13 Aug 2008
A spokesman for the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health said that two new reports were received today (August 13) through the paediatric surveillance programme set up by the CHP with private and public hospitals, involving two girls aged nine and seven respectively.
In the first case, the nine-year-old girl had fever and vomiting and was admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) on August 12 to receive intensive care treatment. She passed away this morning.
The girl has no recent travel history. The case has been submitted to Coroner's Court for further investigation.
For the seven-year-old girl, she was admitted to PWH on August 8 for fever and convulsions. She later developed symptoms of encephalitis and is now in serious condition. Preliminary tests on her specimens showed negative results to influenza or enterovirus.
The girl had no history of travel and her family members did not have any similar symptoms.
CHP's investigation on this case is on-going.