The Centre for Health Protection has confirmed a Dengue fever case involving a 63-year-old North Point man who fell ill after visiting Indonesia, bringing the year's total to five, all imported.
He travelled alone to Indonesia from January 11 to February 1 and developed fever and diarrhoea on February 3. He was admitted to Pamela Youde Nethersole Easten Hospital a week later and discharged on February 19.
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