(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong added 1 confirmed case of Philippine importation
China News Agency, Hong Kong, June 20. The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 20th that as of 16:00 on the same day, there was a new confirmed case of new pneumonia in Hong Kong. The patient was in the Philippines during the incubation period. A total of 1128 cases have been diagnosed in Hong Kong so far.
According to the report, the new case involved a 40-year-old woman who had been in the Philippines during the incubation period. She arrived in Hong Kong on June 19 and developed symptoms of headache on the same day. After the confirmed woman arrived in Hong Kong, she was sent to the hospital by the Asia International Expo.
According to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, there are currently 47 confirmed patients staying in 7 hospitals, 3 of which are critical and the remaining 44 are stable. As of 12:00 noon on the same day, 3 diagnosed patients were discharged in the past 24 hours. So far, 1077 people have been discharged from Hong Kong.
As the epidemic has eased, Hong Kong has already further relaxed the measures to limit cohesion. The maximum number of people gathered in public places is 50. Xu Shuchang, an expert consultant of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's Anti-epidemic Steering Committee and a lecturer in the Department of Respiratory System of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said on the 20th that the future removal of the restriction measures depends on Hong Kong's virus detection capabilities. It is expected that universities, private clinics and private hospitals will Monthly will join to provide testing services. If the number of tests is large, it is easier to relax the measures.
Xu Shuchang believes that there are sporadic confirmed cases from time to time in Hong Kong. If the related cases are not spread to the community, it is relatively safe and you can relax the social distance measures; but if it spreads to the community or there are several unidentified group cases at the same time, you will be charged Relevant measures. (Finish)