[Diamond Princess] News: Male returned to Hong Kong to be diagnosed with fever

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Written by: Cui Zheng Zheng

2020-02-22 18:55

The "Wuhan pneumonia" epidemic has continued, with at least 69 confirmed cases in Hong Kong so far. It is understood that a 68-year-old man who was delivered from Queensland Village, Fo Tan to Queen Elizabeth Hospital this morning (22), tested positive for the virus. This man was a passenger of the Diamond Princess and the first group to return to Hong Kong from a government charter flight from Japan. He and his family returned to Hong Kong the day before yesterday (20th) and lived in the quarantine center of Junyang Village. In other words, the man was the first Hong Kong person to be initially diagnosed after returning from the Diamond Princess Japan.

It is reported that the man was required to take blood pressure-lowering and cardiology drugs. When he measured his temperature by himself yesterday, he had found a fever and had taken antipyretics without any notice. When the temperature was measured by a doctor at the quarantine centre this morning, it was recorded at about 37 degrees Celsius. As a precaution, the centre arranged an ambulance to take him to the hospital for examination.

On February 22, an ambulance picked up a 68-year-old man from the Queensland Quarantine Center to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. (Photo by Deng Bailiang)

Yesterday's fever of 38.2 degrees

Sources said that a 68-year-old man who was sent from Queenstown Village to Queen Elizabeth Hospital this morning was positive for the virus test results. In other words, this man was the first port of Hong Kong to be initially diagnosed after returning from Diamond Princess Japan. people.

It is understood that this man is a retired person. He and his wife and other relatives and friends, a group of 14 people earlier visited the cruise Princess Diamond. He was one of the first people to return to Hong Kong from a government charter flight from Japan. After returning to Hong Kong with his family the day before yesterday, he lived in the quarantine center of Junyang Village.

It is reported that the man was required to take blood pressure lowering and cardiology medicines. He took a self-measurement of body temperature yesterday and recorded 38.2 degrees Celsius, and had taken antipyretics. So far, a doctor at the quarantine center has measured his body temperature for another day. degree. As a precaution, the centre arranged an ambulance to take him to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for testing. He was sent to hospital at 11 am this morning.

The first batch of Hong Kong people who returned to Hong Kong from a government charter flight from Japan totaled 106 people. Together with Hong Kong people who returned to Hong Kong by themselves and arrived in Hong Kong this morning, a total of 208 Diamond Princess passengers have now entered the Foshan Junyang Village Quarantine Center.

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