24 May 2009
A spokesman for the Department of Health said in the 24 hours to 11am today (May 24), 41 people were required to undergo human swine influenza (Influenza A H1N1) testing.
"Five of them are tested negative to human swine influenza while laboratory results of the other 35 are still pending, and the remaining one has yielded positive for human swine influenza," the spokesman said.
So far, a total of 408 cases reported to CHP for human swine influenza testing were received. 366 of them were tested negative.
Up to 4pm today, the CHP's hotline 2125 1111 has received 3,142 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 ).