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Tag: contagious bacterial disease

Sha Tin MTR station, the New Territories
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Qwer132477, iStock
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Hong Kong escalators harbor high levels of bacteria

by Asia Times staff September 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Holding onto an escalator handrail is a sensible safety measure that tests show can cause risks to users’ health. So said the results of a test commissioned by Apple Daily, who used the Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre to undertake a cleanliness test on handrails in four shopping malls and four MTR stations in […]

A man died of diphtheria at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps, Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Singapore, South Asia

Man dies of diphtheria in Singapore, first case in years

by Asia Times staff August 8, 2017February 18, 2020

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