(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Macau's first severe patient with new crown pneumonia
China News Agency, Macao, March 29 (Reporter Long Tuyou) The Macao New Coronavirus Infection Coordination Center held a press conference on the 29th to announce that the first severely ill patient appeared in Macau.
Luo Yilong, medical director of the Earl General Hospital, said that in the past 24 hours, two new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in Macau, with a total of 37 confirmed cases. Of the confirmed cases, the first 10 patients have recovered and were discharged from the hospital. Of the 27 patients receiving treatment, 26 are mild and 1 is severe.
This critically ill patient was a 50-year-old woman from Macau. She returned to Macau from New York, the United States via Hong Kong on March 21, and had a fever of 38 ° C at the port test. She was immediately sent to the Earl General Hospital for testing and was diagnosed the same day. Later, he started treatment with antiviral drugs and interferon. On the 29th, he had difficulty breathing, the blood oxygen content decreased, and the chest CT on the re-examination significantly worsened, which met the heavy coronary pneumonia criteria. This is the first severe case in Macau.
In addition, Liang Yihao, coordinator of the Department of Communicable Disease Control and Disease Surveillance of the Health Bureau, said that on the 29th, he received a notification from the Hong Kong Department of Health that a 40-year-old Filipino woman was initially diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. She was in the country from March 22 to 27. During his stay in Macau, he was in contact with a foreign employee. The authorities have arranged for this employee to go to the hospital for further testing. He is listed as a close contact and sent to a public health clinical center for medical observation.
Liang Yihao said that the newly diagnosed person from Hong Kong dine at the Jollibee restaurant on Macau ’s Xinma Road from 23 to 26 every day. The rest of the day went to the camp market to buy food. The patient ’s place of stay in Macau was not determined for the time being. Exact whereabouts.
Director of Health Li Zhanrun said that there is currently one severely diagnosed case in Macau, and one newly diagnosed patient in Hong Kong has stayed in Macau for 6 days during the onset of the disease. There is now a community infection and an outbreak of crisis. He strongly urged the public not to relax and continue to cooperate with the government to prevent epidemic. (Finish)