A 13-year-old girl who had not received the seasonal influenza vaccination has died in hospital following an infection, the first paediatric flu-related death in Hong Kong this year.
The previously healthy girl developed symptoms including fever, cough, sore throat, and runny nose from Sunday last week, according to the Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
Her condition worsened over the week, and she collapsed at home on Thursday.
She was initially admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital and later…
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