He Wanxia pointed out that the current utilization rate of isolation beds under the Hospital Authority is close to 90%, which has reached the upper limit of the number of patients that can be admitted. She said that as a medical staff, she “is very anxious to admit patients”, but the number of patients is increasing too fast, and priority should be given to the seriously ill, the elderly and children; the HA will increase isolation facilities as soon as possible, and is deploying to open designated clinics Treatment of patients who are still waiting and in more stable condition.
In addition, He Wanxia said that there are currently 9 confirmed patients in critical condition; another 3-year-old girl who was initially positive yesterday (13th) is still in critical condition and is hospitalized at the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital. Today, regarding 40 more HA staff were confirmed to be positive or preliminarily positive for the new crown, and more than 20 staff were listed as close contacts[Details]; 7 patients were initially found to be positive following admission screening or testing, and regarding 50 related patients are listed as close contactsDetails]; There are also new cases of infection clusters that appeared earlier in many hospitals[Details】。
