(Combating New Crown Pneumonia) Hong Kong New Crown Pneumonia confirmed cases increased by 17 to 273
China News Agency, Hong Kong, March 21 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Health Protection Center (CHP) of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held an epidemic briefing on the 21st and announced that 17 new cases of new pneumonia were diagnosed in Hong Kong and 20 were added The new coronavirus test was initially positive. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has increased to 273.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that the new confirmed and preliminary positive cases included 20 women and 17 men. Among them, the youngest is 20 months and the oldest is 72 years. The cases included six students and two Cathay Pacific staff.
Zhang Zhujun pointed out that most of the newly diagnosed and preliminary positive cases had travel records, and some were related to earlier confirmed cases. A Canadian tour group has had 5 confirmed diagnoses and 2 initially positive. In the cases related to the Discovery Bay wedding, 6 people have been diagnosed and 1 has been positive.
Zhang Zhujun said that a small number of new cases have no travel history. Two people in a company in Changsha Bay were initially positive, and several other employees of the company had symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection. The source of the infection was not found in two other cases, including a 50-year-old woman living in Kwai Chung and working in Tsuen Wan, and a 48-year-old man working on Hollywood Road.
Zhang Zhujun said that many overseas students and Hong Kong people who have lived abroad for many years recently returned to Hong Kong from the outbreak, and the number of imported cases naturally increased. The Centre for Health Protection stands ready to monitor these cases, hoping to stop the spread of the epidemic in the community.
She pointed out that when most of the new cases are imported, a containment strategy may be adopted, and when there are more unsourced cases and the isolation of close contacts is invalid, the strategy may change.
The Chief Executive Manager (Medical Performance and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority, Mrs Kwong Wai-ling, said that in the past 24 hours, three more people in Hong Kong had recovered and were discharged. So far, a total of 100 confirmed patients and 1 suspected patient have been discharged from Hong Kong. 151 people remain in hospital, including one in critical condition, one in serious condition and 149 in stability. (Finish)