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Danny Mok

A nurse from United Christian Hospital  has died of an infection of a highly contagious intestinal virus that she might have caught from her daughters.
The 35-year-old nurse, who worked in the hospital's paediatric department, reported a hand rash on May 12, and developed fever and dizziness on Friday. She was found collapsed and was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital  the next day. 
She died on Sunday. The hospital has referred her case to the coroner.
The Centre for Health Protection  said her throat and rectal swabs tested positive for enterovirus,  a virus that could lead to hand, foot and mouth disease. 
The results of further tests were pending. 
The nurse's two daughters, aged 17 months and four years old, showed symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease earlier this month, the centre said. 
They sought medical treatment and were now asymptomatic. 
After the nurse's death, the Hung Hom kindergarten that her elder daughter attended was ordered to suspend classes from today  until Wednesday.  
The centre said four other children, aged three to four, at the Cannan Kindergarten in Whampoa Garden,  Hung Hom, were also infected but had since recovered. 
A spokesman for the United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong  said its infections-control unit   was assessing the risk of an outbreak of the virus in the ward where the nurse worked and would enforce appropriate preventive measures.  
The nurse wore a surgical mask and appropriate  protective gear when on duty. 
The hospital was also closely monitoring the  condition of the patients and staff in the ward.   
It expressed  condolences to the nurse's family,  and pledged that it would provide all necessary support to them. 
Dr Lo Wing-lok, an expert in infectious diseases, said it was rare  that an adult was killed by an enterovirus infection. He said that the nurse might have been infected  while taking care of her sick daughters.



Nurse, 35, dies from virus that  causes hand, foot and mouth disease