Twenty-six new cases of human swine flu were confirmed today, including a nurse from Queen Mary Hospital.
She developed flu symptoms on June 25 and attended the hospital's staff clinic the same day. She is stable and is under isolation with a paracetamol prescription at home.
The hospital has traced her close contacts including patients and staff working in the ward. So far no patient or other staff has been found to have upper respiratory symptoms.
According to the Department of Health, the new cases are 13 males and 13 females aged three to 52. Hong Kong's human swine flu tally is now 927.
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