[Explanation] The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that as of midnight on July 21, 61 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong, 3 were imported cases, and the remaining 58 were local cases. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 2000. Zong, up to 2020 people were infected.
[Explanation] Among the new local cases, including a pregnant woman who was 35 weeks pregnant, Yu Huiling, the chief administrative manager of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, said that she will wait for the baby to be tested before the baby is born to learn more about whether the baby has been affected by the mother. infection.
[Concurrent] Yu Huiling, Chief Administrative Manager, Hong Kong Hospital Authority
Regarding the 35-week pregnant woman, she was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong by ambulance this morning. We have arranged her to stay in an isolation ward. The gynecology team and the internal medicine team will evaluate and provide suitable treatment for her. As for the infectiousness , We will pay attention to the literature, and we will arrange some inspections for the baby after the baby is born.
[Explanation] A 77-year-old male patient living in Tsikang Village, Tsz Wan Shan, Hong Kong, and an 87-year-old male resident at the Hong Kong Thai Nursing Center died in the early morning of the 21st, resulting in 14 deaths in Hong Kong so far. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Department of Health, urged the public not to go for testing unless necessary, so as not to increase the burden of testing.
Reporter Zhu Aili from Hong Kong
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]