(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong has seven new confirmed cases, one of which has unknown origin

　　China News Service, Hong Kong, October 16 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 16th that as of 0:00 on the 16th, Hong Kong had seven new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in a single day, of which six were imported cases. , 1 case was a case of unknown local origin.

So far, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has increased to 5,220.

　　At the briefing on the new coronary pneumonia cases held 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 7 newly confirmed cases, 6 were imported cases, which arrived in Hong Kong from Malta, India and Nepal respectively. .

　　Regarding a local case of unknown origin, Zhang Zhujun said that the case involved a 28-year-old male social worker who worked in the Lee Cheng Uk dormitory of the Hong Kong Mental Health Association in Sham Shui Po and provided counselling to 41 residents.

The patient last went to work on October 12th. He rode a bicycle from Sha Tin to Tai Po with 11 people, and had lunch with one of them at the fast food restaurant in Sha Tin New Town Plaza.

　　Zhang Zhujun continued that the patient lived in King Yu House, King Lam Village, Tseung Kwan O. He also went to a church in To Kwa Wan during the virus incubation period to participate in activities and play basketball with friends.

Close contacts of the patient need to be quarantined, and other contacts will be distributed sample bottles for testing.

The Hong Kong Mental Health Association confirmed that the patient's body temperature was normal on the last day he went to work, he was asymptomatic, and he had been wearing a mask during work.

　　In addition, 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 16th, a total of 8 confirmed patients have been discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours. So far, there are 4951 confirmed and suspected infections of the new crown The virus patient recovered and was discharged.

There are still 130 confirmed patients staying in 19 public hospitals, 12 of whom are in critical condition, 6 are in serious condition, and the remaining 112 are in stable condition.

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