(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong added 13 new confirmed cases of Pakistan imports

  China News Agency, Hong Kong, May 29 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Department of Health's Center for Health Protection notified on May 29 that 13 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were diagnosed in Hong Kong on that day, and all newly diagnosed patients were on May 28. Return to Hong Kong from Pakistan.

  The cumulative number of diagnoses in Hong Kong has increased to 1,079. However, there have been no local confirmed cases in Hong Kong for 15 consecutive days.

  Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said at the briefing on the day that the 13 newly diagnosed patients all returned to Hong Kong from Pakistan via Doha on QR818 on May 28. They are between 2 and 46 years old, including 4 women and 9 men.

  Zhang Zhujun pointed out that more than 1100 people have returned from Pakistan to Hong Kong, and 33 of them have been diagnosed. The proportion is about 3%, which is relatively high. However, the situation is still within expectations, as the Pakistan epidemic is on the rise recently, and it is expected that the imported cases will continue. She said that all those returning from Pakistan will be sent to Junyang Village for quarantine on the 14th. It is believed that as long as they do not enter the community, the risks they bring will not make much difference.

  Zhang Zhujun said that he noted that the epidemic situation in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau has remained stable for some time, and there may be room to relax customs clearance. Relevant units in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are discussing joint defense and joint control work. No details are available for the time being. Details will be announced if the latest arrangements are available.

  Zhang Zhujun mentioned that under the global pandemic of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, wearing masks and doing good hand hygiene may become the norm, and it will still need to be maintained for a long time in the future.

  He Wanxia, ​​chief administrative manager (patient safety and risk management) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, said that as of 12:00 noon that day, there were still 28 confirmed patients in 7 hospitals in Hong Kong. One of them is critical and 27 are stable. A total of 1,035 people have been discharged from Hong Kong so far. (Finish)