Flu outbreaks in Hong Kong this winter could be a bigger threat than the coronavirus, a government infectious diseases expert has warned. Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, chief of the infectious ...

Hong Kong is set for a double whammy next week as the peak winter flu season is expected to begin, coinciding with a rise in Covid-19 infections, as per health officials. The officials called on ...

Hong Kong’s higher vaccination rates against Covid-19 and flu can help the city’s healthcare workers stave off a hospital crisis similar to the fifth coronavirus wave two years ago ...

Currently, there is one nasal spray vaccine registered for use in Hong Kong, and similar to some other flu vaccines, targets four specific strains. Flu strains keep changing and that means ...

Researchers from Hong Kong created an experimental drug that might protect against the coronavirus and the flu. The vaccine would be administered as a nasal spray rather than a traditional ...

In 1997, 18 cases of avian influenza A H5N1 infection occurred in humans in Hong Kong. It soon became evident that the avian influenza virus H5N1 could cross the species barrier and infect humans.