[Wuhan Pneumonia] Deputy Director of the Food and Health Administration Xu Deyi led a delegation to Wuhan to inspect the epidemic on Monday

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Written by: Zheng Baosheng

2020-01-11 19:45

A new outbreak of pneumonia occurred in Wuhan. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission announced this morning (11th) that it has initially diagnosed a new coronavirus infection. Yuan Guoyong, chair professor of the Department of Microbiology, School of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, said that the new coronavirus is nearly 80% similar to the SARS virus.

Xu Deyi, deputy director of the Food and Health Bureau, will lead a delegation to Wuhan on Monday, January 13.

The Food and Health Bureau said that under the arrangement of the National Health and Health Committee, Xu Deyi, together with representatives from the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority, will travel to Wuhan, Hubei on January 13 to learn about the situation of Wuhan pneumonia case groups, prevention and control measures, and Clinical treatment, and will return to Hong Kong on January 14.

Xu Shuchang, chair professor of the Department of Respiratory Diseases at the Chinese University of China, said in an interview with "Hong Kong 01" that the new coronavirus may infect wild animals, then cause genetic mutations and then infect humans. He pointed out that the mainland government needs to carry out a lot of investigations, such as tracing wild game supply chains and transportation routes. He admits that the job is not easy, because selling game is illegal. He also said that according to current information, the new coronavirus has not spread to the Wuhan community and the situation in Hong Kong is still safe.

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