Confirmed cases in Hong Kong increase to 453, more than 100 bar group employees need to be quarantined

(Combating new crown pneumonia) Hong Kong confirmed cases increased to 453, more than 100 bar group employees need to be isolated

China News Agency, Hong Kong, March 26 (Reporter Wang Laiyi) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Health Protection Center of the Hong Kong SAR Government reported on the 26th that 43 new cases of new pneumonia were diagnosed in Hong Kong.

Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, introduced that the newly confirmed cases involved 18 men and 25 women, aged between 18 and 78, of which 29 had travel history, including 10 foreign students and 2 foreign domestic helpers.

Of the confirmed cases with no travel history, another 11 confirmed patients involved the Lan Kwai Fong band group, including 3 bar staff, 4 musicians, and 4 bar customers.

Zhang Zhujun revealed that the 4 bars and 9 bands involved in the confirmed cases belong to the same company. Of the 124 employees under the company, 16 have been diagnosed with new crown pneumonia. In view of the company's employees have contact in work and life, and the number of people involved is relatively wide, all the remaining employees are sent to the quarantine center for isolation.

In addition, one more person was diagnosed in the Changlong Industrial Building Group of Changsha Bay. Five of the company's six employees have been infected with the disease, which is believed to be related to the closer seat of the employees.

Zhang Zhujun said that there were individual local cases in Hong Kong and even small outbreaks. As for the occurrence of large-scale and community outbreaks, the Department of Health is still closely monitoring.

At the press conference on the same day, Xu Deyi, deputy director of the Food and Health Bureau, reported that 202 new cases of new crown pneumonia were diagnosed in Hong Kong in the past week, emphasizing that epidemic prevention must not be lax.

He Wanxia, ​​the chief administrative manager of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, pointed out that in the past 24 hours, 4 newly diagnosed patients in Hong Kong have been discharged from the hospital, and the total number of discharged patients has increased to 110. (Finish)