(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of new cases in Hong Kong is less than 200 for the first time after the peak of the fifth wave of the epidemic
China News Agency, Hong Kong, May 23 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong SAR Government's Department of Health held a briefing on the epidemic on the 23rd and announced that as of 0:00 that day, there were 190 new positive cases of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong.
This is the first time that the number of new cases in a single day has fallen below 200 since the peak of the fifth wave of the epidemic.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that of the 190 new cases, 94 were positive for nucleic acid testing and 96 were positive for rapid testing.
Of the new cases, 28 are imported cases and the rest are local cases.
The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong has recorded more than 1.1979 million cases so far. There have been no new deaths in Hong Kong for three consecutive days, and the cumulative number of deaths in the fifth wave of the epidemic is still 9,157.
Zhang Zhujun said that the number of confirmed cases in a single day has been between 200 and 300 recently, and the epidemic situation is quite stable, and various indicators including sewage detection values are all down, but fluctuations cannot be ruled out.
In response to questions about monkeypox virus, Zhang Zhujun said that the Department of Health will send a letter to private doctors later to let them pay attention to and report suspected cases. Because monkeypox virus is contagious, if there are suspected cases, they need to be isolated. It depends on the incubation period and infectious period of the case concerned. She believes that generally speaking, it is normal to isolate for 21 days.
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