(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) 4 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, all local cases of unknown origin
China News Service, Hong Kong, October 18. The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that as of 0:00 on the 18th, Hong Kong had newly confirmed 4 new cases of new coronary pneumonia in a single day, and there were no local cases of unknown origin.
So far, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has increased to 5,241, and there is another suspected case.
The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced on the same day that of the 4 new confirmed cases, 2 had been outside the country during the incubation period of the virus and arrived in Hong Kong from the Netherlands and India respectively; the other 2 cases were epidemiologically related to local cases.
The Department of Health also stated that the Department will rent the Rambler Garden Hotel in Tsing Yi as a waiting test result center from October 19 to provide accommodation for immigrants (usually passengers arriving in Hong Kong in the afternoon or evening) who cannot obtain test results on the same day. Test results.
The department will handle flexibly according to the capacity of the facility and the number of passengers arriving in Hong Kong in the afternoon. If necessary, people who arrive in Hong Kong in the afternoon will be arranged to collect deep throat saliva samples at the temporary sample collection center and stay there to wait for the test results .
The Department of Health also thanked Dorsett Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong and its staff for their assistance in fighting the epidemic in the past two months.
The Hong Kong Hospital Authority announced on the same day that as of 9 a.m. on the 18th, a total of 10 confirmed patients had been discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours. So far, a total of 4,973 patients with confirmed or suspected infection of the new crown virus have recovered and discharged.
There are still 132 confirmed patients in 18 public hospitals. Among them, 12 are in critical condition, 4 are in serious condition, and the remaining 116 are in stable condition.
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