Burst
Written by: Lu Jiayu Wang Yiyang
2020-03-14 18:15
Last updated: 2020-03-14 20:44The epidemic of a new coronavirus pneumonia commonly known as "Wuhan pneumonia" continues. Three new cases of infection were reported in Hong Kong today (14th). A 59-year-old man lived in Hengtai House, Fuheng Village, Tai Po, and was confirmed with an earlier Egyptian tour group. Two of the group members live in Unit 13 in the same building in the same building. The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health said that an intergovernmental department team would be present to understand the route of infection. At 6:56 pm, more than ten people including the lecturer Yuan Guoyong of the Department of Microbiology, the University of Hong Kong, and Zhang Zhujun, director of the infectious disease department of the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health, entered the Hengtai Building to learn about the situation.
At nearly 8 pm, Yuan Guoyong and Zhang Zhujun left the Hengtai Building and went to the Fuheng Village Management Office to find out. During this time, they did not respond to media questions. Police officers were present at the scene of Fuheng Village. A tourist bus and a 16-seater minibus were on standby.
Yuan Guoyong and Zhang Zhujun left Hengtai Building at 8 o'clock in the evening to get to know the Fuheng Village Management Office. (Photo by Wang Yiyang)
More than ten people, including a lecturer from the University of Hong Kong University of Microbiology Yuan Guoyong, entered the Hengtai Building. (Photo by Wang Yiyang)
At 5 pm, two AFCD personnel wearing full protective clothing entered the Hengtai Building. One of them was holding a plastic box, and then a Brazilian turtle was seized. There are cleaners cleaning the main entrance of the building. Ms. Gong, a resident who lives in the same building as the middle-level unit in Hengtai Building, pointed out that someone from the Housing Department went to her unit to check the canals and pipes for about half an hour and took pictures. Ms. Gong also said that if the government requires the same seat to be isolated from the residents, "there is no way, it's all for our own safety." She also said that if you leave the unit tonight, you will have nowhere to stay, and you will wash the floor with bleach.
[New Crown Pneumonia in Fuheng Village] The cleaning staff performed cleaning at the main entrance of Hengtai Building in Fuheng Village. (Photo by Wang Yiyang)
AFCD officers seized a Brazilian turtle at the confirmed unit. (Courtesy of He Weilin)
On-site news indicated that the two confirmed units involved were units 3213 and 3413, of which the upper unit 3413 was the unit in which the man with confirmed case No. 140 was living today. District member He Weilin went to the high-level diagnosis unit of Hengtai Building to understand the situation. He pointed out that the cleaning staff had just arrived at the unit for disinfection. The AFCD staff arrived and took a Brazilian turtle from the unit. According to the staff of the Department of Health, Will be present at 6 o'clock. He pointed out that it was known that there were still residents present in the unit.
It is understood that Hengtai Building has confirmed two 13-bedroom units on the upper floor of the three-person residential building. (Photo by Wang Yiyang)
The patient at Heng Tai House, Fu Heng Estate, Tai Po was a 59-year-old man. He was diagnosed with case No. 140 in Hong Kong. The patient lived with his wife and son. He had problems with his lumbar bones. Most of the time he stayed home or went to a fast food restaurant for breakfast. Some Salvation Army will deliver meals for him. The patient started coughing on the 10th of this month, went to the Wells Hospital for X-rays, and took a taxi to the emergency department of the Nethersole Hospital on the 12th of this month. A deep throat saliva sample was taken and tested yesterday, and the diagnosis is confirmed to this day.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that the patient and the couple who had been diagnosed by the Egyptian tour group earlier (cases 119 and 124) lived in unit 13 facing the same block of Hengtai Building. Zhang Zhujun said that he was worried about this case, and that the government's inter-departmental team will come to Fuheng Village to find out how to resolve the infection. Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the residents diagnosed in the two units did not know each other, and would understand environmental factors including whether the unit's hoses were installed in sequence or whether three people had contacted such as in the elevator.
On March 14, Dr. Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Health Protection, Department of Health, and Dr. Liu Jiaxian, Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, met with reporters. (Photo by Li Zetong)
The same seat in the Kangmei Building was confirmed to 4 people in the two units.
The incident is reminiscent of the case of Kangmei Building, Changkang Village, Tsing Yi. Last month, four residents living in Room A07 on the 3rd and 13th floors of the building were diagnosed successively. Among them, the unit in Room A307 had changed the toilet pipe, and the exhaust pipe was broken. The materials were sealed but loose. Lu Qingquan, Assistant Director of the Housing Department, stated at the time that gas from the sewage system would not be allowed to enter the unit through the location.
In the early morning of last month, the Department of Health evacuated about 100 residents from all A07 rooms in the building and received quarantine. After testing for the new coronavirus, all 101 samples were negative. The residents returned home 4 days later (15th).
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