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Written by: Chen Qianting
2020-07-08 20:35
Last update date: 2020-07-08 20:35The third wave of the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in Hong Kong has hit, the group of Ciyunshan Gangtai Care Center added 8 confirmed cases today (8th), together with the residents diagnosed yesterday (7th), there have been 5 A total of 9 people were diagnosed in the hospital and 4 staff members.
The CHP disclosed that one of the diagnosed staff members was a cleaner. In addition to cleaning the nursing home on the ground, another nursing home with the same name must be cleaned upstairs. In addition, the two nursing homes live in staff quarters with the staff of the third nursing home and Yuhua nursing home in the same district. The Department of Health will conduct virus testing for the three nursing homes.
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After the first confirmed case of Hong Kong's residential care facility was recorded yesterday, 8 more people were diagnosed in the same residential care facility today. The involved Hong Kong-Thai Care Center is located on the ground floor of Yongfa Building in Pumingli, Ciyun Mountain, and the same building is upstairs. There is another nursing home with the same name.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection, said that seven of the diagnosed residents and staff live and work in the nursing home on the ground, but one of the infected staff is a cleaner who will shuttle upstairs and downstairs. The two nursing homes work, and the nursing home staff upstairs also need to be tested for viruses.
All three nursing homes have employees who are living together must be tested
As for another Yuhua Nursing Home in the same area as Hong Kong and Thailand, Zhang Zhujun said that Yuhua and Hongtai are different in their heads, and their employees will not "walk on both sides", but Yuhua and Hongtai have two The employees live in the staff dormitory located in Gaomei Building, so the authorities will also conduct tests for Yuhua Nursing Home staff. Zhang added that the two Hong Kong-Thailand nursing homes have a total of about 100 people, while Yuhua has an unknown number. Some elderly people have difficulty in collecting samples. It may take a day or two for the test results to be available.
The authorities arranged for the transfer of the residents of the Hong Kong and Thailand Nursing Home to the Hong Kong Injury and Health Association Jockey Club Injury Camp for quarantine. Zhang Zhujun revealed that three visitors who had rushed into the nursing home to see their relatives and friends were also regarded as close Contacts need to be isolated at the quarantine center.
Zhang Zhujun said that he is cooperating with the Social Welfare Department to simplify the inspection process for residential staff. (Photo by Luo Junhao)
The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, revealed yesterday that since mid-May, tests have been conducted for the staff of nursing homes in Hong Kong, and all about 3,000 samples have been negative.
Randomly collect samples of three employees in the nursing home for testing
Zhang Zhujun said that due to the impact of the outbreak, the government has launched a one-time test covering about 1,000 nursing homes in Hong Kong. Randomly collected samples from three employees in the nursing home for testing, and the results were all negative. The authorities have considered whether the staff of the institution should be tested repeatedly. However, if the staff of the institution are unwell, a doctor will go to the institution to see the person in charge, staff and members of the institution, and they can take samples for testing.
Zhang Xu pointed out that in order to facilitate the testing of the staff of the residential care homes, he will work with the Social Welfare Department to send sample bottles to the homes to speed up the diagnosis of those diagnosed.
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