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Mutated flu strain spreading in Hong Kong; city records second child death

A mutated influenza virus strain is spreading in Hong Kong, potentially reducing the vaccine’s ability to prevent infection, experts have said, as the city recorded its second child death from the flu this year. Health authorities said on Thursday that the latest death involved an 11-month-old boy, with the case also being the second child fatality of the current flu season. Earlier in the day, experts stressed that the jabs remain effective in protecting against serious complications from a...


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