Food Poisoning on Cathay Pacific Flights Inbound From Nepal to Hong Kong

[C0RI0LANUS]

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The Hong Kong Center of Health Protection (CHP) announced a food poisoning cluster of passenger groups on Cathay Pacific flight CX640 from Nepal to Hong Kong. This is the second cluster discovered in two days with the same airline flying from the same region. The cause of the food poisoning cluster is still under investigation.

The first cluster involves 16 individuals from an inbound flight from Kathmandu to Hong Kong. The second cluster on flight CX640 involves 20 individuals from distinct family groups.

All involved passengers reported symptoms like vomiting, nausea, and fever shortly after their arrival in Hong Kong.


Per CIA, Nepal has a population of 31,122,387 and per capita GDP is $4,000.

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After monsoon season in 2023, Nepal recorded several cases of water- and food-borne illnesses, including a massive cholera outbreak.

Sources:

https://travelradar.aero/food-poisoning-on-cathay-pacific-flights-inbound-to-hong-kong/

https://kathmandupost.com/health/2023/07/26/food-poisoning-water-and-vector-borne-diseases-on-the-rise

[elleng]

1. Thanks for the info.

My brother travels to 'far away places,' and just heard from him about an up-coming trip to several such places, so I forwarded this to him.

AND up-coming: FINLAND!!!

[C0RI0LANUS]

2. Hi elleng. You are most welcome and I'm glad to be of help.

When your brother is in Helsinki, ask him to visit the Finnish War Museum and get a picture with Field Marshal Gustav Mannerheim (the savior of Finland). If he has time, of course. The letters I read from Finnish soldiers to their parents and wives during the Russo-Finnish Wars (1939; 1940-44) were incredible. The Finns felt bad about killing so many Russian youths led by idiotic Soviet officers. Sounds familiar?

[elleng]

3. I will!