Chronically ill patients should consider delaying any planned trips to countries battling
flu surges, Hong Kong medical experts have warned, while also urging travellers to keep a record of local emergency numbers and buy insurance ahead of their departure.
The warning came after the family of 48-year-old Taiwanese actress Barbie “Big S” Hsu Shi-yuan
revealed on Monday that the beloved celebrity had died from pneumonia after contracting flu while travelling in Japan.
Hsu also reportedly had a heart condition and a history of epilepsy, which had required treatment in hospital due to seizures.
“High-risk patients should consider delaying their travel if the destination has a serious epidemic of influenza,” respiratory medicine…
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