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[Wuhan pneumonia] After Wuhan passengers arrive in Hong Kong and transfer to Japan, the Department of Health needs to track flight KA853

2020-01-24T13:28:02.942Z


Yesterday (23) Japan recorded the second confirmed case of Wuhan's new coronavirus. Huang Jiaqing, director of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, revealed that he had received a notification from Japan that the passenger arrived on the 19th from Wuhan on Cathay Dragon Dragon KA853 on January 19 He then transferred to the Cathay Pacific CX500 and went to Japan. The patient was diagnosed after arriving in Japan. The Hong Kong Department of Health needs to track the passengers and patients who are in close contact with the patient on the first flight. Cathay Pacific responded that it had disinfected the two airliners, notified the relevant crew members and staff, and assisted the authorities in tracing the persons concerned.


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Written by: Chen Qianting

2020-01-24 21:18

Last updated: 2020-01-24 21:18

Yesterday (23) Japan recorded the second confirmed case of Wuhan's new coronavirus. Huang Jiaqing, director of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, revealed that he had received a notification from Japan that the passenger arrived on the 19th from Wuhan on Cathay Dragon Dragon KA853 on January 19 He then transferred to the Cathay Pacific CX500 and went to Japan. The patient was diagnosed after arriving in Japan. The Hong Kong Department of Health needs to track the passengers and patients who are in close contact with the patient on the first flight.

Cathay Pacific responded that it had disinfected the two airliners, notified the relevant crew members and staff, and assisted the authorities in tracing the persons concerned.

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Huang Jiaqing quoted a report from the Japanese authorities that a passenger arrived on the flight from Cathay Dragon Dragon KA853 from Wuhan on January 19, and then transferred to Cathay CX500 to Japan. The patient was diagnosed with the new virus pneumonia in the future. The Hong Kong Department of Health needs to track down the passenger on the first flight KA853 that the patient was on and the patient's close contacts on board.

According to Japanese media reports, the second confirmed case in the local area was a man in his 40s who was a tourist from Wuhan. He had a fever a few days ago and had to seek treatment for a fever until January 20. He was admitted to a hospital in Tokyo. .

Close contacts expect about 20 people

Xu Shuchang, chairman of the Scientific Committee on New Discoveries and Animal Infectious Diseases, said close contacts on the train were defined as the patient's seat row and the passengers in the front and back rows of seats. As for the aircraft, the patient's seat is the center, and the passengers in the two seats within the radius are close contacts. If the patient is sitting in the middle of the aircraft seat, the maximum number of contacts is expected to be 24 people.

Huang Jiaqing (left), director of the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health, pointed out that passengers who arrived on Wuhan flight KA853 on January 19 from Wuhan need to be traced. (Photo by Luo Junhao)

Cathay Pacific has sterilized the two airliners involved

Cathay Pacific responded to media enquiries and stated that it received a notification from the Hong Kong Government this evening that a passenger was confirmed to be infected with a severe respiratory infection associated with the new coronavirus. The passenger took the KA853 flight from Wuhan to Hong Kong on January 19, and then transferred Take the CX500 flight to Tokyo. Cathay Pacific said that it was disinfecting the two airliners in accordance with the instructions of the Centre for Health Protection, notifying relevant crew members and staff, and assisting the authorities to follow up and track those who have close contact with patients. Cathay Pacific will continue to work closely with health authorities on this case.

The confirmed case in Japan was a tourist from Wuhan. He arrived in Hong Kong by KA853 on January 19 and transferred to Tokyo, Japan via Hong Kong. (Profile picture)

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Source: hk1

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