Macau recorded this year’s seventh imported case of chikungunya fever yesterday, the Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night.
According to the statement, the patient is a 10-year-old local boy who lives in Block 6 of the Kin Wa Building residential estate in Areia Preta district.
The boy participated in a training camp in Guangzhou’s Baiyun District between August 2 and 11. After returning to Macau, the statement said, he came down with a fever, a rash on his face and right forearm, and joint pain in his arms and legs on Wednesday morning, after which he was taken for treatment to the private Kiang Wu Hospital that night.
According to the statement, he was diagnosed with chikungunya fever by the Health Bureau’s Public Health Laboratory yesterday.
The boy has meanwhile been transferred to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for inpatient treatment.
The boy was in a stable condition and still undergoing hospital treatment at the time of last night’s statement.
This handout photo released by the Health Bureau (SSM) yesterday shows a training session on Tuesday for its staff members equipping them with skills needed for chemical mosquito control operations.
