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(Fight Crown Pneumonia) 11 New Hong Kong Confirmed Cases Ban Nepal Airlines From Flying To Hong Kong For Two Weeks
China News Service, Hong Kong, Oct 5 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The Health Protection Center of the Government Health Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced on the 5th that 11 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in Hong Kong, of which 7 were imported cases and 6 confirmed patients were all the same. Flight from Nepal to Hong Kong. The authorities announced that according to the relevant laws, Nepal Airlines is prohibited from flying to Hong Kong for two weeks.
Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Health Protection Center of the Government Health Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said that as of 11 p.m. on the 4th, 11 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong Kong, of which 7 were imported cases and 4 were local cases. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has risen to 5,124.
Among the 7 imported cases, one person arrived in Hong Kong from India and the other 6 people arrived in Hong Kong from Nepal on the same plane. Zhang Zhujun said that the authorities have banned Nepal Airlines from flying to Hong Kong for two weeks through relevant laws, in effect from October 4-17.
Of the 4 local cases, 2 were relatives of the imported cases previously announced and all presented some symptoms; one was a case related to the previous case, which involved a 38-year-old woman who arrived from Thailand in mid-March. She came to visit friends in Hong Kong, lived with other Thai friends at the Holly Building in Tsim Sha Tsui, and then moved to the Stanford Hillview Hotel with several friends. Her friend was transferred to the quarantine center.
Zhang Zhujun revealed that a 27-year-old Thai housewife who was diagnosed yesterday notified the Health Protection Center that she had gone shopping to Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok with a friend who was diagnosed only after returning to Thailand, but the center found the information to be incorrect. The 35-year-old Thai friend the housewife had contact with did not leave Hong Kong, and the initial diagnosis was confirmed today. This initial confirmed case also lived in the Haoli building. The center is asking the police to track down the people who live with it.
Zhang Zhujun said that because the relevant person gave the center incorrect information, the center will study whether the relevant behavior is illegal and can prosecute it if necessary.
In addition, there was another case without a source that day, that of a 46-year-old woman living in Tsing Yi. She worked at Kwai Chung. During the incubation period, she went to the Gateway Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui for a buffet lunch and a sandwich at the Kwai Hing Kowloon Trade Center. Zhang Zhujun said that the Health Protection Center will distribute sample bottles to employees at relevant locations.
Hong Kong Hospital Authority Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) Liu Jiaxian said that at 9 am, in the last 24 hours, the HA had reported 14 suspected cases. (Finish)
