Travel Health Service Year 2026

Current Travel Health News

Take precautions against dengue fever when travelling abroad

Dengue fever is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. This includes various popular tourist destinations for Hong Kong people including the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Detailed information on the latest Dengue fever situation in Hong Kong, as well as neighbouring and overseas countries and areas, can be found at the Centre for Health Protection’s website: https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/df_imported_cases_and_overseas_figures_eng.pdf

Travellers planning to travel in these areas should take precautions against the disease. Travellers returning from areas where dengue fever is prevalent should seek medical advice as soon as possible if they feel unwell and provide travel details to their doctors.

For more information on dengue fever, including the latest situation in neighbouring and overseas countries and areas, please visit the Centre for Health Protection’s thematic webpage at https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/38847.html

Take precautions against Mpox (also known as monkeypox) when travelling abroad

Mpox (also known as monkeypox) is a zoonotic disease caused by Mpox virus. Often found in tropical forest regions of Central and West Africa. It is mainly transmitted by contact with infected animals, human-to-human transmission is limited. Incubation period is mainly from 6 to 13 days, symptoms are similar with Smallpox infection, but less severe.

Since 6 May 2022, multiple outbreaks wer e reported in Europe and North America countries, and many patient are self-identified as bisexual or men who have sex with men. Travellers planning to travel in these areas should avoid contact with infected person. Travellers returning from these areas shall notify the doctor to seek medical treatment and inform the travel situation if feeling unwell.

For more information on Mpox, including the latest situation in overseas countries or places, please visit the World Health Organization and Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection’s thematic webpages at: https://www.who.int/health-topics/monkeypox#tab=tab_1
https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/105683.html

Hong Kong: Measles [Update]

8 April 2026

The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health is investigating an imported measles case in Hong Kong and reminds members of the public that vaccination is the most effective way to prevent measles. The case involves a 30-year-old male who developed a fever, cough and runny nose on March 31. His clinical specimen was tested positive on April 6 for the measles virus upon nucleic acid testing. The patient is in stable condition.

(Source: Centre for Health Protection 6 April 2026)

Bangladesh: Measles

8 April 2026

Official data from Bangladesh notes that more than 7,600 suspected measles cases have been identified nationwide since mid-March, while hundreds of new patients are being admitted to hospitals daily.

(Source: Outbreak News Today 7 April 2026)

Taiwan: Avian influenza

8 April 2026

Taiwan health officials reported late last week the first case of local human infection with the H7 subtype of novel influenza A, which was genetically sequenced as H7N7.

(Source: Outbreak News Today 6 April 2026)

South Africa: Diphtheria [Update]

8 April 2026

The South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases report two additional laboratory-confirmed cases of toxigenic diphtheria, both from Western Cape.