htmlOn the evening of November 22, the Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong held a press conference to report on the highly suspected cases. Photo by Beijing News reporter Li Yukun Beijing News News (Reporter Li Yukun) According to the Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Department of Health, currently, there are 2 cases of new coronavirus in Hong Kong with preliminary positive test results.
From December 31, 2019 to 12 noon on January 22, 2020, the Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Department of Health received a total of 135 suspected cases that met the reporting criteria. 97 reported cases have been ruled out as novel coronavirus infection and have been After being discharged from hospital, the remaining 38 cases are still hospitalized, including 2 cases with preliminary positive test results for the new coronavirus.
One of the cases is a 39-year-old man. He was reported by the Port Health Department on January 21 and admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The other case is a 56-year-old man who was reported by the Hospital Authority on January 21 and was admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital.
announced the 39-year-old man’s trajectory in Hong Kong at the press conference of the Secretary for Food and Health on January 22.
Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan said that the 39-year-old man is the first highly suspected case of new coronavirus infection discovered in Hong Kong. According to the Center for Health Protection, the patient is a 39-year-old tourist from Wuhan. On January 21, 2020, he took the high-speed rail G1015 patient train from Wuhan to Shenzhen North, seat No. 3, car 10D; in the evening, he took the G5607 high-speed rail to Hong Kong West Kowloon Website , departure at 7:35 pm, patient seat is car No. 2, 2D.
The Center for Health Protection issued a press release in the early morning of the 23rd stating that the 56-year-old male patient is a Hong Kong resident with good past health. His respiratory sample was initially tested positive for the new coronavirus. He traveled to Wuhan alone on the 10th of this month, took Air China flight CA8279 from Wuhan to Shenzhen on the 19th, and took the MTR back to Hong Kong via Luohu Port on the same day. The patient started to have a fever on the 18th but had no symptoms of respiratory infection. He went to the Accident and Emergency Department of Prince of Wales Hospital for medical treatment the next day. He did not need to be admitted to the hospital. He returned to the Accident and Emergency Department of the hospital for follow-up consultation on the 21st. As the fever symptoms persisted, the hospital arranged for the patient to Admitted to hospital for isolation treatment. The patient is now in stable condition and was transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital for isolation treatment.
