The Centre for Health Protection has received five reports of influenza-like illness outbreaks involving a Kwai Chung elderly home, three primary schools in Fanling, Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong, and a Causeway Bay childcare centre, affecting 38 people, aged one to 101.

Eight elderly-home residents tested positive for influenza-A while six students tested positive for influenza-B. Five patients are in hospital and two have been discharged.

Flu-like illness can be caused by influenza or other respiratory viruses. The centre's officers have visited the institutions and provided health advice to staff.