[New Coronary Pneumonia] A total of 73 confirmed and preliminary positive cases were diagnosed by female police officers and two nurses were negative.

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Written by: Chen Jingqi

2020-03-28 16:48

The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) has continued. There are 42 new cases in Hong Kong today (28th), with 19 women and 23 men. Of these, 37 had travel history and 5 were no outbound travel cases, all of which were directly or indirectly related to bars. Among them, 2 were bar staff, 1 had been to Dust Til Dawn in Wan Chai, 1 had been to Draft Land in Central, and 1 was Dust. Family members of Til Dawn bar staff; 22 student cases.

Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that another 31 cases were initially diagnosed, including a family of four, of which the male head was a bar singer.

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Of the 5 confirmed cases with no history of outbound travel, 4 were directly related to bars, of which case No. 524 had been to Wan Chai Bar Dust Til Dawn and case No. 533 had been to Central Bar Draft Land. Zhang Zhujun said that he was informed that many people had visited the bar at present, and they went to private hospitals, emergency rooms, and outpatient clinics for symptoms with or without symptoms. However, the actual number is unknown for the time being, and they will be notified once the case is confirmed. Among the 31 initial confirmed cases, Zhang Zhujun stated that there was a family of four, of which the father sang at the bar and the rest were his wife, son and daughter.

Zhang Zhujun: confirmed diagnosis of UK students expected local infection

For a number of confirmed cases of overseas students, they were asked if there would be a flight on the same infection case. Zhang Zhujun pointed out that many of the confirmed cases involved international students returning to Hong Kong from the United Kingdom. Because most of them did not have symptoms, they did not know when they were infected with the virus. They believed that the incubation period mainly stayed in the United Kingdom. She continued to point out that most international students took adequate protective measures during the flight. They did not eat plane meals, wore masks, and did not drink water. However, most of them transferred to multi-route flights before arriving in Hong Kong. They thought that they were mainly infected locally.

Is it compulsory for quarantine to be isolated at home? Zhang Zhujun said that if there are guidelines for living with family members, such as eating different meals and not sharing toilets, it is actually no different from staying in a hotel, but understand that not everyone ’s home environment Do it, so be reminded to take special care that the elderly in your home can become infected.

Two female blood sampling nurses diagnosed as negative

As for the two blood samplers, the 22-year-old female police officer who had been diagnosed did not wear a mask and coughed. He Wanxia, ​​Chief Administrative Manager (Patient Safety and Risk Management) of the Hospital Authority, said that the two blood samples involved were negative after receiving the virus test. One of them has been admitted to the quarantine center for 14 days of quarantine and the other will be arranged soon. Check in.

As of 12:00 noon today, 302 suspected cases were newly added, 501 patients were still in hospital, 1 patient was discharged from case No. 248, 4 were still in critical condition, 2 were serious, and 390 were in stable condition. 1,012 sheets, the utilization rate was 60%, and the utilization rate of 534 negative pressure rooms was 77%. He Wanxia urged the public to wear a mask at home if they were unable to make arrangements for the hospital beds in the area, and only called for an ambulance unless the condition became serious.

Did not respond positively to the introduction of a "piggy beak" to medical staff

Asked whether the Hospital Authority would introduce a "pig mouth" for medical staff, He Wanxia said that the current inventory of N95 masks is 1.6 million, and there are variables in the supply of incoming goods, so she is searching for them around the world. At the same time, various feasible alternatives will be studied, including respirators produced by other factories and reusable respirators, depending on the filtering function of the respirators.

A customer at Dusk till Dawn in a Wan Chai bar was diagnosed on March 28. (Profile picture / Photo by Luo Junhao)

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