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Tuen Mun Eye Centre's logistics staff confirmed that the female patient in the Baptist Hospital was infected with the disease

2021-01-23T10:31:46.109Z


Today (January 23) is the first anniversary of the announcement of the first confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong. As of early this morning, 81 new cases were confirmed in a single day, and the cumulative number of infections exceeded 10,000, reaching 10,010, including 3 imported cases. medical


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Written by: Liang Huanmin

2021-01-23 18:14

Last update date: 2021-01-23 18:20

Today (January 23) is the first anniversary of the announcement of the first confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong. As of early this morning, 81 new cases were confirmed in a single day, and the cumulative number of infections exceeded 10,000, reaching 10,010, including 3 imported cases.

The Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority, Yu Huiling, said that a female clerk at the Tuen Mun Eye Center was diagnosed with a preliminary diagnosis yesterday and went to the Accident and Emergency Department of Tuen Mun Hospital to seek medical attention yesterday because of fever.

The ophthalmology center goes to work on the 3rd floor. The last work date is the morning of January 22. It is mainly for logistics and surgery appointment paperwork, and there is little contact with patients.

The center was cleaned yesterday (22nd) and tracked with the Center for Health Protection. No patient has been classified as a close contact. The staff member lives in Tsing Yi. There has been no case in the building where he lives in the past 14 days. Trace the source of infection.

In addition, a 52-year-old male patient staying in the surgical ward of Princess Margaret Hospital and an 83-year-old mother-in-law staying in the Baptist Hospital are listed as preliminary diagnoses. Both have been hospitalized in the general ward. The patient who is closer is now listed as close The contact has been arranged for isolation.

A female clerk at the Tuen Mun Eye Centre was diagnosed with a preliminary diagnosis yesterday. She went to the Accident and Emergency Department of Tuen Mun Hospital for medical treatment yesterday with fever.

The ophthalmology center went to work on the 3rd floor, and the last work date was the morning of January 22. The main logistics work and surgery appointment documents, and less contact with patients.

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Yu Huiling said that a female clerk at the Tuen Mun Eye Center had a preliminary diagnosis yesterday and went to the Accident and Emergency Department of Tuen Mun Hospital to seek medical attention yesterday with fever.

The ophthalmology center went to work on the 3rd floor, and the last work date was the morning of January 22. The main logistics work and surgery appointment documents, and less contact with patients.

Geng said that the center had been cleaned yesterday (22nd) and followed up with the Center for Health Protection. No patient has been classified as a close contact.

But for the sake of prudence, Tuen Mun Hospital is contacting nearly 30 patients who have recently made an appointment for surgery to arrange a deep throat test.

At present, the hospital will arrange for 120 employees of the ophthalmology center and outsourced employees to test and investigate the source of the infection. Geng said that the confirmed staff lives in Tsing Yi, and there has been no case in the building where they lived in the past 14 days.

The nurse of the North District Hospital who was diagnosed a few days ago visited the 3rd floor of the Tuen Mun Eye Centre on Monday (18th), but has not been in contact with the colleague who was initially diagnosed this time, nor has he visited the work place of the colleague. In addition, the North District The hospital nurse had contact with 3 ophthalmologists for testing, and the result was negative.

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Jordan designated "restricted areas", namely to Wusong Street in the east, Nanjing Street in the south, Paotai Street in the west, and Gansu Street in the north.

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Yu said that a 52-year-old male patient in the surgical ward of Princess Margaret Hospital was listed as the first confirmed diagnosis. He had been tested at the community testing center before admission. He suffered from fever, vomiting, and epigastric pain in the evening yesterday (22nd). He was admitted to the surgical ward after receiving a nasopharyngeal swab for him, and the medical staff had no symptoms of respiratory infection at the time.

However, the patient received a message this morning (23rd) that the community test conducted the other day was positive, and the test result from the hospital was also positive. The patient was treated in isolation immediately. Among them, a patient in the surgical ward was The person is close to the person and is currently classified as a close contact, and isolation has been arranged. In addition, since the person is admitted to the hospital without high-risk procedures and the staff wears appropriate personal equipment, no staff is currently classified as a close contact , But 13 people listed other contacts, medical monitoring will be arranged, and the ward has been cleaned and disinfected.

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In addition, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that an 83-year-old mother-in-law (number 9953) who was admitted to the Baptist Hospital on the 15th and 20th of this month had a fever and was tested on Tuesday (19th). Later, his respiratory tract sample was positive.

When she was admitted to the general ward from the 15th to the 17th, the test results were negative at that time, and she was admitted to the independent ward the next day. After being tested again on the 19th, the respiratory tract sample was positive and she was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment. , Is temporarily listed as a community source case, but it is not ruled out as a nosocomial infection, and some patients are listed as close contacts.

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