Hong Kong#39;s 419 scarlet fever infections in 2011 are already the highest annual total in the city, and more than three times the figure for the whole of last year. There were 142 cases in the first half of June. “We have seen an unusually high number of infection cases this year,” the spokesman said, describing the situation as an “outbreak”. Hong Kong has declared an outbreak of scarlet fever, an illness potentially fatal among children, after hundreds were infected in the teeming city, th
Go here to read the rest:
scarlet fever in Hong Kong
