Melioid ︱ Leung Junyan vetoed the Legislative Council's urgent question of Chen Kaixin's "changes" and wrote to Lu Chongmao

Recently, there have been 29 cases of melioidosis in Hong Kong, some of which are concentrated in Sham Shui Po. So far, 6 patients have passed away.

Legislative Council member Chen Kaixin raised an urgent question earlier, hoping to inform the government of the infection method and how the public can prevent it.

Legislative Council Chairman Leung Kwan-yin responded that the government had issued a press release to explain the progress of the work, and said that it had already reminded the Secretary for Health, Lo Chong-mau and other officials in the Health Services Committee to raise relevant questions, "However, you did not seize the opportunity. ".

In response to the inquiry, Chen Kaixin pointed out that the content of the inquiry had been handed over to the Medical and Health Bureau, and the bureau also stated that it was ready to respond.

▼There are many cases of melioidosis in Pak Tin Village, Sham Shui Po▼

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Six dead so far, senior residents in Sham Shui Po worried

Hong Kong has recorded 29 cases of melioidosis this year, with a mortality rate of 75%. So far, 6 patients have passed away, and 15 cases involve Sham Shui Po.

The Department of Health held a talk on the prevention of melioid infection at the Shek Kip Mei Community Hall in Sham Shui Po today, reminding the public not to come into contact with soil and muddy water after a typhoon hits.

Chen Kaixin also attended the lecture. She quoted the content of the lecture as saying that the Department of Health collected more than 100 environmental samples in Sham Shui Po. She also pointed out that there was no overlap in the whereabouts of the infected patients, and transmission through food or products could be ruled out for the time being.

Chen Kaixin pointed out that most of the residents in the area are elderly, and "you don't know how to read information on the Internet." In addition, there was a typhoon just now, and she was very worried about the case of melioidosis in the area.

It is understood that the CHP has collected 107 environmental samples in the district, all of which were negative.

However, the team of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong also collected samples from individual patients' homes earlier. Two samples from a bathroom faucet and the inner wall of a vase in one household were tested positive, but the bacterial content was extremely low.

Leung Kwan-yin says Chan "has no chance" to ask questions at health committee

Last Thursday (13th) Chen Kaixin proposed to raise an urgent question at the Legislative Council meeting tomorrow (19th), asking the government to answer a number of questions, including whether the source has been found in Sham Shui Po, and whether the water source or soil in the area is Suspected of being infected; how many samples are currently being taken every day, whether they will follow up in detail and try to avoid the spread of the virus in difficult environments; whether they will strengthen the education of the public about relevant knowledge, so as to strengthen local epidemic prevention and relieve the public's doubts.

Liang Junyan responded today (18th) that the government has issued a press release on October 12th, calling on the public to be more vigilant, and also explaining the latest development and follow-up work.

In addition, Liang Junyan pointed out that Chen Kaixin's assistant had contacted the Legislative Council Secretariat on October 13, and the secretariat staff suggested that a question could be raised with Lo Chongmao at the Health Affairs Committee with Chen Kaixin as the vice-chairman on October 14, "However, , you did not seize the opportunity to raise any related matters at that meeting."

The Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council's Health Services Committee, Chen Kaixin, questioned that the main route of transmission of melioidosis is contact with soil and muddy water with Burkholderia. The Department of Health's environmental samples only contain 16 soil samples, which is too few.

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The Health Committee did not convene a special committee to discuss

When Chen Kaixin was inquired by "Hong Kong 01", he pointed out that on the agenda of the Health Committee on the 14th, Lu Chongmao and relevant officials were originally scheduled to answer two items: New Coronary Pneumonia and Gao Chaodao General Outpatient Clinic and Children's Physical Intelligence Test Center.

She asked Zhang Yuren, the chairman of the Health Committee, whether to hold a special meeting to discuss melioidosis. Zhang Yuren responded that he should pay close attention to make a decision, and in the end, no special meeting was held.

Chen Kaixin said that melioidosis is an emergency, and 6 people have died. One of the purposes of raising urgent questions is to arouse social concerns and ask officials to respond to social concerns.

After receiving the letter from Liang Junyan rejecting the urgent question, Chen Kaixin has integrated the content of the urgent question and the concerns received from today's Sham Shui Po lecture into a letter to express the public's concerns to Lu Chongmao, hoping that the Medical and Health Bureau can respond to the question.

She said that the bureau has also prepared relevant responses.

Melioidosis|Meloidoidosis|Meloidoidosis is detected in two samples from the patient's home, but the level of bacteria is low in two samples from the patient's home | The most cases in Pak Tin Village, Sham Shui Po, directly hit the green space after the rain Soil washed to the ground, melioidosis | The patients were distributed in 16 buildings, 90 environmental samples were negative, and their family members were asymptomatic