The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong continues to rise. The Social Welfare Department announced today (25th) that the quarantine centers located in Hall 9 and Hall 6 of AsiaWorld-Expo will be converted to temporary care from today and tomorrow (26th) respectively The center provides a total of 540 beds to receive confirmed elderly and disabled persons with mild or asymptomatic symptoms.
AsiaWorld-Expo Quarantine Center.
(Information photo / FB photo of the Bureau of Labor and Welfare)
According to the SWD, the respite centers in Hall 9 and Hall 6 of AWE provide 270 beds each.
The Hospital Authority will cooperate with private medical institutions to provide medical support for the centre, while the care services of the center are provided by Fubao International Development Co., Ltd. and Jia Tao (Hong Kong) Holdings Co., Ltd. respectively.
The SWD stated that it will continue to closely monitor the development of the epidemic, and will coordinate with relevant policy bureaus and departments to quickly mobilize resources and venues to meet the epidemic prevention needs of residential care homes and protect the health of residents of residential care homes.
Checking the information, the SWD once stated on December 22 that Hall No. 9 and Hall No. 6 would be converted into respite centers on December 27 and 28 respectively.
In other words, both halls were converted into respite centers two days earlier.
The Quarantine Center of the AsiaWorld-Expo provides 810 beds to the nursing home. Close contacts do not need to be quarantined｜Uncle wants to go home, mother-in-law with dementia is uneasy The number of severe cases has been reduced by 40%, and the AsiaWorld-Expert Museum has been transferred to the standby AsiaWorld-Expo Museum. Doctors and nurses work together to fight the epidemic, and patients support each other while busy