(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) 36 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong Department of Health: Anti-epidemic fatigue slows down the epidemic
China News Service, Hong Kong, August 18 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government reported on the 18th that as of 0:00 that day, there were 36 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong so far has increased to 4560, and the cumulative number of deaths has increased to 70.
According to the report, among the new cases announced on the same day, 35 were local cases, 29 of which were epidemiologically related to earlier confirmed cases, and 6 cases were temporarily unidentified; 1 case was an imported case. Suffering from foreign domestic helpers arriving in Hong Kong from the Philippines. About 20 cases were initially confirmed.
As for the local group, a new tally officer from "Hong Kee Port" of Kwai Chung Container Terminal was diagnosed; another security guard at the exit gate of Container Terminal 2 made a preliminary diagnosis.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that the security guards who were initially diagnosed may be infected at the dock or in the community. So far, the confirmed cases at Kwai Chung Container Terminal involve employees of 11 companies. Among them, "Hong Kee Port" has confirmed more than 50 cases. All employees of the company are undergoing quarantine or hospitalization.
She pointed out that due to the large dock and the confirmed cases also working in different locations, it is difficult to judge whether these cases are infected with each other. For the sake of stability, the center has distributed sample collection bottles to more than 8,000 employees at the terminal. As of the evening of the 17th, about 2,600 samples have been recovered.
Zhang Zhujun said that at present, citizens are experiencing fatigue from the epidemic, and the number of people on the streets has increased, which has slowed the decline of the epidemic. New coronary pneumonia is highly infectious and may not disappear. Under this new normal, if the community still has an invisible transmission chain, then gatherings will have the opportunity to cause transmission. I hope that citizens can be patient as much as possible.
Liu Jiaxian, Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, informed that as of 9 o'clock on the same day, a 95-year-old patient had passed away in the past 24 hours, and the total number of deaths increased to 70; 78 new patients were discharged, and the total number of patients has been 3677 so far. Recovered and discharged; there are still 751 confirmed cases in hospital, of which 31 are in critical condition, 38 are in serious condition, and 682 are in stable condition. (Finish)