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[Wuhan pneumonia] Mainland provinces, cities and provinces fall behind experts advocate passengers on mainland flights must declare health

2020-01-21T23:04:07.242Z


The number of confirmed cases of new-type coronavirus pneumonia in the Mainland has exceeded 300. The Hong Kong Government started yesterday (21st) to request passengers from Wuhan arriving flights to fill out a health declaration. Although no one was reported to be ill on the first flight under the new measures, a boy had a fever. Failure to pass the temperature test requires further testing. Kong Fanyi, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, believes that the current epidemic situation has spread to all provinces and cities in the Mainland, and there may be cases of infection. The Hong Kong government should expand the scope of health declarations. All passengers arriving on the mainland and trains need to fill in health Declaration form. Concerning the Hong Kong Government's view that health declaration is difficult to implement at the West Kowloon High Speed ​​Rail Station, Kong Fanyi countered his claim that passengers had time to fill in the high speed rail and that the declaration form should be as simple as possible so that passengers could complete it within 30 seconds.


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Written by: Chen Qianting

2020-01-22 07:00

Last updated: 2020-01-22 07:00

The number of confirmed cases of new-type coronavirus pneumonia in the Mainland has exceeded 300. The Hong Kong Government started yesterday (21st) to request passengers from Wuhan arriving flights to fill out a health declaration. Although no one was reported to be ill on the first flight under the new measures, a boy had a fever. Failure to pass the temperature test requires further testing.

Kong Fanyi, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, believes that the current epidemic situation has spread to all provinces and cities in the Mainland, and there may be cases of infection. The Hong Kong government should expand the scope of health declarations. All passengers arriving on the mainland and trains need to fill in health Declaration form.

Concerning the Hong Kong Government's view that health declaration is difficult to implement at the West Kowloon High Speed ​​Rail Station, Kong Fanyi countered his claim that passengers had time to fill in the high speed rail and that the declaration form should be as simple as possible so that passengers could complete it within 30 seconds.

As of 11 pm on the 21st, the total number of confirmed and suspected cases in the Asia-Pacific region. (Hong Kong 01 drawing)

The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province continued to spread. As of midnight on the 21st, the number of infections on both sides of the Taiwan Strait increased to 319; with the exception of Taiwan's first diagnosis, the remaining six provinces and four municipalities across the Mainland have confirmed cases, including Hubei Province. Occupied 270 cases.

Wuhan announced another 60 confirmed cases yesterday, with the death toll increased by 2 and the cumulative increase to 6. Another 12 cases in Hubei Province were the first non-Wuhan patients in Hubei, of which 5 were medical staff. Confirmed cases were recorded in Thailand, Japan and South Korea, and all patients were Wuhan tourists.

Yuan Guoyong: Most worried about a community outbreak

Yuan Guoyong, a member of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission from Wuhan and chair professor of infectious disease at the Department of Microbiology, School of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, said yesterday that according to the epidemic chart, the new coronavirus initially had sporadic cases, most of which were related to southern China. The seafood wholesale market is likely to be transmitted from animals to humans; then it enters the second wave, where nearly half of the patients surround the area of ​​the South China Seafood Wholesale Market, and some patients appear in other areas; it may now enter the third wave, between family members and The spread of the hospital began to appear, and it can be confirmed after another 14 days of observation.

He said he was most worried that a community outbreak would cause a situation similar to SARS; he hoped that adequate epidemic prevention measures would prevent this situation before he had fully entered the third wave. He also believed that the outbreak was not out of control.

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Kong Fanyi, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said in an interview with "Hong Kong 01" that infection cases may occur in all provinces and cities in the Mainland. The Hong Kong Government should expand the scope of health declarations. A health declaration form is required, and passengers must have a temperature detector when transiting. He believes that this can find as many suspected cases as possible, effectively reduce the number of imported cases, and isolate them as soon as possible in order to reduce the risk of transmission.

Kong Fanyi, Assistant Dean of the University of Hong Kong School of Medicine and Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine. (Photo / Photo by Wu Zhongkun)

I believe that it is not difficult for high-speed rail passengers to fill out health declarations

The Hong Kong government started to implement health declaration on the non-stop flights from Wuhan to Hong Kong on Tuesday (21st), but the new measures have not been applied to high-speed rail services. Chen Hanyi, the director of the Department of Health, explained that Wuhan does not have high-speed trains arriving in Hong Kong, and it is difficult to screen passengers from Wuhan. Too many people staying at the station also affect epidemic prevention. Therefore, it is considered that health declaration is difficult to implement in high-speed rail.

To ensure that passengers can complete the form within 30 seconds

Kong Fanyi countered his argument, saying that passengers can fill in the form when taking the high-speed rail, and the declaration form should be as simple as possible. The information to be filled in only needs to include name, phone number, address, where to arrive from the port, etc. The choice of fever and respiratory symptoms should be completed within 30 seconds. I believe it is not difficult to achieve.

Restricting movement of people in Wuhan is helpful for epidemic control

The Spring Festival in the Mainland has begun, and the authorities have restricted Wuhan tour groups from going out. Yuan Guoyong, a professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, also urged Hong Kong people not to go to Wuhan unless necessary. Kong Fanyi acknowledged that it is difficult to control the spread of the virus and the Spring Festival has increased the chance of transmission, but most cases are still concentrated in Wuhan. It is believed that restricting the movement of local people will still help the epidemic control.

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[Wuhan Pneumonia] Mainland expert Lai Weiwen, a senior from the Hospital Authority, has also worn a mask:

[Wuhan pneumonia] No declaration of discomfort, but was reported to have fever

[Wuhan pneumonia] New coronavirus spreads in China

[Wuhan Pneumonia 1.21] A total of 318 people have been diagnosed in 10 provinces and cities in the Mainland

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Source: hk1

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