(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong adds 11 confirmed cases and current social measures are extended to the end of the month
China News Service, Hong Kong, March 17 (Reporter Han Xingtong) Hong Kong added 11 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia on the 17th.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government announced that the current social distancing measures will be extended for another 14 days until March 31.
The 11 new confirmed cases involved 4 men and 7 women, ranging in age from 3 to 57 years old.
Of all cases, 3 were imported cases, and 8 local cases included 2 of unknown origin and 6 related cases.
There were about 10 preliminary confirmed cases that day.
Among the related cases, 5 belong to the Ursus Fitness gym group, including 1 customer and 4 close contacts. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in this group has increased to 132.
The other case involved a 3-year-old child who was the daughter of an employee of the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau who was diagnosed earlier. She attended a kindergarten in Caine Road. The last school date was March 12, and the sample test was submitted on March 15. Positive.
Some close contacts of the school concerned will be sent to the quarantine center, and all staff and students must undergo compulsory testing.
In addition, a man working in the HSBC Headquarters building was diagnosed a few days ago, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government included the HSBC Headquarters building in a mandatory test announcement on the evening of the 16th.
The Chief Administrative Manager (Patient Safety and Risk Management) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, He Wanxia, informed that as of 9 am, in the past 24 hours, another 23 more confirmed patients have recovered and been discharged. So far, 10808 patients have recovered and been discharged.
There are still 287 confirmed patients in hospital, of which 10 are in critical condition, 10 are in serious condition, and the rest are in stable condition.
On the same day, the SAR government announced that it would gazette the instructions and specifications of the relevant ordinances related to epidemic prevention in order to maintain the current social distancing measures and strengthen the infection prevention measures in the catering business premises.
These instructions and specifications will be effective from March 18th for a period of 14 days until March 31st.
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