• HK: H5N1 bird flu discovered in Mong Kok Bird Garden. Closed for three weeks and over 1000 birds slaughtered.
• Cambodia: WHO warn that 61 children died in last few weeks (with > 90% fatality rate) due to a mysterious and virulent disease. 46 of 57 cases reviewed by WHO ended in death within a day 

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ICU INFECTIONS

• In-hospital mortality in ICU patients with a Hospital-Acquired Infection (HAI) was 4 times higher than in those without a HAI
  
• Length of ICU stay of in-patients with a HAI doubled, from average 8.1 days to 15.8 days
  
• Based on the analysis of direct variable costs & fixed overhead costs, these infections cost an extra $16,000 per ICU stay — from $21,500 for a patient without a HAI to $37,500 for a patient with a HAI
  
• Bloodstream infection was the greatest driver of mortality (24.7%), followed by hospital-acquired pneumonia (16.7%), and surgical-site infection (10.9%)
  

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HONG KONG AIR POLLUTION INDEX

Current Air Pollution Index: General Stations 18 to 41; Roadside Stations 57 to 62
Forecast for Today's Air Pollution Index: General Station 15 to 50; Roadside Station 55 to 75