The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in a single day has reached the level of more than 1,000. The epidemic has spread to homes for the elderly and homes for the disabled. As many as four homes broke out yesterday.
It is understood that, in order to avoid the situation of waiting until death for the patients in the hospital in the early stage of the fifth wave of the epidemic, the hospital's A&E department will be forced to explode, and the Social Welfare Department has started to prepare the plan to reopen the respite center. , for residents to stay in isolation and treatment. The department has contacted non-governmental organizations and private hospitals that previously operated temporary care centers, and can reopen within a week if necessary, so as to stay ahead of the epidemic.
▼2.21 Kwun Tong Choi Wing Road Gymnasium Temporary Care Center accepts those who are waiting for admission▼
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4 homes reported yesterday that 10 residents and 4 employees were diagnosed with the outbreak
With the rebound of the epidemic, staff members and residents of the hospital have been diagnosed with confirmed cases one after another.
The Department of Health announced at a press conference on the epidemic yesterday (15th) that it had received 4 reports of outbreaks in residential care homes, the most in a single day after the rebound of the epidemic, involving two residential care homes for the disabled and two elderly homes, a total of 10 residents and Four employees.
On the 13th and 14th, there was only one case reported by the RCHE.
Among them, a nurse in the long-term care home of the Xinshenghui Building, Sham Shui Po New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, tested positive and became ill on June 12. She had worked the day before and three residents were listed as close contacts; Mrs. Guo Yuzhang of Kwai Chung Yan Chai Hospital was nursing Two nursing staff on the same floor in the elderly home tested positive, and 66 residents were sent to quarantine.
The Kwun Tong Christian Family Service Centre on the 6th floor of the Kwun Tong Kai Nang Integrated Rehabilitation Service Building is in serious condition. 10 residents were diagnosed with the disease and all of them were sent to the hospital or community isolation facilities for treatment. No employee was infected with the virus; the rest of the hospital More than 30 residents were sent to SWD's temporary quarantine centre at AsiaWorld-Expo for quarantine.
The respite centre at Sai Yo Sports Centre in Tsuen Wan was opened from March 28 to the middle of last month.
(Photo from the Government News Network)
The SWD currently has only 858 hospital beds left in the operation of the Temporary Quarantine Centre
In response to the easing of the epidemic earlier, the SWD suspended the operation of the respite centres one by one. On May 14, the SWD handed over the Choi Wing Road Sports Centre, Shek Kip Mei Park Sports Centre, Harbour Road Sports Centre and Tsuen Wan Sai Yue Sports Centre to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department ; The Kai Tak Respite Center at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal also ended its operation at the end of May, and the remaining temporary quarantine centers/respite centers in Halls 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of AsiaWorld-Expo will continue to operate , providing 858 beds, serving the elderly and disabled people from institutions.
As of 9:00 a.m. on June 12, a total of 90 people have stayed in the temporary quarantine center of Yabo. Together with the residents who have been quarantined for the past three days, it is estimated that there are more than 200 people.
SWD liaises with organisations operating temporary care centres to reopen within a week
The source said that in view of the recent rebound of the epidemic, the SWD has been working with relevant departments and agencies to study and determine the use of LCSD venues to re-establish respite centres to prepare for the quarantine, isolation and treatment of inmates who have suffered from the outbreak, so as to avoid the need for further treatment. There appeared to be rushing to public hospitals and bursting again.
It is understood that the department has contacted the NGOs and private hospitals that previously operated the respite care centers, and if necessary, the respite care centers can be reopened gradually within a week and the residents can be accommodated.
▼On March 30, Carrie Lam visited Kai Tak Respite Center▼
Nursing students of the University of Hong Kong go to the respite center to take care of the elderly diagnosed with the diagnosis, and use the rinse-free wipes to solve the big problem. The gym will be returned to the LCSD Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, which has been transformed into a respite center for the elderly. Campers have a picnic next to the exhaust outlet because of the violation of the gathering order. Manpower shortage of oral medicine for new crowns | More than 20,000 patients have been prescribed medicines in respite centers, it takes half a day
