A 68-year-old woman from Shau Kei Wan has become the latest local victim of chikungunya fever, while an 83-year-old visitor from Foshan brought an imported case, pushing health authorities to open a pop-up assessment station at Hing Tung Shopping Centre starting tomorrow.
The Shau Kei Wan resident, living in Tung Hei Court, developed joint pain on Monday, followed by fever and rash the next day.
She sought emergency care at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, where tests confirmed the mosquito-borne virus.
With no travel history in the past two months, her infection is classified as local, though her home and routine hangouts show no overlap with earlier clusters.
Experts will sequence the virus to trace any links, and the probe continues.
The imported case involves the elderly Foshan man who arrived Monday and fell ill the same day while staying with relatives on Shun Ning Road in Sham Shui Po.
He checked into Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday. Household contacts remain symptom-free under medical watch.
Centre for Health Protection teams, alongside Food and Environmental Hygiene staff, have swept the woman’s neighborhood for mosquito breeding sites and sprayed repellents.
Residents of Tung Hei Court showing fever, rash, or joint pain from Saturday onward are urged to seek immediate care or contact the hotline, which runs from 9am to 6pm.
The new second-floor clinic at Hing Tung Shopping Centre will evaluate symptomatic locals, supplementing ongoing surveillance.
