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SFH on Communicable Disease Information System
Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and
Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, after officiating at the launching ceremony of the
Communicable Disease Information System (CDIS) today (May 6):
Reporter: Can you just briefly explain how CDIS would actually help better
protect Hong Kong?
Secretary for Food and Health: The CDIS helps the Department of Health, in
particular the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), better integrate all
information available through various channels, including the information of
patients attending public hospitals and clinics for treating infectious
diseases, laboratory test results regarding infectious diseases, as well as
the sentinel surveillance system from community doctors who will report to
the CHP on patients attending their clinics with influenza-like and other
symptoms referable to any infectious diseases. It also helps the CHP better
and timely extract the relevant information, such as laboratory test results
from the Hospital Authority. Thus, the CHP could more efficiently conduct
contact tracing in case an infectious disease outbreak occurred in Hong
Kong.
(Please also refer to the
Chinese portion of the transcript.)
Ends/Friday, May 6, 2016
Issued at HKT 17:26
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