The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong continued to hover at the level of nearly 10,000, with an increase of 9,373 cases yesterday. Seven cardiologists from Eastern District Hospital were infected with the virus within 3 days. They did not participate in out-of-hospital gatherings. The Hospital Authority suspected that some non-emergency services had to be suspended due to the shared pantry spread. The CHP has always allowed citizens to make up the declaration of positive rapid test records. Director Xu Le insisted that he no longer accepted the supplementary report last month, and called on the public not to worry regarding reporting old cases. Instead, he suggested that the new crown vaccine should be vaccinated to meet the “vaccine passport” requirements. .
The single-day number of confirmed cases dropped slightly to 9,373, including 186 imported cases. Seven cardiologists from Eastern District Hospital have been diagnosed one following another since Sunday (4th). The HA investigation found that they did not attend out-of-hospital gatherings, but they all used the pantry in the cardiac catheterization center. Li Liye, the general administrative manager of the Hospital Authority, said that seven doctors were wearing protective equipment at work, and no patients were listed as close contacts. Another five cardiologists who had used the pantry tested negative. He said that the relevant emergency services remain normal, and some non-emergency services should be suspended, and he said that there is a mechanism to deploy doctors from different networks to support. In addition, 767 schools reported 1,516 positive cases of teachers and students yesterday, involving 1,304 students and 212 staff, and 45 more schools with a total of 54 classes required to suspend face-to-face teaching for a week, of which 7 schools involved more than one class.
Received 140,000 phone inquiries in a single day
The CHP received 140,000 calls for help the day before yesterday, compared with an average of regarding 100,000 calls in the previous days. Xu Le insisted that there are 100 people in the center who are responsible for answering the phone calls, and there are various inquiries, such as “red code” to “blue code”, requests for isolation or quarantine orders, etc. If there are multiple problems in a call, it is difficult for the staff to “dump one or two.” The line will be closed as soon as you say it.” At that time, other members of the public will not be able to call. He appealed to the public to make good use of online resources first, and the center will consider adding more “questions and answers”. Xu Lejian also specifically mentioned that recently, many citizens want to report the old positive results of the rapid test, some as far back as March and April. He pointed out that the center has already processed the supplementary report until September, and announced that it will not process the supplementary report before September. He also appealed to the citizens who hope to use the supplementary report to meet the requirements of the “vaccine passport” to stop worrying regarding reporting old cases, and reiterated that following 28 days of infection, the The new crown vaccine can be vaccinated. If the public considers getting the injection as soon as possible, there is no need to worry.
Cause of death of 27-year-old male patient undetermined related to pneumonia
The Hospital Authority announced 9 deaths yesterday. 7 of the deceased were between 73 and 99 years old, and an 87-year-old man was admitted to hospital due to cerebral hemorrhage. The cause of death is not expected to be related to the new crown pneumonia. A 27-year-old man who had to be bedridden for a long time and suffered from epilepsy and adenoid disease suddenly fell into a coma at home at the end of last month. After being sent to the hospital, his heartbeat recovered for a while. In addition, the government announced yesterday to extend the current social distancing measures until the 21st of this month, reiterating that there is no room for relaxation at this stage, but considering the needs of social and economic activities, it will not be tightened.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/Eastern Hospital suspected of spreading poison in the pantry – 7 cardiologists infected in 3 days/337261?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
