Hong Kong cases of ‘public enemy No 1’ superbug more than double in 2018, prompting Hospital Authority to unveil five-point plan to halt the spread

Dr Raymond Lai Wai-man, chief infection control officer at the Hospital Authority, which manages the city’s 43 public hospitals and institutions, said the number of inpatients diagnosed with carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) last year was 972, a dramatic rise from 473 in 2017.