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Written by: Peng Zhuowei
2021-01-20 19:58
The last update date: 2021-01-20 19:58
The Hong Kong Infection Control Center of North Lantau Hospital, which was built by the central government, was completed today (20th). It has facilities including 6 ward buildings and 1 medical building, which can provide 820 negative pressure beds.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor came to the hospital this morning to preside over the project completion and handover ceremony. She said that the project once again conveyed the central government’s support for the SAR government’s anti-epidemic work and care for Hong Kong citizens, and gave full play to the deep brothers of Guangdong and Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Friendship, showing the unity of the engineering team and employees, working together.
Lin Zheng also pointed out that whether it is materials, nucleic acid testing, vaccines, and even temporary hospitals, they all reflect the central government's care for the SAR. It also shows that the central government will always be the strongest backing of the SAR.
Lam Cheng: I sincerely thank the Central Government for laying a strong shot in Hong Kong's response to the epidemic
This morning, Lam Cheng, accompanied by Secretary for Development Wong Wai Lun, Secretary for Food and Health Chen Zhaoshi, Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) Lin Shixiong, Chairman of the Hospital Authority Fan Hongling, and Director of Architectural Services He Yongxian, together with Guangdong Provincial Governor Ma Xingrui, Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee Secretary Wang Weizhong, Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council Huang Liuquan, and Chairman of China State Construction International Corporation Yan Jianguo hosted the unveiling ceremony for the project.
In his speech, Lin Zheng expressed his sincere gratitude to the Central Government, Guangdong Provincial Government, Shenzhen Municipal Government and Wuhan experts for their support and guidance. He also thanked the Shenzhen Municipal Government, various departments and teams for helping to implement the temporary hospital, emphasizing their hard work and hard work for Hong Kong. The response to the epidemic has provided a boost.
Strive for service in February, the number of confirmed cases in hospital has dropped to 600
The temporary hospital includes six ward buildings and a medical center. It has a negative air pressure ward designed with reference to the standards of a first-line isolation ward. It can accommodate about 820 beds. The Hospital Authority strives to put the temporary hospital into service in February.
The government said that together with the additional community treatment facilities completed in early October last year, the central government has added about 1,800 hospital beds to Hong Kong's response to the epidemic.
Lam Cheng said that since the new wave of epidemics that emerged in November last year, although the number of confirmed patients in hospital has dropped to more than 600, the challenge of epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic work is still arduous. The SAR government and the Hospital Authority will not take it lightly. The government is actively proceeding with the examination and approval of vaccines and is preparing a mass vaccination plan to ensure that the public will be vaccinated as soon as possible after the vaccine arrives in Hong Kong.
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