(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) 290 New Cases in Hong Kong, AsiaWorld-Expo treatment facilities will be converted to standby status
China News Agency, Hong Kong, May 3 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong continued to ease. The Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Department of Health held a briefing on the epidemic on May 3 and announced that as of 0:00 that day, there were 290 new cases in Hong Kong. Positive cases of the new coronavirus.
The Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) announced that the COVID-19 Treatment Centre at AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) will be converted to standby status from May 4.
Au Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that of the 290 new cases that day, 132 were positive for nucleic acid testing and 158 were positive for rapid testing.
Among the new cases, 21 are imported cases, the patients have arrived in Hong Kong from places such as the United Kingdom and Singapore, and the rest are local cases.
The fifth wave of the epidemic has recorded more than 1.192 million cases so far, and the number of deaths has increased to 9,112.
Li Liye, Chief Administrative Manager (Integrated Clinical Services) of the Hospital Authority, announced that there are still 1,250 confirmed patients in hospital, with 2 new patients in critical condition and 1 in serious condition in the past 24 hours.
In the past 24 hours, six more patients who tested positive have passed away, involving four men and two women, aged between 75 and 95.
In addition, due to the lag in data statistics, an 86-year-old male patient died earlier and has not been announced.
The New Crown Treatment Center at AWE will be turned into a standby state from May 4. Li Liye said that some of the relevant staff will be transferred back to the cluster hospitals, and some of the staff will be in the Hong Kong Infection Control Center of AWE and North Lantau Hospital for future Prepare for an outbreak.
On the same day, the HA announced that 26 public hospitals will resume special visiting arrangements for non-emergency wards and departments from May 6.
A spokesman for the HA said that the HA understands the requests of family members to visit inpatients. Considering that the epidemic situation has stabilized recently, the HA has decided to resume special visiting arrangements in stages. The first stage covers non-acute wards and departments in 26 hospitals.
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