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Written by: Huang Weilun
2020-09-28 09:48
Last update date: 2020-09-28 09:48
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has slowed down recently, but yesterday (27th) there was a new local case of unknown origin.
Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and Chair Professor of Respiratory Department of CUHK, said on a TV program this morning (28th) that the new cases of unknown origin reflect that there are still invisible patients in the community. People who have mild symptoms should seek medical attention as soon as possible, or go to A sample of deep throat saliva was left at the designated clinic of the Hospital Authority for testing.
He also said that due to unidentified cases, he personally thinks that it is not suitable for the time being to relax the four-person gathering limit and the number of restaurants, but the government may consider partially resuming religious activities and set a maximum number of people in the venue.
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Yesterday’s new case of unknown origin was a 22-year-old male construction worker who worked at a site on Mu Tai Street in Kai Tak. Nine colleagues who had rested and ate together required quarantine. Two of them were unwell.
Xu Shuchang said on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" this morning that the case revealed that there are still invisible patients in the community, "not good news."
He added that although this case has similarities with the Kwai Chung Container Terminal Group, it also involves contact with lounges, but the scale of this case is relatively small and I believe there will be no major outbreak.
Xu Shuchang said that because there are still hidden cases in the community, it is not suitable for the time being to relax the number of restaurants and the four-person gathering restriction order. However, he believes that the government can consider partially relaxing and resuming religious activities, adding restrictions on the number of people, and wearing masks.
He also said that invisible patients may have mild symptoms and urge members of the public to seek medical advice as soon as possible if they have symptoms, or to leave a deep throat saliva sample at the designated outpatient clinic of the Hospital Authority.
September is about to pass, and the temperature will gradually drop. Regarding the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on seasonal flu, Xu Shuchang said that the winter flu peak period at the beginning of the year has been reduced from an average of 10 to 17 weeks in the past to 5 weeks, and this year also There has been no outbreak of summer flu.
He said that if citizens maintain personal hygiene, wear masks and wash their hands frequently, they believe there is little chance of an outbreak of winter flu, but still encourage high-risk people to get seasonal flu vaccines.
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