A nine-year-old Hong Kong girl is in critical condition after developing an invasive meningococcal infection following a holiday trip to Japan. Health authorities are now contacting other tour group members as a preventive measure.

A nine-year-old Hong Kong girl has contracted a rare bacterial infection and is fighting for her life in hospital after visiting Japan during the Easter holiday, with health authorities contacting the other tour group members as a precaution. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Friday that the girl, who was in a critical condition in the paediatric intensive care unit of Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, began showing symptoms of invasive meningococcal infection including...