(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Three experts diagnosed in the medical ward of the Hong Kong Public Hospital

  China News Agency, Hong Kong, July 14 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Hong Kong Hospital Authority reported on the 14th that a medical ward in Queen Elizabeth Hospital has diagnosed new coronary pneumonia from three patients on the 12th. Yuan Guoyong, an expert advisor to the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Anti-Epidemiology Steering Committee and a lecturer professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, met with the media at 22:00 on the 14th and said that an outbreak has occurred in this ward, but it is believed that there is little chance of the virus spreading again.

  Since July 12, Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Hospital has diagnosed new coronary pneumonia with 3 patients aged between 64 and 92 who had been admitted to the medical ward.

  According to reports, the first patient had no fever and symptoms of heart disease when he was admitted to the hospital on the 12th. He began coughing and fever at noon that day, so the hospital tested the new coronavirus and was diagnosed in the evening of the same day. The hospital immediately sent her to the isolation ward and tracked about 10 close-contact patients of the same patient. At present, a total of 3 people have been diagnosed for the time being, and the virus tests of other patients and employees in the ward are temporarily negative.

  Yuan Guoyong said that there has been an outbreak in this ward, and it is not ruled out that there will be a confirmed case again, but it is believed that the virus has little chance of spreading again, because there are reasons to believe that the second and third diagnosed patients have just been infected, so the virus is spread to other People's chances should be low.

  Yuan Guoyong believes that the greatest possibility of spread in this ward is that the 92-year-old mother-in-law who was diagnosed during the stay in the internal medicine ward may sometimes pull off her mask and cough, while she can walk on her own and may have touched the bed rails and other places. The environment is infected by viruses. Other patients in this ward are temporarily negative, and I believe that the chance of airborne transmission is not great. In addition, the hospital has discarded the common medical equipment as soon as possible, and the possibility of spreading through this has also been ruled out. He pointed out that the main reason still needs to be investigated.

  Yuan Guoyong said that the biggest problem is that the outbreak in the community is very serious. A small number of patients with no obvious symptoms are admitted to the hospital. The hospital may not be able to detect it until they develop symptoms of new coronary pneumonia. He suggested that, for the sake of safety, the HA should test patients with heart disease and other symptoms, especially the elderly, restaurant staff or taxi drivers, especially those who found multiple confirmed cases with Ciyunshan. When areas are in contact, to reduce the risk of hospital outbreaks. (Finish)