Hunan H7N9 case reported

The Centre for Food Safety will prosecute a meat vendor after finding illicit preservative sulphur dioxide in a beef sample taken from a Mong Kok stall.

Two voice-navigated e-Channels will start operating at the Macau Ferry Terminal's arrival and departure halls on April 16, the Immigration Department announces.

The Centre for Food Safety has launched a mobile application to help people keep abreast of the latest food safety news.

The Department of Health is monitoring 16 additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The Centre for Health Protection has learned of an additional H7N9 case in Jiangsu, involving a 52-year-old man in hospital.
 

The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department will accept applications for the allocation of 833 new standard niches at Cheung Chau Columbarium from April 15.

The Centre for Food Safety has suspended the import of poultry and poultry products, including eggs, from Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.

Non-profit-making organisations are invited to submit grant applications under the Healthcare & Promotion Fund for non-research health-promotion projects and seed funding scheme, the Food & Health Bureau announces.

The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed the 10th human H7N9 case in Hong Kong, an 85-year-old woman who had travelled to Dongguan.

The Centre for Health Protection has been notified of one additional human case of H7N9 in Guangzhou.

The Department of Health is closely monitoring an additional case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome reported to the World Health Organisation by Jordan.

Efforts to promote green burial are having a positive effect, as more people are opting to scatter cremated ashes at sea or in Gardens of Remembrance, the Food & Environmental Hygiene Department says.

The Centre for Health Protection has learned of three additional H7N9 cases, in Guangzhou, Shantou and Heyuan.

The Centre for Health Protection is identifying contacts of the ninth confirmed human case of H7N9 in Hong Kong, an 82-year-old woman who normally resides in Liwan, Guangzhou.

The Department of Health is monitoring four additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome cases in Saudi Arabia.

Everyone aged six months or older should receive influenza vaccinations, except those with known risks from getting the jabs, the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases recommends.
 

The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed the ninth human H7N9 case in Hong Kong, an 82-year-old woman who usually resides in Liwan, Guangzhou.

The Department of Health asks people not to use the cosmetic cream Santen, as it may contain excessive mercury levels.

The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority is studying options to implement full MPF benefit portability, Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Prof KC Chan says. It aims to submit a proposal to the Government by the end of 2015.