The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed an imported case of cholera involving a 30-year-old man who returned to Hong Kong on August 2.

He had travelled alone to India from July 4 to August 1 and developed abdominal cramps and diarrhoea on August 1. He attended the Tuen Mun Hospital Accident & Emergency Department on August 6 and was admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital on August 8. He is now in stable condition.

Laboratory tests were positive for Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Ogawa.

He lives in Tuen Mun and his home contacts did not have cholera symptoms.

His is the first cholera case reported in 2007. There was one case in 2006, five in 2005, five in 2004, seven in 2003 and four in 2002.