[Wuhan pneumonia] The second confirmed case in Hong Kong has no fever. Xu Shuchang: Rarely.

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Written by: Hu Jiaxin

2020-01-23 08:49

Two highly suspected cases of new coronavirus infection occurred in Hong Kong. The second case was a 56-year-old retired man who had been to Wuhan. He returned to Hong Kong on the 19th and had no fever. Two days later, he was consulted for a lung film with flowers. Guidelines. Xu Shuchang, Chair Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the Chinese University, said this morning that he had participated in a meeting of the World Health Organization when he was interviewed by Radio Television of Hong Kong this millennium. He pointed out that only 1% of previous SARS cases had no fever, and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ) The case was 2% without fever. It is believed that most of the pneumonia cases in Wuhan this time have fever symptoms, so the second case in Hong Kong is relatively "rare". The government should be careful about loopholes in epidemic prevention.

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As for the first case, a 39-year-old mainland man who arrived by high-speed rail from Wuhan via Shenzhen to Hong Kong, currently high-speed rail passengers do not need to fill out a health declaration form, just to measure their body temperature. Xu Shuchang believes that with the increasing number of infections, frequent entry and exit, the government You can consider asking passengers to fill out a health declaration form, but emphasize that at the same time manpower needs to be allocated to the Department of Health, otherwise the declaration form does not have sufficient manpower to check, and the preventive effect may not be achieved. He also pointed out that filling out the declaration form is more subjective, and "there is no guarantee that the capital is sufficient" unless there is a punishment mechanism.

Xu Shuchang, Chair Professor of Respiratory Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. (Profile picture)

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