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(Fight against New Coronary Pneumonia) 69 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong will start the second round of mandatory tests for hospital staff
China News Service, Hong Kong, December 12 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The Health Protection Center of the Government Health Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced on December 12 that there were 69 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong. Kong, 19 of whom were of unknown local origin. There were more than 80 preliminary confirmed cases that day.
The recently confirmed cases involved 36 men and 33 women, aged between 2 and 87 years. Except for 5 imported cases, the remaining 64 are local cases, including 45 related cases and 19 cases of unknown origin.
Among the related cases, 4 cases belonged to the song and dance group, 1 case belonged to the Lohas Park site group, 2 cases belonged to the AsiaWorld-Expo (Asian Expo) group, and 1 case belonged to the Lam Tin Tunnel Group. Additionally, there were about 80 preliminary confirmed cases that day.
The new case involved a nurse working at a clinic in North Point, who was diagnosed with her family. The nurse’s last working day was the 8th of this month, and the same day she felt bad. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health, said that some people in the clinic need to be quarantined, and the clinic will also notify relevant patients to undergo tests. virus.
Zhang Zhujun also mentioned that 7 cases have so far been confirmed in Guidong Building, Dongtou Village, Huangdaxian District, in 4 units. However, after a detailed analysis by the Health Protection Center, they found that the cases in 3 units are related cases.The active responsible includes a unit related to the Lohas Park group, a unit related to the group of singing and dancing and a unit related to workplace cases. But out of prudence, authorities will still send test bottles to residents for testing.
Hong Kong Hospital Authority Chief Administrative Manager (Patient Safety and Risk Management) He Wanxia reported that at 9 a.m., 118 confirmed patients had recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours, and a total of 6114 patients have recovered and discharged so far. There are still 1,118 confirmed patients in 22 public hospitals and treatment facilities in the Yaboguan community. Of these, 49 are in critical condition, 61 in serious condition and 1,008 in stable condition. The use of isolation beds and isolation rooms reached 75% and 80% respectively.
In addition, the second round of mandatory testing for employees in residences, homes for the disabled and nursing homes will begin soon. The RAE government has also published the requirements of the Disease Prevention and Control Regulations (Mandatory Tests for Certain Persons) (Chapter 599J) to continue empowering registered physicians for a period of 14 days, from December 12 to December 25. Inside, it is mandatory that anyone suspected of being infected with a new coronary pneumonia according to their clinical judgment is tested. (End up)
