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| The latest fatality was already in poor condition when brought to Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
Another male patient who flew
in with malaria died in hospital this afternoon, the second among 30 travelers
found infected after arriving from Africa.
According to Hospital
Authority’s Dr Lau Ka-hin, the deceased patient was admitted in poor condition at
Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Wednesday.
He was transferred to the
intensive care unit where he was put on life support before he succumbed to the
disease.
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The first patient, who was 52
years old, was found dead yesterday in his quarantine hotel.
Lau said this is the worst
imported case of malaria even seen in Hong Kong.
"Our experts said they
have never seen such cases in which patients carry such a high number of
malaria parasites," he said.
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Thirty men aged 25 to 57 who
arrived from Africa from Jul 1 to Aug 1 were found to carry the malaria
parasite. Among them were 21 who had come from Guinea.
According to the Centre for
Health Protection, the men spent their quarantine in around six to seven
hotels, including Silka Seaview where the first patient died.
The 29 others were sent to
various hospitals for check-up: eight at Princess Margaret, two at Queen
Elizabeth and nine at Kwong Wah Hospital.
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Ten have since been
discharged, while the 19, including today’s fatality, were admitted for
treatment.
The HA said it will buy more
medicines for treating the mosquito-borne disease in case more imported cases
are detected.
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They will also try to keep an eye on passengers coming from malaria-endemic places, and send those who show symptoms to hospitals.
But Lau said it would be
difficult to subject every arrival from Africa, especially those from Guinea
where 21 of the patients had come from, to blood test and medical surveillance.
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CHP had earlier said the risk
of local transmission is extremely low because the female Anopheline mosquito
which spreads the malaria parasite has not been seen in Hong Kong in a decade.
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