Beijing News News (Reporter Li Yukun) On the evening of January 22, Hong Kong held a press conference. Professor Chen Zhaoshi, the Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong, and others introduced the first highly suspected case of new coronavirus infection in Hong Kong. Condition.
According to the Center for Health Protection, the patient was 39 years old and a tourist from Wuhan. On January 21, 2020, he took the G1015 high-speed rail from Wuhan to Shenzhen North, seat No. 3 and 10D; in the evening, he took the G5607 high-speed rail to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station . Departs at 7:35 pm, seat is car No. 2, 2D. The patient
lives in Wuhan and has not been to seafood markets or medical institutions, has not been in contact with people with pneumonia, and has not been in contact with wild animals.
The patient had fever and cough at the time and was discovered by quarantine personnel. The other four family members who arrived in Hong Kong with the patient did not show symptoms. They stayed at the Royal Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui last night and took Cebu Airlines flight 5J111 today to leave Hong Kong for Manila, Philippines. Director of Health Chan Hon-yee said there is no data on hotel floor room numbers yet.
The patient is currently in stable condition, and the Hospital Authority has arranged isolation treatment. The patient had fever and upper respiratory tract symptoms last night. His condition has been stable and he has been arranged to go to the Infectious Disease Center of Princess Margaret Hospital for examination today.
The Hong Kong Department of Health has set up a hotline, urging people who took the relevant high-speed rail to call 21251122. Those in the two lines before and after are close contacts and need to be sent to an isolation camp. People in the same carriage who are not close contacts will be subject to medical surveillance.
Beijing News reporter Li Yukun
editor Chen Si