(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong Adds 6 Cases, 25-year-old Property Management Civilian Confirmed Source Unknown

  China News Service, Hong Kong, March 31 (Reporter Han Xingtong) On March 31, Hong Kong added 6 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, involving 2 men and 4 women, aged between 26 and 53, including 5 imported cases, including Four cases carried the new variant virus N501Y; one local case of unknown origin involved a 25-year-old man working as a clerical worker in a property management company in Mong Kok.

  Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that the man would visit the company’s buildings on weekdays. The buildings he visited and the buildings where his company is located will be included in the mandatory testing announcement. More than 10 colleagues are subject to compulsory quarantine.

  Zhang Zhujun also said that the third phase of Kwan Yick Building, Sai Yingpan, where the man lived, had been "closed area" for compulsory testing on March 17. The man was tested and the result was negative.

Zhang Zhujun said that the relevant buildings will be subject to mandatory inspections again.

  There were more than 10 initially confirmed cases on that day, most of which were imported cases, but 2 were local cases of unknown origin.

  Lin Wenjian, Director of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that the local epidemic situation has dropped slightly recently, but the long Easter holiday is approaching. It is expected that many citizens will increase their outing activities. In view of the recent experience of group outbreaks, he urged the citizens to maintain appropriate social distancing. Avoid large-scale group gatherings; the vaccination plan was launched for about a month. As of the 30th, 455,900 citizens had received the first dose of the new crown vaccine.

  Yu Huiling, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (Hospital Authority), announced that as of 9 am, 10 more confirmed patients have recovered and discharged in the past 24 hours. So far, a total of 11094 confirmed patients have recovered and discharged.

There are still 131 confirmed patients staying in 21 public hospitals and the Hong Kong Infection Control Center of North Lantau Hospital respectively. Among them, 9 are in critical condition, 3 are in serious condition, and the rest are in stable condition.

  Yu Huiling said that in response to the continued stability of the epidemic and the commissioning of the Hong Kong Infection Control Center of North Lantau Hospital, the HA will return the AsiaWorld-Expo Halls 1 and 2, which were previously used as community treatment facilities, from April 1. However, Halls 8 to 11 will continue to be maintained as backup community treatment facilities.

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