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New Coronary Pneumonia | Recruitment of three patients in the same ward of Queen Elizabeth Yuan Guoyong: I believe it is not airborne

2020-07-15T17:20:36.909Z


The new coronary pneumonia epidemic has rebounded. There are 48 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (14th). Among them, 40 cases are local infections, 24 cases are of unknown origin, and the patients live in scattered places. In addition, the 92-year-old female patient in the general ward diagnosed earlier by Queen Elizabeth Hospital was infected with two other patients in the same room. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital urgently called a press conference at night. Yuan Guoyong, an expert consultant of the government's anti-epidemic and a professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, said after the inspection that the community outbreak was serious, and some patients may not be immediately aware when they were admitted to the hospital. He showed symptoms of fever and other symptoms. He believed that the infection involved environmental pollution. The 92-year-old female patient had coughed her mask while coughing, and helped lift the railing off the bed to go to the bathroom. It may not be airborne.


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Written by: Chen Shuxia

2020-07-14 22:35

Last update date: 2020-07-14 23:00

The new coronary pneumonia epidemic has rebounded. There are 48 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (14th). Among them, 40 cases are local infections, 24 cases are of unknown origin, and the patients live in scattered places. In addition, the 92-year-old female patient in the general ward diagnosed earlier by Queen Elizabeth Hospital was infected with two other patients in the same room.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital urgently called a press conference at night. Yuan Guoyong, an expert consultant of the government's anti-epidemic and a professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, said after the inspection that the community outbreak was serious, and some patients may not be immediately aware when they were admitted to the hospital. He showed symptoms of fever and other symptoms. He believed that the infection involved environmental pollution. The 92-year-old female patient had coughed her mask while coughing, and helped lift the railing off the bed to go to the bathroom. It may not be airborne.

Yuan Guoyong said that according to the epidemiological survey, the biggest problem is that there is an outbreak in the community. When the patient enters the hospital, he may not be aware that it is the patient. In addition, the elderly have low immunity. "(When infected), it is not necessary to know the fever." When the patient was admitted to the hospital, the hospital thought it was a heart attack that caused hydropneumonia, but it was later confirmed to be a case of infection.

Yuan: It is expected to involve environmental pollution

He explained that when the patient contracted the disease, his long-term patient would show up. The 92-year-old patient had shortness of breath and cough, water in his lungs, had stayed in the ward for a period of time, and had coughed "low" mask. Viruses appeared in the surrounding environment including bed rails; he also pointed out that the female patient was able to walk with crutches. During this period, the bed rails were forced to leave the bed, and they also went to the toilet on their own. It is believed that environmental pollution was involved.

Yuan Guoyong emphasized that the pressure of the epidemic is currently high, and other possibilities cannot be ruled out at this stage. However, after his inspection, he found that the ward was "windy", and other people with the same disease had a negative reaction after the test. I believe that the chance of airborne infection is small, but At this stage, other possibilities cannot be ruled out.

The 92-year-old woman or her ward has been diagnosed earlier

He also pointed out that the possibility of sharing medical equipment has been ruled out, because the patient has immediately replaced all medical equipment after diagnosis, and Long Zhenbang, director of infection control at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, said that the affected patients have been strengthened to clean and disinfect the medical equipment, including thermometers After being abandoned, Yuan Guoyong emphasized that it was necessary to conduct further investigations to know the main reason. Yuan Guoyong also pointed out that the son of the first diagnosed 92-year-old female patient had been diagnosed earlier. Because he lives in Ciyun Mountain, it is believed that he was transmitted to his mother-in-law and passed on to other patients.

A 92-year-old female patient (case 1513) from Queen Elizabeth Hospital confirmed her diagnosis while staying in Queen Elizabeth Hospital. She was admitted to the emergency department due to a long-term illness. She had no upper respiratory symptoms and was placed in a general medical ward. A total of 10 diagnosed patients with the same disease and 1 medical care have been listed as close contacts.

The HA announced today that its 77-year-old female patient (case 1563) with the same medical condition was also diagnosed one after another. She was a member of the Lok Fu Helping Association HSBC Fund Lok Fu Nursing Home, and she was admitted to the Buddhist Hospital at the beginning of the month. At night, one more person was diagnosed, a 64-year-old female cancer patient, with a total of three before and after.

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Source: hk1

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