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Staff of the Department of Health today (September 22) visited residents on Ma Wan for a health talk and an epidemiological survey at a local rural centre during which residents were briefed on the symptoms of dengue fever and preventive measures to protect themselves against the disease. Publicity leaflets were distributed.
At the same time DH staff carried out individual interview with the residents with a view to identifying if they had developed dengue fever symptoms in recent months.
Of the 69 residents interviewed, a 32-year-old woman was found to have fever in July. She has recovered. Blood speciemens was obtained for laboratory test. None of them is referred to hospital.
As at 3 pm today, the Department of Health's (DH) hotline 2961 8966 received 93 enquiries on dengue fever.
Most of the calls were general enquiries. Nine callers, being six male and three female aged between 19 and 60, worked or lived on Ma Wan. Among them, a 38-year-old man, who had worked on Man Wan, claimed to have fever in end June, was immediately referred to DH's regional office for blood test. He has recovered. None was admitted to hospital.
The hotline, operated since September 21, is manned by healthcare professionals from 9 am to 5 pm daily.
End/Sunday, September 22, 2002
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