(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) A total of 1082 newly imported cases were diagnosed in 1082 cases

  China News Agency, Hong Kong, May 30 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Department of Health's Center for Health Protection announced on May 30 that there were three new cases of imported new coronary pneumonia diagnosed by Pakistan returning to Hong Kong that day.

  A total of 1082 cases have been diagnosed in Hong Kong so far. Local infection cases were "zero confirmed" for 16 consecutive days.

  Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Health Protection, Department of Health, said that the three new patients were 1-year-old baby boys, 8-year-old boys, and 38-year-old men. All of them took the QR818 flight from Pakistan via Doha back to Hong Kong on May 28. All three were asymptomatic.

  Of the 83 returning passengers on the QR818 flight, 16 have been diagnosed. Zhang Zhujun said that the proportion of confirmed diagnoses on this flight was about 19%, which is a relatively high proportion. She said she believed that they were infected in different cities in Pakistan, reflecting the seriousness of the local epidemic.

  Zhang Zhujun pointed out that four cabin attendants who had close contact with more than 10 diagnosed persons on the flight have been sent to the quarantine center. In addition, 8 cabin attendants who are not close contacts have been tested for new coronavirus, and all are negative.

  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 40 confirmed people staying in nine public hospitals. One of them is critical and 39 are in stable condition. In the past 24 hours, one more person was discharged from Hong Kong and 1036 people have been discharged. (Finish)