HK records third paediatric death from flu

A 14-month-old girl died after contracting the influenza A virus last month, marking the city's third paediatric death from flu this year.

The Centre for Health Protection announced the girl tested positive for flu on the 29th of last month and suffered from acute necrotising encephalopathy as well as multiple organ failure.

She did not travel abroad during the incubation period and was not vaccinated.

Authorities have recorded 29 cases of severe paediatric flu cases over the couse of this flu season, among which 22 already recovered, two are in stable condition while another two are in critical condition.

The CHP also called upon those aged six months of above to get vaccinated promptly.