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Author: Zheng Qiuling
2020-03-03 09:01
Last updated: 2020-03-03 09:01The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) continued to spread, and the number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong exceeded 101. An 88-year-old male patient from the elderly home in Aidong Village, Shau Kei Wan, was initially weakly positive for the new coronavirus, and was negative after review.
The Chairman of the Hong Kong Medical Association for Infectious and Infectious Diseases, Dr Wong Tin Woo, said this morning (3rd) on the Hong Kong radio program "Millennium" that a preliminary test for weak positives may not necessarily lead to the conclusion that the patient had a virus. He mentioned that referring to data from the Mainland, the elderly are key high-risk persons, and measures must be strengthened to prevent community transmission from being brought into institutions.
Chen Zhiyu, chairman of the Hong Kong Elderly Care Association, said that since January, families have been notified to reduce the number of visits by 90% and arrange video calls. In terms of epidemic prevention supplies, residential care homes for the elderly have been very inadequate. Stocks of masks remain tight.
▼ Elderly homes in Aidong Village, Shaukeiwan were once weak positive cases ▼
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The Chairman of the Hong Kong Medical Association for Infectious and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Huang Tianyou, said that the number of confirmed cases is increasing, and the community in Hong Kong has unknown sources of the virus. In addition, many countries have been affected by the epidemic, which shows that the virus is highly transmitted. When asked if New Coronary Pneumonia has become a "global pandemic", he said that the United States believes it is imminent, but the WHO has not made an announcement, but experts from various places are expected to become an epidemic, and the vaccine must be blocked and developed in time to reduce the severity. Case.
As for some patients whose initial test results were weak positive and confirmed negative after review, he pointed out that it may not be possible to conclude that a weak positive indicates that the patient had a virus, and also refers to the mainland data. Elders need to pay attention to it, and patients with chronic diseases have a higher death rate. Rate, it is necessary to strengthen measures to prevent community transmission from bringing into the home, such as avoiding meals in meal arrangements.
Chen Zhiyu, chairman of the Hong Kong Elderly Care Association, said that the residential care homes for the elderly have been alert. Since January, families have been notified to reduce visits and arrange video calls to avoid crowding people. In addition, visitors are required to take temperature measurements, wear masks and wash their hands. The number of visitors decreased by 90%. At present, the elderly in the homes do not need to wear masks, but reduce collective activities. For example, the elderly do not often leave the homes without a high risk, and the homes also try to arrange for the elderly to have meals at different times. In terms of epidemic prevention supplies, residential care homes for the elderly used to be very short-cut masks, which depended on mutual assistance between the homes and external donations. However, the current stock of masks is still tight.
Ms. Yang, who works in residential care homes for the elderly, said that although the inmates have separate rooms, they are actually separated by fences and are not worried about the safety of their work. She hopes that the outside world will understand that some elderly people may not be able to keep up with some epidemic prevention recommendations. For example, it may take time for the elderly to swallow and it will not shorten the feeding time.
▼ More than 70,000 people infected with pneumonia across the country have not passed down ▼
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