(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong adds 13 new confirmed cases and 7 local cases
China News Service, Hong Kong, March 2 (Reporter Han Xingtong) On March 2, there were 13 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong, including 7 local cases (4 cases of unknown origin), and one of the cases of unknown origin was 68 years old. The patient met with a case confirmed in Shanghai on the 28th of last month, and the two cases may be related to each other.
The 13 newly confirmed cases involved 5 men and 8 women, ranging in age from 18 to 83 years old.
Among all cases, 6 were imported cases, and one of them came to Hong Kong from Pakistan on the 28th with the N501Y variant virus.
It is reported that so far 49 cases have been found in Hong Kong with variant viruses.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that a 28-year-old colleague of the 68-year-old patient with unknown origin was diagnosed when he traveled to Shanghai on February 28. Meeting.
The confirmed colleague had returned to Hong Kong from Shenzhen via "Easy Return to Hong Kong" and lived in the pit during the period.
Zhang Zhujun said that he believes there is a connection between the two cases, and the case confirmed in Shanghai has an earlier onset of onset, which does not rule out infection in Hong Kong.
A few days ago, an outbreak of an epidemic occurred in a famous restaurant in K11 MUSEA in Tsim Sha Tsui, with 48 people diagnosed.
On March 1st, experts from the Special Administrative Region Government visited the site and pointed out that the fresh air volume in the restaurant was only one-third of the design when the license was applied for, so it is likely to cause an outbreak due to short-distance air transmission.
In response, K11 Group announced on the 2nd that it would terminate the lease of Ming Chao Restaurant, and emphasized that Ming Chao Restaurant is an independent ventilation system and is not connected to other businesses.
In addition, the group also stated that it will arrange store employees to conduct a second virus test and continue to disinfect the store, preparing to reopen on the 6th.
Liu Jiaxian, Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, informed that as of 9 am, 16 more patients had recovered and discharged in the past 24 hours, and a total of 10,563 patients have recovered and discharged.
There are still 226 confirmed patients in 22 public hospitals, the AsiaWorld-Expo community treatment facility, and the Hong Kong Infection Control Center of North Lantau Hospital. Among them, 14 are in critical condition, 12 are in serious condition, and the remaining 200 are in stable condition.
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