[New Crown Pneumonia] At least 22 people arriving at Hong Kong International Airport need to be sent to the hospital with suspected symptoms

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Written by: Diwen Huang

2020-03-17 23:56

The outbreak of new coronavirus (Wuhan pneumonia) continues. The Department of Health announced earlier that starting today (17th), people who have arrived in 26 countries in Europe ’s Shengen region on the 14th before arriving in Hong Kong will be subject to compulsory home quarantine. The following day (19 Starting from today, all people arriving in Hong Kong except the Mainland, Macau, and Taiwan will be required to be quarantined for 14 days. Red travel warnings will be issued to countries and regions other than the Mainland, Macau, and Taiwan, calling on Hong Kong people to travel abroad when they are not needed. . Starting from 6:30 pm today (17th), the Fire Services Department has received a number of ambulance calls for suspected infectious diseases at the airport. It has dispatched at least 13 ambulances to the airport and sent suspected patients to 6 hospitals for treatment.

[04:05] An ambulance with the same patient arrived at the United Hospital from the airport. That is, 22 arrivals need to be sent to hospital temporarily.

[04:00] Two more ambulances drove out of the airport. It was reported that two patients were taken to the Eastern Hospital and Guanghua Hospital.

[03:15] Two patients were sent by two ambulances from the airport to Tai Po Nethersole Hospital; another patient was sent by the ambulance to Tuen Mun Hospital. That is, from last night to 3:15 am, 19 people who have arrived in Hong Kong temporarily need to be sent to hospital.

[03:05] At 2:47 and 49 in the morning, the Fire Services Department received two calls for ambulance services for suspected infectious diseases at the airport.

[02:50] Three of the patients were sent to Tuen Mun Hospital and Eastern District Hospital for treatment by 3 ambulances. That is, from last night to early morning, at least 16 people have to be sent to hospital.

[Updated on 2020-03-18 / 02: 00] From 00:00 am to 2:00 am on March 18, the Fire Services Department received another six calls for ambulance services for suspected infectious diseases at the airport.

At 10 pm, three ambulances arrived at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital from the airport. Two of the patients, including a man and a woman, dropped into the car and entered the hospital.

As of 11:30 pm, the ambulancemen had arrived at the Hong Kong International Airport, and had sent 13 suspected patients with symptoms to Queen Mary Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Caritas Hospital, Tuen Mun. Hospital and Eastern Hospital Governance. At 10 pm, three ambulances arrived at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Two of them, including a man and a woman, dropped into the car and entered the hospital.

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