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Coronavirus disease. Latest|About 60 people infected were confirmed by customs officers of North Point Customs Headquarters

2020-07-18T07:54:40.907Z


The third wave of new pneumonia continued to erupt. Hong Kong added 58 confirmed cases yesterday (17 days), 50 local cases, and a cumulative increase of 1,714 cases. The authorities predicted that there will be about 20 preliminary diagnoses yesterday; if today (18 days) More than 41 new confirmed cases will exceed the total number of 1,755 SARS patients in Hong Kong in 2003. According to the news, there are about 60 more confirmed and preliminary confirmed cases today. Today, three staff members of the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Center were initially diagnosed. In addition, a 94-year-old male patient in Ci'an Garden, Ciyun Mountain, died, and a total of 12 people have died so far. It is also understood that a customs officer initially confirmed the diagnosis. He works on the 23rd floor of the North Point Customs Headquarters building.


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Written by: Zheng Cuibi, Li Enci, Zhang Jiamin, Mai Kaiyin, Chen Jiayi, Ma Weijie

2020-07-18 08:00

Date of last update: 2020-07-18 14:52

The third wave of new pneumonia continued to erupt. Hong Kong added 58 confirmed cases yesterday (17 days), 50 local cases, and a cumulative increase of 1,714 cases. The authorities predicted that there will be about 20 preliminary diagnoses yesterday; if today (18 days) More than 41 new confirmed cases will exceed the total number of 1,755 SARS patients in Hong Kong in 2003.

According to the news, there are about 60 more confirmed and preliminary confirmed cases today. Today, three staff members of the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Center were initially diagnosed. In addition, a 94-year-old male patient in Ci'an Garden, Ciyun Mountain, died, and a total of 12 people have died so far. It is also understood that a customs officer initially confirmed the diagnosis. He works on the 23rd floor of the North Point Customs Headquarters building.

[14:45] It is understood that a customs officer working on the 23rd floor of the North Point Customs Headquarters initially diagnosed New Coronary Pneumonia. If the review is positive again, it will be the second infected person. An assistant customs trade control officer was diagnosed on Wednesday (15th).

[14:40] With the third wave of new pneumonia outbreaks in Hong Kong, the government has tightened its anti-epidemic measures again, including tightening the restraint order to ban gatherings of more than four people, and urged the public to avoid going out. On the first weekend when the restrictions on polymerization had tightened, the crowds at the Central Pier were similar to those on weekdays. Some people said that they would take anti-epidemic measures, but they bluntly understood that the islands would not be safer than the urban areas.

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[14:13] It is understood that there are about 60 new diagnoses and preliminary diagnoses added today, that is, the cumulative number of diagnoses will increase from the current 1,714 cases to about 1,770 cases, which may be more than 1,755 people infected with SARS in 2003. .

New Coronary Pneumonia|The 94-year-old man of Yiyuan died in Ciyunshan Center

[12:52] The Hospital Authority announced that one more patient died. The deceased was a 94-year-old man. He and his wife live in Ankang Pavilion, Ci'an Garden, Ciyun Mountain. On weekdays, they will go to the central market of Ciyun Mountain and the park near Ankang Pavilion. He was diagnosed on July 9 and was hospitalized within 10 days.

A spokesperson for Queen Elizabeth Hospital announced today that the 94-year-old patient (diagnosed case No. 1365) passed away at 10:08 today. The patient himself had a long-term illness and was admitted to the emergency department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital on July 9 due to fever and cough. He was subsequently diagnosed with 2019 coronavirus disease and was sent to an isolation ward for treatment. The patient's condition deteriorated on July 13. The hospital communicated with the family about the patient's condition. The patient's family agreed not to perform CPR for the patient if the patient's condition deteriorated again. During the period, the hospital arranged oxygen support for the patient. Passed away this morning.

