October 10, 2025
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The number of cases of meningococcal infection in Hong Kong this year has reached a new high in the past five years. As of last month, there were 10 cases. Among them, the two cases recorded in April this year were epidemiologically related, which was the first time in Hong Kong in the past 10 years. The latest two new cases appeared within a week each. Doctors urge you to get vaccinated before traveling abroad. Guan Rihua, president of the Asian Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and a specialist in pediatric immunology, allergy and infectious diseases, said that meningitis is a serious infection of the central nervous system, caused by multiple pathogens, including meningeal…
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