer Chinese language pack or NJ star communicator.
香港安老院感染倍增至61人 多維网,2003年5月15日 香港安老院舍長者感染「沙士」的人數大幅上升,在短短兩周中暴升一倍達六十一人,殃及的院舍超越五十間。中大醫學院的學者稱,由於住在院舍的長者自我照顧能力欠佳,遺下的排泄物有機會將病毒散播開去,預期安老院將會是繼大型屋苑後,下一個大規模爆發「沙士」疫潮的戰場。 Copyright
© 2002 Global Action on Aging
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