[Wuhan Pneumonia] CUHK female students who went to Wuhan to enter the dormitory with fever and protective clothing

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Written by: Yang Wanting

2020-01-05 21:55

An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause has occurred in Wuhan in the Mainland. So far, there have been 16 cases in Hong Kong where fever, respiratory tract infection or pneumonia occurred within 14 days. The epidemic situation was not clear. A female student of the Chinese University had fever and symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection after going to Wuhan. She was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital for treatment. In the net photo, people wearing protective clothing entered and exited the lobby of the United College's Bethlehem dormitory. The reporter saw that all the students wore masks and the lobby was believed to have just been cleaned. Some students disclosed that they initially knew that someone had a fever in the dormitory and had been sent to hospital for treatment. "Hong Kong 01" is learning about the incident at CUHK.

The boarder wears a mask. (Photo by Lin Zhenhua)

The reporter went to the Bethlehem dormitory of CUHK United College to find out that there were no people wearing protective clothing in the lobby, but all the students in the dormitory wore masks. A "slip carefully" sign was placed next to the gate, suspecting that the floor had just been cleaned.

It is understood that the female student who was sent to the hospital was 20 years old and reported that she had fever-grade symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection and had visited Wuhan within 14 days before the onset of the disease. "Apple Daily" quoted that the woman went to a private hospital for treatment from about 9 am to 11 am this morning. After registering her personal information, the medical staff at the triage station asked the woman for symptoms. I have never been to a wet market or seafood market in Wuhan. Someone told her she needed to go to a public hospital and asked her to leave. A medical staff member later called her to understand the situation. She said that she did not want to go to a public hospital in the urban area of ​​Mong Kok, and stated that she planned to return to the Mainland and would not seek medical treatment.

The Information Services Department replied that the Centre for Health Protection had not received any relevant notifications, but immediately contacted the hospital to follow up after learning of the case, and successfully contacted the patient and sent him to the hospital. The patient was a 20-year-old woman who reported fever-grade symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection and had visited Wuhan within 14 days before the onset of the disease. The CHP had arranged for her to be sent to Prince of Wales Hospital for further treatment.

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