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[New crown pneumonia] The number of confirmed cases exceeds the 600 mark and transmission groups increase

2020-03-29T17:39:24.972Z


The epidemic of new-type coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) in Hong Kong is severe. According to the latest information from the Department of Health, there were 59 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong on Sunday (29th), among which there were different groups of infections. Among them, 7 more people in the bar and musician group were infected today. The number of confirmed cases has increased to 60, which is equivalent to 10% of the confirmed cases in Hong Kong. In addition, a family of four was infected together, and several cases had returned to Hong Kong on the same flight, which was classified as epidemiologically related.


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Written by: Wang Jie'en Yuan Yuan

2020-03-30 01:33

Last updated: 2020-03-30 01:34

The epidemic of new-type coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) in Hong Kong is severe. According to the latest information from the Department of Health, there were 59 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong on Sunday (29th), among which there were different groups of infections. Among them, 7 more people in the bar and musician group were infected today. The number of confirmed cases has increased to 60, which is equivalent to 10% of the confirmed cases in Hong Kong. In addition, a family of four was infected together, and several cases had returned to Hong Kong on the same flight, which was classified as epidemiologically related.

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A family of four infected fathers first hit

In the new cases, a family of four was diagnosed. The four of them lived at the same address, Block A, Jardine's Ferry Building, Happy Valley.

According to the data, the three new patients were two women and one man on Sunday. A 14-year-old boy (613 cases) had studied in the UK and returned to Hong Kong on March 15th. He had headaches on the 24th. On the same day, 11-year-old girls (612 cases) who did not travel abroad also developed cold symptoms. Three days later, a 47-year-old woman (case 622) suspected of being a mother also developed sore throat, and all three were confirmed today.

However, a 48-year-old man (case 467) suspected to be his father was diagnosed first after the boy returned to Hong Kong. He became ill on March 26 and did not travel outside during the incubation period. The boy was suspected to be in a dormant period Infect a family.

Some patients had visited Langham Place on the day of onset. (Profile picture)

Six cases of passive hair disease visited Langham Place on the same day

In addition, there are now six confirmed cases of no source in Hong Kong today. They are the 585, 586, 610, 611, 632 and 637 cases respectively. None of them had travel history and were not associated with the group or confirmed cases to date.

Among them, the 611 case of a 56-year-old female patient went to Langham Place on the day of the onset (March 24). She had a fever and sore throat that day. She arrived at the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital the next day and lived at No. 4, Argyle Street, Mong Kok. Asia Building.

The remaining five cases, the 585th case, a 28-year-old female patient, lived in Block B, Wing Tak Building, Wan Chai; the 586th case, the 38-year-old male patient, lived in Block 1, Bayshore, Tai Kok Tsui; the 610th case, a 35-year-old female patient, lived in Gewei Village, Nanliao, Tai Wai; 77th-year-old male patient living in the 632th case, living in Siu Fu Court, Siu Fung Court, Tuen Mun; 28th-year-old male living in the 637th case, living in Daxi House, Po Tat Estate.

Cathay Pacific Airways diagnoses fever before returning to Hong Kong

An additional flight attendant was confirmed in Hong Kong. The newly added 641 case was Cathay Pacific Airways, living in the UK and returning from London by flight CX256. He arrived in Hong Kong on the 27th of this month and went to Cathay City the next day. He developed symptoms early before returning to Hong Kong (26th) and developed muscle pain and bone pain.

A Cathay Pacific airman living in the UK was diagnosed. (Profile picture)

Bar and musician group adds 7 more confirmed

Among the new cases, 7 were related to bars and musician groups. Among the 627 cases, a 67-year-old woman was an employee of Central Bar Insomnia. She had no travel history, and she was asymptomatic. The information showed that she was a long-term patient. No. 635 is an employee of Dusk till Dawn of Wan Chai Bar. The former is a 40-year-old woman with a long-term illness. She became ill on March 26 with symptoms of diarrhea. She traveled to Macau from March 22 to 27. Seek medical attention. Case 638 was also an employee of Dusk Till Dawn, with no travel history.

In addition, the 614 cases of 31-year-old men, 615 cases of 28-year-old women and 625 cases of 51-year-old men were all customers of Tsim Sha Tsui Bar All Night Long. None of them had any travel history. The 614 cases had a fever on March 27, the 615 cases had a cough, sore throat, runny nose and loss of smell on March 23, and the 625 cases had muscle pain symptoms on March 24. The 32-year-old man in case 630 was a bar band performer. This case lived with the musicians diagnosed earlier, namely case 432. In summary and close contacts, fever began on March 28.

The bar and musician group was infected by 7 more people today, and the number of confirmed patients in the group has increased to 60 so far. (Profile picture)

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New patients return to Hong Kong on the same flight as multiple cases

The 49-year-old woman in case 631 developed cough symptoms on March 27. She visited the United Kingdom on March 6 and returned to Hong Kong on the 18th. Information from the Department of Health revealed that she had epidemiological links with several earlier confirmed persons. After reviewing the information, at least two of the patients connected to her flew back to Hong Kong from New Delhi on the CX698. They were the 28-year-old man (seat 18A) in the 396th case and the 60-year-old man (seat 18D in the 464th case). ), The seat of the two is very close. In the 354th case, the 50-year-old man returned to Hong Kong after traveling overseas on March 18, but his flight information is temporarily unknown.

In addition, the 49-year-old woman in the 634 case and the 333 case showed epidemiological significance. Both of them had gone to Germany and returned to Hong Kong on March 15. The two reported that their addresses were both at Gadoli Building, Prince Edward Road West. I believe it is a family. Similar cases include the 590th and 596th cases. Among them, the 56-year-old lady in the 590 case lived in Hong Lee Court, Kwun Tong with 572 cases, and had been to the UK before returning to Hong Kong on March 25. The 66-year-old woman in the 596 case was sent to the quarantine center. She is believed to be the wife of the 69-year-old man in the 159 case. Both of them had traveled to the UK, Spain and France and returned to Hong Kong on the CX260 on March 13. Return to Hong Kong.

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Source: hk1

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