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Written by: Lao Minyi
2021-01-21 18:16
Last update date: 2021-01-21 19:23
The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to spread in public hospitals. Yu Huiling, the chief administrative manager of the Hospital Authority, said today (21st) that a nurse working in the isolation ward of the North District Hospital was diagnosed yesterday, and 4 nurses were listed as close contacts. After follow-up, it was found that a nurse from Tuen Mun Hospital and a nurse from Queen Elizabeth Hospital had eaten with the confirmed nurse.
Among them, the nurses of the Iraqi hospital have been initially positive after testing, and 5 more nurses and 1 clerks are required to be quarantined.
Yu Huiling urged that regardless of returning to work or vacation, doctors and nurses should try their best to avoid gatherings. She also hopes that during the Lunar New Year period, she "bears forbearance", maintains social distance and avoids gatherings.
▼The government issued a mandatory inspection order to the ``Miaojie Epidemic Area''▼
Yu Huiling said that a nurse in the rehabilitation ward of Tuen Mun Hospital and a nurse in the general ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital were found to have a meal with the nurse (#9854) of the North District Hospital who announced the preliminary diagnosis yesterday.
Among them, a nurse at Queen Elizabeth Hospital tested positive yesterday. She was asymptomatic. Yesterday was the last day to go to work. She wore suitable protective equipment during work and had no high-risk procedures. Therefore, no patients were classified as close contacts.
However, the nurse had a meal with colleagues on January 19 and 20, so 5 nurses in the same hospital and 1 clerk required quarantine.
Yu also pointed out that the North District Hospital conducted epidemiological follow-up on confirmed nurses, tested and collected 69 environmental samples for internal medicine colleagues, all of which were negative.
Nurses in Tuen Mun Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital infected with the virus
A nurse (#9868) from the Tuen Mun Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics was diagnosed today. Yesterday, she went to the staff clinic for sore throat and cough, and the test result was positive.
The nurse has been on vacation on January 15 and is responsible for administrative work. There is no need to contact the patient, so no colleagues and patients are listed as close contacts.
In addition, a nurse at Princess Margaret Hospital made a preliminary diagnosis. He was diagnosed by a family member and was sent for quarantine on January 16. Two days later, he felt unwell. However, the deep throat saliva sample was negative. A preliminary diagnosis was found yesterday.
After contact tracing in the hospital, it was found that the nurse had a meal with a colleague for half an hour before receiving the notification from his family. Although there was a board separation and no chat, the colleague was listed as a close friend for the sake of caution. Contacts.
Faced with the recent diagnosis of multiple doctors and nurses, Yu Huiling said that she would make appropriate changes depending on the manpower, but she reminded her colleagues to avoid eating together, especially since there are currently many cases asymptomatic and will not know whether she has been infected or not, even during the Chinese New Year. Don't party.
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