Hong Kong’s health authorities have warned of a recent “drastic increase” in norovirus-related food poisoning incidents that are all related to raw oyster consumption, with 20 of them being recorded over the past 2½ weeks.
The Centre for Health Protection said on Thursday that it had received 23 reports of food poisoning, involving 69 patients, since January 18.
Among them, 20 cases affecting 57 people were related to norovirus, which typically causes food poisoning and acute…
