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Epidemic|Three diagnosed elderly, two critical and one serious, 17 medical staff recruited across 10 hospitals

2022-02-07T09:32:45.366Z


There were more than 600 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong today (7th), and 600 preliminary confirmed cases. The epidemic has spread to many hospitals, and 10 hospitals have staff confirmed, involving Prince of Wales Hospital, Princess Margaret


There were more than 600 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong today (7th), and 600 preliminary confirmed cases. The epidemic has spread to many hospitals, and 10 hospitals have staff confirmed, involving Prince of Wales Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Caritas Hospital, Ruttonjee Hospital, North Lantau Hospital, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tai Po Hospital, Tin Shui Wai Hospital and Yan Chai Hospital.

The confirmed patients include a doctor, eight nurses and eight patient service assistants, operational assistants and clerks.


In addition, the Hospital Authority announced that one more patient is in critical condition, the 84-year-old Delta infected man who was in serious condition yesterday, and another 78-year-old man who was seriously ill. According to the information previously announced, he was suspected of being infected with the Omicron variant virus.

So far, there are three confirmed elderly people, two in critical condition and one in serious condition. 


▼On February 7, the emergency room of Yiyuan Hospital will have to wait for 5 hours▼


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More than 20 HA staff are close contacts of Elizabeth Hospital nurses

Li Liye, Chief Administrative Manager (Integrated Clinical Services) of the Hospital Authority, pointed out that employees in several hospitals have tested positive, including a Tuen Mun Hospital doctor, 8 nurses and 8 patient service assistants, operation assistants and clerks, involving Wells Prince Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Caritas Hospital, Ruttonjee Hospital, North Lantau Hospital, Tai Po Hospital, Tin Shui Wai Hospital and Yan Chai Hospital, that is, 10 hospitals are involved.

Li Liye pointed out that both medical staff and patients wore masks, and no patient was listed as a close contact. However, because some staff had taken off their masks to eat together, a total of more than 20 staff had to be quarantined because of their close contacts, mainly Yili. Nurses from Sabah Hospital, including Prince of Wales Hospital, Yan Chai Hospital and Caritas Hospital, have all tested negative.

Li Liye said that the infected colleagues were all infected in the community or at home. He believed that during the rest period of employees, "it is not ideal to relax a little," and once again reminded colleagues not to eat together.

In addition, 5 patients were identified as confirmed cases during admission screening, from Tuen Mun Hospital, Pok Oi Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. A total of 2 employees and a part-time student nurse were classified as close Contacts, they did not wear eye masks when contacting patients, and more than a dozen patients with the same illness were listed as close contacts.

The latest condition has turned serious, and the old man has Omicron

Li Liye also pointed out that there are two new crown patients in critical condition and one serious patient in the public hospital. Among them, the 77-year-old female patient (case number 13400) who was diagnosed with Delta was still in critical condition, and the 84-year-old male patient with Delta who was in serious condition yesterday (case number 13400) was still in critical condition. No. 14814) became critical today, and today's new serious case is a 78-year-old male patient (case No. 15118). According to the government's earlier announcement, he has N501Y and T478K mutant virus strains and is suspected to be a case of Omicron infection.

▼On February 7th, there was a long queue at the Edinburgh Square inspection point in Central▼


Real-time update|A large number of people who are tested for Chuyang are flocking to the A&E department to watch the waiting time of the A&E department of all hospitals in Hong Kong live|More than 600 cases of Chuyang have been added today CHP: The number of confirmed cases may reach 800 cases tomorrow|9 staff of 8 public hospitals 16 colleagues who were infected with the virus had to go to quarantine

Source: hk1

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