The Hong Kong government announced today (19th) that the isolation order for confirmed cases of the new crown will be revoked from January 30. Xu Lejian, director of the Center for Health Protection, said that the virus reporting criteria and data distribution arrangements will be updated from the same day. Although the new crown is still a notifiable infectious disease, After January 30, only serious cases and deaths need to be reported. The government’s special webpage will publish daily nucleic acid positive samples and death figures instead of the current daily news announcements. Other data will be announced every week from February.
Although Hong Kong will maintain the emergency response level, the chief executive of the Hospital Authority, Kao Basheng, pointed out that after the isolation order is lifted, the Hospital Authority will stop telemedicine services. Without the isolation order, citizens in need can seek medical treatment from private doctors , which will allow the Hospital Authority to free up manpower to handle general services and be more able to take care of non-coronavirus patients.
Xu Lejian, director of the Center for Health Protection, said on January 19 that the virus reporting guidelines and data distribution arrangements will be updated from January 30.
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Xu Lejian pointed out at the epidemic press conference in the afternoon that the new crown infection still needs to be reported as an infectious disease under Chapter 599, but after January 30, only serious and death needs to be reported. The authorities will continue to monitor the new crown epidemic from multiple aspects, including sewage monitoring, community monitoring, etc. At the same time, we will look at the situation of mutated viruses, and like other respiratory diseases, pay attention to outbreaks in school buildings, etc., and the new crown will be included in fixed-point monitoring, and doctors such as outpatient clinics will be invited to provide patient data to monitor the new crown by monitoring influenza. sick.
Xu Lejian also pointed out that starting from January 30, the government's special website will publish daily nucleic acid positive samples and death figures instead of the current daily news announcements, and other data will be released every week from February.
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In terms of public hospitals, Gao Basheng pointed out that after the cancellation of the isolation arrangement, the Hospital Authority will strengthen general outpatient services. After January 30, the new crown treatment will be provided in more than 70 general clinics instead of being concentrated in 7 designated clinics. Services, that is, all general outpatient clinics will have a reserve of oral drugs for the new crown, and the beds used for the treatment of the new crown will resume to take care of other patients, and the scheduled operations that were delayed due to the epidemic earlier will also resume.
Gao Basheng, chief executive of the Hospital Authority, said on January 19 that after the cancellation of the isolation order for confirmed cases, the Hospital Authority will stop the new crown telemedicine service.
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Under the new arrangement, Gao Basheng will stop telemedicine services, because there was an isolation order before, but after the isolation order is no longer available, citizens can seek medical treatment from private doctors if necessary, but he understands that the public is not so quick to understand in real time, so he will strengthen support Hotline to help patients in need.
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