4 May 2009
A spokesman for the Department of Health (DH) said in the 24 hours to 12 noon today (May 4), three people fulfilling human swine influenza (Influenza A H1N1) reporting criteria were reported to the Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
"Laboratory results of the specimens taken from these people are pending. All of them are in stable condition," he said.
So far, a total of 39 cases fulfilling reporting criteria were received. Thirty-five of them were tested negative.
Up to 4pm today, the CHP's hotline 2125 1111 has received 1,260 calls since it was set up on April 30.
A daily update on swine influenza in humans is now available on the CHP website (
www.chp.gov.hk
).