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17-month-old baby boy was diagnosed the same night after hitting Kexing

2022-08-27T09:27:31.332Z


The epidemic in Hong Kong continues, with 8,457 confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (27th), 5 more patients are in critical condition, 12 are in serious condition, and two boys are involved in the serious case. Among them, a 17-month-old boy was vaccinated for the first time yesterday (26th).


The epidemic in Hong Kong continues, with 8,457 confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (27th), 5 more patients are in critical condition, 12 are in serious condition, and two boys are involved in the serious case.

Among them, a 17-month-old boy had a fever and convulsions in his limbs at night after receiving the first dose of Kexing vaccine yesterday (26th). Asthma.

After consulting paediatric experts to assess the case, the Hospital Authority concluded that the boy's condition was caused by infection with the virus and not related to the injection, and the boy's family had a negative rapid test result.


▼On August 6, parents took their infants and children to Guanyong Vaccination Center to get Kexing vaccine▼


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Liu Jiaxian, chief administrative manager of the Hospital Authority, said that yesterday (26th), 5 more patients were in critical condition and 12 were in serious condition. Among the 2,387 confirmed patients currently hospitalized, a total of 39 are in critical condition and 33 are in serious condition, of which 12 are in critical condition. A patient is being watched by the Intensive Care Unit.

Baby boy has fever, limbs, convulsions, suspected short-term cessation of breathing

Lau Ka-hsien specifically mentioned two of the serious cases. One of the patients was a 17-month-old baby boy who had fever and convulsions in his limbs last night. He was suspected of having briefly stopped breathing. He was sent to Tsuen Wan Yan Chai Hospital for emergency treatment, and was later transferred to Mary The Pediatric Intensive Care Department of Jialie Hospital stayed in the hospital, and after drug treatment, his convulsions have stopped.

The hospital did a nucleic acid test for the baby boy, and the result was positive, with a Ct value of 23.6, and later developed wheezing, which is now in serious condition.

Both boys in serious condition were admitted to the Children's Intensive Care Unit at Princess Margaret Hospital.

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▼On August 15th, Children's Hospital began to provide Kexing and Fubitai vaccines at the same time▼


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Experts such as Liu Yulong believe that the baby boy's condition is caused by infection

The infected boy received the first dose of the Kexing vaccine yesterday before the onset of the disease. Liu Jiaxian said that Guan Rihua, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Princess Margaret Hospital, and Liu Yulong, who is also a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University, evaluated the case. Later, it was believed that the boy's condition was caused by infection with a virus and had nothing to do with the injection.

He emphasized that the medical staff are closely monitoring the boy's condition and will conduct testing and treatment for the other party, and the boy's family has still tested negative results so far, that is, he is not infected yet.

A 10-year-old boy with dyspnea was admitted to Princess Margaret's PICU

Another patient in serious condition is a 10-year-old boy. He started to have a high fever on Monday (22nd) and was tested positive on the same day. He went to the Accident and Emergency Department of Caritas Hospital for breathing difficulties the night before (25th), even though he was arranged to stay in the hospital. , was transferred to the Department of Paediatric Intensive Care at Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday.

▼August 4th, 10 young children in To Kwa Wan Meiya Kindergarten were given the Kexing vaccine▼


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▼On August 16th, the first enclosure of Fu'an Garden in Ma'anshan was forcibly inspected▼


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21 people in Suihe Garden and Xinghe Mingju failed to comply with the announcement of compulsory inspection, 11 of them were voted and fined a total of 110,000 , Hongdu Chaiwan Shancuiyuan 4th building sewage positive epidemic situation.

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Source: hk1

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