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Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Center has three civilian staff initially diagnosed, and the center has strengthened disinfection and cleaning. (Provided by readers)

[12:41] A spokesperson for the New Territories West Hospital Network announced that three staff members of the Tuen Mun Eye Centre had initially diagnosed the new coronavirus.

A female clerk from the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Centre went to the staff clinic of Tuen Mun Hospital on July 16 for a positive test of her deep throat saliva sample yesterday (July 17) afternoon. She is now waiting for further test results. This clerk is engaged in logistics in the office on the ground floor of the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Center. Her last day of work is July 15th.

New Coronary Pneumonia|Three clerks of Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Center initially diagnosed. Two of them were working yesterday.

New Territories West Hospital Networking Yesterday afternoon, the staff of the Ophthalmology Center was scheduled to carry out the 2019 coronavirus test after the initial confirmation of the diagnosis. At least 28 have been arranged so far. The staff conducted a test and found that two other clerks working mainly in the underground office were initially diagnosed with 2019 coronavirus disease. The two clerks were at work yesterday and wore masks throughout the work.

[12:34] It is reported that one staff member of the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Centre was diagnosed and two staff members were initially diagnosed. The senior officials of the HA are meeting to discuss the countermeasures, and all eye surgery has been suspended. According to the news, the diagnosed person was a civilian on the ground floor of the Ophthalmology Center.

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[08:00] The third wave of new pneumonia outbreaks in Hong Kong is still erupting, and more than 70% of the isolation wards in public hospitals have been occupied. The Hospital Authority is actively deploying community isolation facilities and can start accepting patients within a few days if necessary. According to a source from the HA, the location of the community isolation facility is the Lei Yue Mun Park Resort in Chai Wan. There are 379 quarantine units in the area. It is actively consulting with the Department of Health to transfer quarantine personnel to other quarantine centers. When the unit is emptied, The Hospital Authority has the ability to activate the facility within 72 hours to receive patients who are recovering steadily and waiting to be discharged.

According to the current epidemic situation, the source believes that the facility will need to be activated within this month. If there are still quarantine personnel who have not moved out, the Lei Yue Mun Park Resort may need to be divided into two parts to allow the diagnosed patients and quarantine personnel to stay.

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[04:15] The government announced early this morning that starting from the 25th of this month, any person arriving in Hong Kong on a civil flight must stop in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines or South Africa 14 days before arriving in Hong Kong. Present the negative certificate of the 2019 coronavirus nucleic acid test conducted within 72 hours and the confirmation letter for quarantine on the 14th of the room reservation at the Hong Kong hotel.

Airlines need to submit relevant certification documents to the Department of Health before the plane arrives in Hong Kong to confirm that each passenger is eligible for entry. Violating airline operators and passengers is a crime and can be sentenced to a maximum fine of 50,000 yuan and imprisonment for 6 months.

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[01:32] The Hong Kong government commissioned the Huasheng Diagnostic Center set up by BGI and China Inspection Co., Ltd. of China National Inspection Group to help detect samples from high-risk groups. A Tai Po resident discovered that someone was rushing to work on the floor of the Taiping Industrial Park and suspected of setting up a deep-throat saliva sample testing center with the words BGI gene printed on the instrument. The district councillor said that the industrial building has a frozen meat factory, a canteen, and a mini warehouse, etc. People are coming and going, worrying about increasing the risk of spreading.

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【01:24】The new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic continues to spread in Hong Kong. Among them, in Jiulong East, where the epidemic is more severe, more residents of Ciyunshan continue to be diagnosed. The nearby residential areas include the Regent Garden in Kowloon Bay, Delang Village in Kai Tak, etc. It was also confirmed. In terms of restaurants, some patients have been to the Grand Jolly in Caiyi Garden, Tanzi Sange Rice Noodles in Lam Tin Kai Tin Shopping Centre, Matcha House in Hollywood Plaza and Lian Feast. In the Dacheng Street market in Wong Tai Sin District, there were also confirmed patients visiting.

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Source: hk1

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