Authorities on toes monitoring flu

Common factors are yet to be identified in the recent deaths of three children with flu-like symptoms in Hong Kong, said HK Secretary for Food & Health York Chow, citing initial results of an expert investigation.

Dr Chow pledged yesterday that the HK government would continue to monitor developments closely and conduct more flu tests to gain a clear picture of the outbreaks and determine whether they were spreading.

The three young victims had all exhibited flu-like symptoms including running fever and coughing, according to Chow. Two of them, however, had tested negative to influenza A and B.