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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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December 3, 2007
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Health

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Woman ill with Dengue fever
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Centre for Health Protection

The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed an imported Dengue fever case involving a 23-year-old Kwai Tsing woman, bringing the year's total imported cases to 56.

 

She came down with fever, headache and muscle pain on November 26 and was admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital November 29. She is in stable condition.

 

She travelled to Indonesia November 13 to 21.

 

There were 31 imported Dengue fever cases last year. Click here for travel tips. The latest information on Dengue fever in other places can be found here.