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Written by: Li Enci, Liang Huanmin, and McCain
2020-07-18 16:13
Date of last update: 2020-07-18 17:03The New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic has spread to public hospitals. Three civilian staff of the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Centre, adjacent to the Metropolis Shopping Centre in Tuen Mun, were initially diagnosed today (18th). Two of them went to work yesterday. The center has undergone major cleansing, and the Department of Health has sent staff to collect samples of deep-throat saliva from other staff for testing.
Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, who is also a government expert consultant, inspected the environment of Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Center in the afternoon, accompanied by doctors including New Territories West Hospital Network Director Deng Yaokeng and the Hospital Authority Chief Infection Control Officer Lai Weiwen, including entering the room where the diagnosed person worked To understanding.
Three clerical staff at the Tuen Mun Eye Centre were diagnosed and the centre was urgently disinfected. (Provided by readers)
[16:40] Yuan Guoyong: The three patients are all clerks in the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Center and are female. They are responsible for cash registering and handing over medical records to the patients. The time, place, and occupation of the three people were consistent. Does not rule out any possibility of infection. The three are responsible for receiving ID cards, referral letters, etc., and then handing over the medical records to the patients.
The three were 42-year-old women with a high fever of 38.9 degrees; 30-year-old women had no symptoms at all; 41-year-old women had sore throat and runny nose.
The staff contacts more than 200 patients every day. If a person is a latent carrier, the ID card, octopus, and letter of introduction may contain viruses. It may be indirect contact. After carrying the virus in your hand, you may touch your eyes and do not remember to wash your hands and eat.
The three people are in the same office, and all doors must be locked by code, or in the pantry without a mask to drink and eat, but it is not necessary to eat together.
All direct and indirect contact with patients and colleagues started testing. 35 direct contacts were found, including two of whom were diagnosed, and the others were negative or unreported.
There is a kidney dialysis center in the same building, there are chronically ill patients, so more than 80 patients and 14 staff will be tested, a total of more than 120 people will be tested.
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Government expert consultant and Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology of HKU Yuan Guoyong, Director of the New Territories West Hospital Deng Yaokeng, Chief Infection Control Officer of the Hospital Authority Lai Weiwen, Director of the New Territories West Network Infection Control Guo Delin, and Deputy Administrative Director of Tuen Mun Hospital Yin Yaozong arrived at ophthalmology at 3 pm The center immediately began inspection work and stayed in the room where the clerk was diagnosed for about 15 minutes.
A spokesman for the New Territories West Hospital Network said this morning that a female clerk from the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Centre went to the staff clinic of the Tuen Mun Hospital on July 16 for a positive test of her deep throat saliva sample yesterday (17th) afternoon. She worked in logistics in the office on the ground floor of the Tuen Mun Ophthalmology Center. The last day of work was July 15. The New Territories West Hospital Network arranged for other staff to conduct a virus test. As of now, at least 28 staff have been arranged for testing. It was found that two other clerks working mainly in the underground office were initially diagnosed. The two of them had to work yesterday and wore masks throughout the work.
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