(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong has 7 new confirmed cases and 1 local case has unknown source
China News Service, Hong Kong, November 5 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 5th that as of 0:00 on the 5th, Hong Kong had newly confirmed 7 new cases of new coronary pneumonia in a single day, of which 6 were imported cases. , 1 case was a local case of unknown origin.
So far, the total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has increased to 5,355.
At a briefing on the latest situation of new coronary pneumonia cases held on the same 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 new cases, 6 were imported cases. They were from the Philippines, Turkey, Brazil, India and India. Russia and other places arrived in Hong Kong.
As for a local case of unknown origin, Zhang Zhujun said that the case involved a 40-year-old man who was doing aircraft maintenance at the airport.
The man had contact with the cargo plane crew due to work, and visited a number of different places during the virus incubation period, including taking his children to participate in football training classes and traveling with his family to a farm in Yuen Long.
Zhang Zhujun said that at present, the man’s family members have been sent to the doctor and tested for the new coronavirus. It is known that the man’s children have not been diagnosed, and other family members are still waiting for test results.
The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health will distribute sample bottles to relevant contacts for testing.
In addition, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority notified on the same day that as of 9 am on the 5th, a total of 8 confirmed patients had been discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours. So far, a total of 5,126 patients who have been diagnosed or suspected of being infected with the new crown virus have recovered and discharged.
There are still 87 confirmed patients in public hospitals, of which 8 are in critical condition, 3 are in serious condition, and the remaining 76 are in stable condition.
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