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Danny Mok

Two children have fallen seriously ill with Covid-19 in Hong Kong, with one in a critical condition, prompting renewed calls for high-risk groups to get inoculated amid a rising trend of infections.
According to the Centre for Health Protection, a 17-month-old girl, previously in good health but unvaccinated, developed a fever and cough on Friday.
She sought medical help at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam on Sunday before being admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit.
Her respiratory specimen tested positive for the virus that caused Covid-19, as well as adenovirus and rhinovirus, the centre said.
Doctors diagnosed her with Covid-19, adenovirus and rhinovirus co-infection, complicated by croup. She remained in a critical condition.
An investigation by the centre showed she had not received a Covid-19 vaccine and had no travel history during the incubation period.
The second case involved a 13-year-old girl with underlying health conditions. She developed shortness of breath on Friday and sought care at the same hospital on the same day. She was also admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit.
Her specimen tested positive for the coronavirus. Her clinical diagnosis is Covid-19 infection complicated by pneumonia, and she was in a serious condition.
She had completed initial doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and had no travel history during the incubation period.
The centre noted that Covid-19 activity in the local community had been rising steadily since mid-March.
According to surveillance data for the week ending on May 3, indicators of Covid-19 transmission, including sewage viral load, test positivity rate and consultation numbers at general outpatient clinics, have increased over the past four weeks.
The proportion of respiratory samples testing positive for the virus surged from 5.09 per cent four weeks ago to 11.42 per cent, a record high over the past 12 months.
The centre urged those who had yet to receive an initial dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, particularly infants and children, to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
It also stressed the importance of booster shots for high-risk individuals, including the elderly and those with underlying health conditions, to reduce the likelihood of severe complications and death following infection.


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Authorities say 17-month-old girl had not received vaccine, while 13-year-old girl had been inoculated but suffered from underlying health conditions


Authorities say 17-month-old girl had not received vaccine, while 13-year-old girl had been inoculated but suffered from underlying health conditions.


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2 children seriously ill with Covid-19 in Hong Kong amid rising infection trend

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Authorities say 17-month-old girl had not received vaccine, while 13-year-old girl had been inoculated but suffered from underlying health conditions

Authorities say 17-month-old girl had not received vaccine, while 13-year-old girl had been inoculated but suffered from underlying health conditions