In a 5-storey residential care home in Aberdeen, 9 residents and staff were recently diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. Since the confirmed cases were spread across multiple floors, 88 residents of the hospital needed to be evacuated and quarantined. The Hospital Authority is concerned regarding the increase in the number of new hospitalized and hospitalized elderly people in the community in recent weeks, and once once more calls on them to complete the 3 doses of the new crown vaccine as soon as possible, and reminds cancer patients or patients undergoing chemotherapy to get injections to combat the new crown virus.
There were 5,757 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong yesterday, including 194 imported cases, of which nearly 20% were tourists with “yellow codes”. Three more elderly people and one disabled home have reported cases. Among them, seven residents and two staff members on the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th floors of Aberdeen Fei Tsui Home for the Elderly have tested positive. The authorities pointed out that an enrolled nurse who was in charge of dispensing medicines and personal care and who had taken all four injections underwent mandatory testing last Saturday (13th), confirmed the diagnosis on Sunday (14th), and a nurse who was responsible for caring and feeding the next day. staff were also diagnosed.
Au Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that there were cases on the four floors where the two infected staff worked respectively, but the two had no shared meals and no special contact. He also said that residents generally do not move across floors. Although they live in separate rooms, they are only separated from each other by partitions that do not reach the top. After evaluation, it is believed that other residents are at risk of infection, so arrangements were made. Evacuate the entire hospital.
4 more deaths
The Hospital Authority announced four deaths yesterday. The deceased between the ages of 52 and 96 had chronic diseases or cancer. Liu Jiaxian, Chief Administrative Manager of the Hospital Authority, pointed out that the number of newly admitted patients has continued to rise in recent days. Yesterday, 60% of patients were 60 years old or above, and 80% of hospitalized patients were over 60 years old. Among the 65 patients yesterday, 82% were serious or critical. Be 60 years old or older. He revealed that the elderly who are diagnosed generally have to stay in the hospital for 7 to 8 days.
Cancer patients should be more vaccinated
The authorities pointed out that most of the confirmed elderly live in the community, and called on the elderly infected to report to the Department of Health and seek medical treatment as soon as possible, and to complete 3 doses of vaccination. Ou Jiarong said that the latest three-shot vaccination rates for people aged 60 to 69, 70 to 79 and 80 years old or above were 70%, 64% and 44% respectively, which was not ideal.
Liu Jiaxian pointed out that according to his knowledge, there are not many citizens who are exempted from injections. He also said that cancer or chemotherapy is not a reason for exempting injections. On the contrary, they are the most in need. Because injections can help strengthen their resistance once morest the new crown virus, I appeal to them. This myth should no longer be held.
A total of 1,100 patients were prescribed oral medicines for COVID-19 by the Hospital Authority the day before yesterday. Lau reminded patients that they must take the entire course of medicines. In addition, the center received 74 reports from schools yesterday, and individual classes in 4 schools were suspended for a week.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/Evacuation of nursing homes once more – the number of elderly patients is increasing and calls for injections/334210?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
