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[Wuhan pneumonia] 68-year-old woman living in Shenzhen, Hong Kong, who is in critical condition and needs a throat ventilator

2020-02-02T10:40:19.756Z


A total of 14 confirmed cases of new pneumonia have been recorded by the Department of Health of Hong Kong to noon today (2nd). A representative of the Hospital Authority revealed that the 7th case of a 68-year-old female patient in Hong Kong had changed from severe to critical condition. The lung piece is "good flower", you need to insert your throat to use the ventilator. Two other male patients were in serious condition and three were treated with ribavirin and protease inhibitors. The other 11 were in stable condition.


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Written by: Chen Qianting

2020-02-02 18:28

Last updated: 2020-02-02 18:28

A total of 14 confirmed cases of new pneumonia have been recorded by the Department of Health of Hong Kong to noon today (2nd). A representative of the Hospital Authority revealed that the 7th case of a 68-year-old female patient in Hong Kong had changed from severe to critical condition. The lung piece is "good flower", you need to insert your throat to use the ventilator. Two other male patients were in serious condition and three were treated with ribavirin and protease inhibitors. The other 11 were in stable condition.

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Zhuang Huimin, Chief Administrative Manager (Infection and Emergency Affairs) of the Hospital Authority, revealed that as of 12 noon today, there were 14 confirmed cases of new viral pneumonia in Hong Kong. However, there is another preliminary diagnosis, and one may also be confirmed.

Critically ill patient arrived in Wuhan from Luohu via Shenzhen on the first day of Wuhan

The seventh case, a 68-year-old female patient, is in critical condition and is hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Zhuang Huimin said that the patient's condition deteriorated yesterday (1st) and he needed to smell oxygen. However, in the past 24 hours, the patient's "pulmonary flower" became more and more serious and needed to be transferred to the intensive care unit. The oxygen demand also increased, so she decided to use a ventilator for her throat.

According to the information provided by the Department of Health, the female patient lived in Shenzhen and visited her family in Wuhan during the incubation period without going to wet markets or exposing to wild animals. The patient developed fever and cough since January 21. He came to Hong Kong from Luohu Port in Shenzhen on January 25 and was intercepted by the port health department staff. The fever was 40 degrees Celsius. He was sent to the North District Hospital for admission and quarantine. Treatment at Princess Margaret Hospital. It is alleged that the patient's husband lives in Shenzhen and has no home contacts in Hong Kong.

Zhuang Huimin, chief administrative manager (infection and emergency affairs) of the Hospital Authority, said that a 68-year-old female patient is currently in critical condition. (Photo by Zhang Haowei)

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In addition, the second case of a 56-year-old male patient and the tenth case of a 72-year-old male patient were in serious condition. Zhuang Huimin revealed that the second patient's condition has been severe in the past few days and has remained in the intensive care department. The situation has improved in the past two days and no longer needs to be Smell of oxygen is still under observation in the ICU. The 72-year-old male patient in the 10th case is now in worse condition than before. The degree of "pulmonary flower" has increased. He needs to smell oxygen but does not need to insert a throat.

According to the information of the Department of Health, the second case patient was a Hong Kong person living in Tianyuhai, Ma'anshan, and the tenth case patient was a Wuhan person who came to Hong Kong from Wuhan and lived with his wife for a few days at the W Hotel in Hong Kong. Confirmed.

Zhuang Huimin pointed out that the above three patients were all treated with ribavirin and protease inhibitors, but the treatment is still short-term, it is difficult to say whether the drug has any effect, and the patient's condition will be closely monitored. Including the lectures of Professor Guo-Yuan Yuan of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong and Professor Xu Shuchang of the Respiratory Department of the University of Hong Kong. As for the remaining 11 patients, the situation is stable.

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Source: hk1

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