Commuters wearing protection masks inside a subway train in Hong Kong on Tuesday (Jan 7). Hong Kong health chief Sophia Chan said that a respiratory illness whose cause remains unknown will be added to an official list of diseases that medical practitioners are required to report to the government. - AP
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's health chief said on Tuesday (Jan 7) that a respiratory illness whose cause remains unknown will be added to an official list of diseases that medical practitioners are required to report to the government.
The disease - an unidentified form of viral pneumonia - has sent 59 people to the hospital in the mainland Chinese city of Wuhan, in central Hubei province. As of Sunday, seven were in critical condition, while the rest were stable. Municipal authorities have ruled out SARS, the severe acute respiratory syndrome that killed 700 people in 2002 and 2003.
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