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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
08HONGKONG511	2008-03-18 08:24	2011-08-24 16:30	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	Consulate Hong Kong

VZCZCXRO7725
PP RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHHM
DE RUEHHK #0511/01 0780824
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 180824Z MAR 08
FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4438
INFO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK PRIORITY 0699
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 2015
RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 3694
RUEHPF/AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH PRIORITY 0810
RUEHVN/AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE PRIORITY 9592
RUEHCN/AMCONSUL CHENGDU PRIORITY 1272
RUEHGZ/AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU PRIORITY 1114
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY PRIORITY 0312
RUEHGH/AMCONSUL SHANGHAI PRIORITY
RUEHSH/AMCONSUL SHENYANG PRIORITY 3719
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEHIN/AIT TAIPEI PRIORITY 4876
RUEHPH/CDC ATLANTA GA PRIORITY
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HONG KONG 000511 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/CM, CA/OCS/ACS/EAP, AIAG, OES/IHA, MED 
HHS FOR OGHA - STEIGER, HICKEY 
CDC ATLANTA FOR CCID AND COGH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK
SUBJECT: HONG KONG/MACAU FLU UPDATE: REGIONAL MEETING, 
FEWER CHILD CASES 
 
REF: A. HONG KONG 348 
     ¶B. HONG KONG 370 
     ¶C. HONG KONG 402 
     ¶D. HONG KONG 470 
     ¶E. GUANGZHOU 160 
 
¶1. (U) Summary. Public health officials from Hong Kong, Macau 
and Guangdong Province met in Hong Kong on March 17 to 
discuss prevention and treatment of seasonal influenza 
following recent developments in Hong Kong and the latest 
poultry H5N1 outbreaks in Guangdong Province.   Macau 
Secretary for Social and Cultural Affairs Fernando Chui 
 
SIPDIS 
announced that Macau, while at second-degree alert level 
against pandemic influenza, has not recorded a serious 
influenza case this year and infection rates are unchanged 
from 2007.  In Hong Kong, infection rates in children are 
falling following the March 13 primary school closure.  The 
Hong Kong Government is studying a mass child vaccination 
plan for winter 2009.  End Summary. 
 
¶2. (U) Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong public health and 
medical professionals held a meeting on March 17 to discuss 
prevention and treatment of seasonal influenza following 
recent developments in Hong Kong (reftel D) and the latest 
H5N1 poultry outbreaks in Guangdong Province (reftel E). 
Consistent with a 2005 Memorandum of Understanding between 
the governments, the meeting focused on the exchange of 
epidemiological and laboratory findings, as well as a 
discussion of prevention and control measures Hong Kong is 
carrying out. 
 
Meeting participants included: 
 
HONG KONG 
Dr. S.K. Chuang, Consultant for Community Medicine, Centre 
for Health Protection 
Dr. W.L. Lim, Consultant in-charge of Pathology Service, 
Department of Health 
Dr. Liu Shao-haei, Chief Manager, Hospital Authority 
 
GUANGDONG 
Dr. Lin Jinyan, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Guangdong Province 
Dr. He Jianfeng, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Guangdong Province 
 
MACAU 
Dr. Liu Kin-man, Pediatrician, Chief of Service of Pediatrics 
and Neonatology, Health Bureau 
Dr. Leung Iek-hou, Public Health Specialist, Health Authority 
of the Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance, 
Health Bureau 
 
¶3. (U) Macau Secretary for Social and Cultural Affairs 
Fernando Chui held a coordinating meeting of the Health 
Bureau, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, and Social 
Welfare Bureau in the Macau Special Administrative Region on 
March 13.  Macau is at second-degree alert level against 
pandemic influenza, but has not recorded a serious influenza 
case this year.  Secretary Chui noted that seasonal influenza 
infection rates for adults and children are at the same 
levels as in past years, and he is in close coordination with 
his Hong Kong counterparts. 
 
¶4. (U) Hong Kong Secretary of Health York Chow said March 17 
that the number of children presenting at hospitals for flu 
treatment is back to normal levels following the March 13 
closure of primary schools.  New measures to monitor severe 
pediatric flu cases have identified twelve cases with no 
additional fatalities since March 14.  The Hong Kong 
Government has begun study of a USD$12.5M plan to vaccinate 
 
HONG KONG 00000511  002 OF 002 
 
 
all Hong Kong children under age 11 for winter 2009, said 
Chow. 
 
¶5. (U) Post's point of contact is ESTH Officer Dawn Schrepel, 
who can be reached at schrepeldm@state.gov,  852-2841-2104 
(office) or 852-9154-4053 (mobile). 
Cunningham

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