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Written by: Liang Huanmin
2020-12-01 17:49
Last update date: 2020-12-01 17:55
The Department of Health announced today (1st) that 84 new confirmed cases have been confirmed, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 6,397.
The Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, Liu Jiaxian, said that a histopathologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital initially diagnosed him as a colleague from the same department of the doctor who was initially diagnosed yesterday. Now another doctor is also listed as a close contact.
In addition, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that the staff of Union Hospital confirmed the incident collectively, which is believed to be caused by using the same lounge. At present, about 50 staff concerned have been isolated and awaiting test results.
Today (1st) a new histopathologist from Queen Elizabeth Hospital made a preliminary diagnosis, and the last day of work before the diagnosis was last Thursday (26th).
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The patient works in the same laboratory as another confirmed doctor
Liu Jiaxian said that the histopathology doctor of Queen Elizabeth Hospital who was initially diagnosed would last Thursday (November 26). He also worked in the same laboratory for the doctor who was initially diagnosed yesterday (November 30). Said that the two doctors had taken the MTR together after get off work and had a conversation during the period, but they did not know the source of the diagnosis.
Liu Jiaxian said that the doctor who was diagnosed today does not need to come into contact with patients with the new coronavirus and their samples. Another doctor in the same department is also listed as a close contact and tested 77 colleagues working with him. No positive cases have been found for the time being. .
Liu Jiaxian said that a doctor at Queen Elizabeth Hospital confirmed the diagnosis, and another doctor initially diagnosed and is investigating whether he was infected during work.
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Six deep throat samples left at the Kennedy Town Jockey Club Clinic but not sent for testing
Liu also mentioned that there are currently 47 day clinics that provide services for the public to collect samples of new coronary pneumonia. The Kennedy Town Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic received a notice last Friday (28th), and a staff of the outsourced contractor recorded the relevant information. During the period when the sample data and scanning the QR code were transferred to the laboratory, it was found that 6 of the deep throat samples were missing. They were later found to be left in the clinic and were not sent to the laboratory. Liu said that the samples were not suitable for laboratory use. , The relevant person has been contacted for further processing. The relevant clinic has reviewed the situation and reminded the staff to handle it carefully.
Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the number of confirmed diagnoses has dropped slightly in the past two days, but the number is only two days, which may be related to the reduction in activities of the public. It is not certain whether there is a downward trend.
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A total of 5 employees in the singing and dancing group of Ren'an Hospital are infected
In addition, Ren'an Hospital received a notice on the 22nd of last month that after a female employee in the medical imaging department of a dancing group was diagnosed with new pneumonia, four more employees were diagnosed or initially diagnosed in the quarantine center or during isolation.
Zhang Zhujun said that after the first employee was diagnosed, all the employees who had used the same staff lounge were sent to the single room of the isolation center. Later, they were found to be confirmed cases, which are believed to be hospital infections. He has now studied with the hospital for follow-up treatment.
Zhang also mentioned that now that about 40 to 50 employees of Ren'an Hospital have used the same lounge, they are worried about the risk of transmission. Now everyone has to go to the quarantine center to wait for the result. She added that after investigation, it is estimated that Ren'an The hospital rest room is a high-risk area. I have studied the cause with the director of infection control of the hospital. In addition, no business patient has been found to be infected after X-rays.
Ren'an Hospital received a notice on the 22nd of last month that after a female employee in the medical imaging department of a dancing group was diagnosed with new pneumonia, another four employees were diagnosed or initially diagnosed in the quarantine center and during isolation.
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