(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong adds 46 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, Kwai Chung container terminal group expands

  China News Service, Hong Kong, August 15 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government reported on the 15th that as of 00:00 on the 15th, 46 new cases of new coronary pneumonia have been confirmed in Hong Kong, 39 of which are local infections. At present, Hong Kong has a total of 4,406 confirmed cases, and the number of deaths has increased to 68.

  At a briefing on the latest situation of new coronary pneumonia cases that day, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, introduced that of the 46 newly confirmed cases, 7 were imported cases and arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines and India. ; Of the 39 local infection cases, 27 were related to previously confirmed cases, and the source of 12 was unknown.

  In terms of local group cases, there were 3 more confirmed cases at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal. A company has a lounge at the container terminal with beds, etc., for employees to rest overnight. This is considered to be a possible means of transmission of the virus; and the company has There are 8 confirmed cases and 5 preliminary confirmed cases. Zhang Zhujun said that the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health has contacted the relevant person in charge. About 120 employees of the company need to be sent to the quarantine center for quarantine.

  In addition, Zhang Zhujun also stated that one more person was diagnosed at the Tai Wai Salvation Army Long Hang Home for the Elderly; a foreign domestic helper who had stayed at 32 Jardine's Street and the dormitory of Xiyun Building in Causeway Bay was diagnosed, and related close contacts will be tested for the virus. .

  Yu Huiling, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, announced at the briefing that as of 9 am on the 15th, a total of 96 confirmed patients have been discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours. So far, there are 3488 confirmed or suspected infections of the new crown virus. The patient recovered and was discharged.

  According to the latest news from the Hong Kong Hospital Authority that afternoon, a total of 779 confirmed patients are currently in 20 public hospitals, community isolation facilities and community treatment facilities. Of these, 27 are in critical condition, 46 are in serious condition, and the remaining 706 are in stable condition. On the afternoon of the 15th, a 78-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia passed away at Queen Mary Hospital. Together with the 69-year-old male patient who passed away at the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital on the afternoon of the 14th, a total of 68 patients with new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong have so far The public hospital passed away. (Finish)