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Written by: Li Enci
2020-01-26 23:18
Last updated: 2020-01-26 23:18The outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan caused by the new coronavirus has spread to more than 2,000 confirmed cases across the country. At least eight confirmed or preliminary confirmed cases have been temporarily recorded in Hong Kong.
Yuan Guoyong, a professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, said that the symptoms of some patients are very small. It is difficult to estimate the number of "invisible patients" in Hong Kong, and the virus is distributed in the community at any time. He urged the public to take precautionary measures against epidemics, and they should wear surgical masks when they go out and bring alcohol hand rub. Yuan Xu said, "Hong Kong must win, and the most important thing is to be the world or the whole of China, the place with the fewest cases, the least patient deaths, and the least number of medical staff infected." It is no longer useful.
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Yuan Guoyong said that the research team he led published a study in the international medical journal "Acupuncture Needles". In one case, a family of six came to Wuhan. Five of them became infected. One of them had no fever at all, but his body had frosty glass. The other two had fever in the early stages of the disease, but they had "no fever and no cough" when they sought medical treatment. They also had frosty glass-like conditions in the lungs, indicating that some patients had mild or no symptoms. He also said that the number of "hidden patients" is difficult to estimate, but the virus is distributed in the community at any time.
When Yuan Guoyong analyzed the epidemic, he divided it into five stages. The first stage was that people who had been exposed to wildlife in Wuhan became infected; the second stage was that the patients infected their families; the third stage was that people were infected in the hospital and then transmitted to their families; The fourth stage is that patients from Wuhan are imported to other cities or countries; the final stage is that people who have never been exposed to Wuhan patients begin to contract the disease, representing the virus's rooting in the community. He stressed that Hong Kong must prevent the last stage.
Professor Guo-Yuan Yuan, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong. (Profile picture / Photo by Ou Jiale)
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Yuan Guoyong urged the public to take precautionary measures against epidemics. All people should wear surgical masks when they go out. Bring hand rubbing alcohol with them and clean their hands before touching the eyes, nose, and mouth. He went on to say that preventive measures must be taken until summer is approaching, because the virus is easy to die at 30 degrees, and the infectivity will be greatly reduced. He said, "Hong Kong must win, and the most important thing is to be the world, or the country with the least cases, the least patient deaths, and the fewest medical staff infected, so that we are satisfied."
Regarding the city ’s hotly-closed entry point to the Mainland, Yuan Guoyong said that border control cannot be used now; he emphasized that he did not oppose this approach, but admitted that it was no longer useful because 200,000 mainlanders have come to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year After the Spring Festival holiday, tens of thousands of people will come to Hong Kong from Southeast Asia and other regions and stay for a few days before going to the Mainland. "What's the use of the home lock (border)?"
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