(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Two new cases of diagnosis in Hong Kong are maintained for 7 consecutive days
China News Agency, Hong Kong, April 18 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Department of Health's Center for Health Protection reported on the 18th that 2 new cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in Hong Kong, and a total of 1,023 cases have been diagnosed so far. This is the seventh consecutive day that Hong Kong has newly confirmed a single digit.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Health Protection, Department of Health, said the new cases included a 4-year-old child who had gone to the UK with his mother, and a 29-year-old asymptomatic man who was studying in Manila, Philippines and arrived in Hong Kong on the 17th.
Zhang Zhujun said that after arriving at the Hong Kong International Airport for all persons who first collected deep throat saliva samples for testing at the AsiaWorld-Expo, a collection bottle will be issued to collect samples for testing before completing quarantine. This practice will be implemented on April 20.
Zhang Zhujun emphasized that people with home quarantine should seek medical advice as soon as possible if they develop symptoms. The Center tried this method in hopes of collecting information to see if the percentage of positives is high and which types of people are at high risk.
Yu Huiling, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority, said that in the past 24 hours, 35 more diagnosed people were discharged from Hong Kong. A total of 568 people have been discharged from the hospital so far, and 450 of those diagnosed are still in hospital, of which 9 are critical and 7 are severe.
Yu Huiling mentioned that the number of immigrants continued to decrease, and in order to refocus the manpower to provide hospital services, the temporary testing center set up by the HA in the Asian Expo Hall will stop operating at 12 noon on the 19th. The testing center and the testing center of the North Lantau Hospital, which had ceased operation earlier, focused on virus testing for people arriving in Hong Kong with symptoms.
Yu Huiling said that the above two testing centers collected a total of more than 1,400 samples in the past month and identified 104 confirmed cases, which played an important role in diversion. (Finish)