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Coronavirus disease. Live broadcast | Luquan Building adds 4 preliminary diagnosed health protection centers: no evacuation required

2020-06-02T17:08:16.556Z


The epidemic situation of the new coronavirus pneumonia in Hong Kong has repeatedly been reported. Tonight (1st), there were another 4 confirmed cases of local infection. All the patients lived in Luquan Building, Liyuan Village, suspected to be related to the Kerry warehouse group. At 10 pm, the reporter visited the scene and found that four ambulances had reached the ground floor of Luquan Building. The ambulancemen wore protective clothes and boarded the building together with the push bed. As seen at the scene, the ambulancemen had stayed between the 6th and 7th floors. A total of 1 man, 2 women and 1 elderly woman were accompanied by the ambulancemen and boarded the ambulance. All 4 were rushed to the Prince of Wales Hospital. According to the on-site news, a resident on the 7th floor was initially diagnosed, 2 on the 8th floor and 1 on the 10th floor. Yuan Guoyong, chair professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, expressed suspicion that there is a super communicator in Liyuan Village. At 11:40 in the evening, Yuan Guoyong arrived at the office of Liyuan Village to have a meeting with Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection and residents. [01:15] Dr. Huang Jiaqing, Director of the Center for Health Protection, told reporters at the Luquan Building in Liyuan Village that he had taken samples of the toilet environment for analysis, and residents of the upper building need not evacuate for the time being. [Updated at 1 a.m. on June 2] Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology of HKU and others, inspected Luquan Building and left. Some members of the Sha Tin District Council said that residents were very worried and "did not feel it" and asked Professor Yuan to explain the progress of the investigation. Yuan pointed out that he had to go back and sort out the data; he also said that "worry is useless." He pointed out that he would now go to the Health Protection Center for a meeting. After being disturbed for about 10 minutes, Professor Yuan found that other experts had not left, and decided to return to the Housing Department office where he had just met. Several security personnel are outside the HD office. [23:45] Community members and Sha Tin District Councillor Cen Zijie also assisted the scene. He said that he had hoped to enter the office to understand the situation to no avail, and HD staff were also unclear about the scene. He pointed out that after the Tsing Yi incident, he asked the Housing Department to inspect the pipes of Lei Yuen Estate. At that time, he pointed out that there was no problem. As for the suspected outbreak in this building, whether it was due to a pipe problem, he pointed to an expert to investigate. Some of the persons who were initially diagnosed in this building are older and are not living alone.


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Written by: Yang Wanting, Chen Haoran, Lin Zhenhua, Chen Yongwu

2020-06-01 22:56

Date of last update: 2020-06-02 01:19

The epidemic situation of the new coronavirus pneumonia in Hong Kong has repeatedly been reported. Tonight (1st), there were another 4 confirmed cases of local infection. All the patients lived in Luquan Building, Liyuan Village, suspected to be related to the Kerry warehouse group. At 10 pm, the reporter visited the scene and found that four ambulances had reached the ground floor of Luquan Building. The ambulancemen wore protective clothes and boarded the building together with the push bed. As seen at the scene, the ambulancemen had stayed between the 6th and 7th floors. A total of 1 man, 2 women and 1 elderly woman were accompanied by the ambulancemen and boarded the ambulance. All 4 were rushed to the Prince of Wales Hospital. According to the on-site news, a resident on the 7th floor was initially diagnosed, 2 on the 8th floor and 1 on the 10th floor. Yuan Guoyong, chair professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, expressed suspicion that there is a super communicator in Liyuan Village. At 11:40 in the evening, Yuan Guoyong arrived at the office of Liyuan Village to have a meeting with Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection and residents.

[01:15] Dr. Huang Jiaqing, Director of the Center for Health Protection, told reporters at the Luquan Building in Liyuan Village that he had taken samples of the toilet environment for analysis, and residents of the upper building need not evacuate for the time being.

[Updated at 1 a.m. on June 2] Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology of HKU and others, inspected Luquan Building and left. Some members of the Sha Tin District Council said that residents were very worried and "did not feel it" and asked Professor Yuan to explain the progress of the investigation. Yuan pointed out that he had to go back and sort out the data; he also said that "worry is useless." He pointed out that he would now go to the Health Protection Center for a meeting. After being disturbed for about 10 minutes, Professor Yuan found that other experts had not left, and decided to return to the Housing Department office where he had just met. Several security personnel are outside the HD office.

[23:45] Community members and Sha Tin District Councillor Cen Zijie also assisted the scene. He said that he had hoped to enter the office to understand the situation to no avail, and HD staff were also unclear about the scene. He pointed out that after the Tsing Yi incident, he asked the Housing Department to inspect the pipes of Lei Yuen Estate. At that time, he pointed out that there was no problem. As for the suspected outbreak in this building, whether it was due to a pipe problem, he pointed to an expert to investigate. Some of the persons who were initially diagnosed in this building are older and are not living alone.

The ambulancemen went upstairs in protective clothes. (Photo by Chen Haoran)

The new coronavirus pneumonia lasted for 16 days with zero local infection "cable break". Two cases of local infection were recorded yesterday (May 31). They were a 34-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man. The two are married and live in At Luquan Building in Liyuan Village, the Department of Health collected samples of deep-throat saliva from residents of the building for testing.

To date, three more confirmed cases have been added, including female colleagues at Kerry Logistics, a 34-year-old female patient, aged 40 and 36, respectively, and a 27-year-old male ambulance worker who had contact with a 34-year-old patient on May 30. Tonight, it was reported that after the Department of Health recovered the samples of deep-throat saliva and tested it, it was found that 4 people were initially diagnosed in Luquan Building, Liyuan Village.

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Yuan Guoyong went to the Liyuan Village Office for a meeting. (Photo by Chen Yongwu)

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