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A Yan Chai Hospital (YCH) spokesperson made the following announcement today (June 13):
Five patients (aged 54 to 91) and two staff members of a female surgical ward have presented with vomiting and diarrhoea symptoms since June 8. The patients are in a stable condition and they have been transferred to isolation rooms for further management. The staff are now on sick leave. The hospital has arranged appropriate tests for the patients concerned and the results are pending.
Admission to this ward has been suspended while visiting arrangements remains normal. Infection control measures have been stepped up in the ward concerned. All patients are under close surveillance.
The YCH Infection Control Team has reported the cases to the Hospital Authority and the Centre for Health Protection.
Ends/Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Issued at HKT 18:59
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