One measles case recorded

April 24, 2019

The Centre for Health Protection today recorded a measles case involving a 37-year-old man who went to Singapore and Malaysia during the incubation period.

 

The patient got fever on April 19 and rash the next day.

 

He attended St Teresa's Hospital’s Out-patient Department on April 21 and was treated at Princess Margaret Hospital on April 23.

 

The patient has not received measles vaccination, and did not contact measles patients during the incubation period. His home contacts have remained asymptomatic.

 

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