20 Health Care Workers and National Health Commission Members nCoV Infected

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There were at least 20 medical infections in Wuhan and Huanggang in Hubei Province, and members of the expert group of the National Health Commission were also infected.

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[Ming Pao News] The number of new coronaviruses diagnosed in the Mainland increased to 320 cases yesterday, with 40% of provinces and municipalities outbreaking. Tianjin, Chongqing, Zhejiang, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan and Hunan provinces yesterday The first diagnosis was made, and the first diagnosis was made in Taiwan yesterday. There were at least 20 medical infections in Wuhan and Huanggang in Hubei Province, and members of the expert group of the National Health Commission were also infected. HKU expert Yuan Guoyong said that the current or entering the third wave of outbreaks, and called for strengthened epidemic prevention to prevent the epidemic from taking root everywhere.

Edited January 22, 2020 by niman

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Hubei 20 health care infected epidemic WHO: or from person to person

The WHO said yesterday that the new coronavirus may continue to spread from person to person. Hubei Province added 72 confirmed cases the day before and expanded from the source Wuhan to Huanggang City. There were at least 20 medical infections in the two cities, of which 15 belonged to two hospitals in Wuhan, and one of the brain surgery patients transmitted to the hospital. Medical care; one doctor and four nurses were infected in Huanggang City.

Wang Guangfa said that the outbreak was under control

Wang Guangfa, a member of the expert group of the National Health and Medical Commission who has been to Wuhan to learn about the epidemic, and the chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, confirmed that he was infected with the cable news yesterday and is being treated. Happening. He was interviewed by CCTV on the 10th of this month, saying that the virus is relatively weak and the epidemic situation is still under control.

Dr. Lai Weiwen, Chief Infection Control Director of the Hospital Authority, said that he had a meeting with Wang Guangfa when he went to Wuhan to inspect last week, and Lai wore a mask when he appeared at a press conference yesterday. The Hong Kong representative of the same group also has Xu Deyi, deputy director of the Food and Health Bureau, and Zhang Zhujun, director of the infectious disease department of the Center for Health Protection.

27% increase in two deaths in Wuhan

The 60 new patients in Wuhan the day before, aged between 15 and 88, developed symptoms before the 18th; 17 and 3 were severe and critically ill; two more died. The new dead included a 48-year-old woman who was suffering from diabetes, cerebral infarction and gallstones. She developed symptoms on December 10, had difficulty breathing on the 27th, was transferred to the Jinyintan Hospital on the 31st, and had multiple organ failure on the 20th of this month. death. The other deceased was a 66-year-old man with COPD, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. He developed fever on the 11th of this month and was admitted to the hospital on the 16th. He had difficulty breathing the next day and had multiple organ failure and no cure on the 20th. There were 51 cases of severe illness and 12 cases of critical illness in Wuhan, together with 6 deaths. The serious rate accounted for 26.7% of the cases in Wuhan.

Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Zhejiang increased by 5 cases

Guangdong, the second most diagnosed, increased to 17 yesterday, with three new cases coming from Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Zhanjiang. The 1 male and 2 females all had Wuhan residence or travel history; severe and critical cases were 5 and 2 respectively. In addition, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Zhejiang provinces each added 5 confirmed diagnoses yesterday, the provinces and cities with the largest number of cases outside Hubei Province.

Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, visited Wuhan recently. He said in Hong Kong yesterday that the initial sporadic cases in Wuhan were mostly related to South China Seafood City. The second wave of transmission affected two communities near South China Seafood City and In other districts of Wuhan, he believes that it may enter the third wave of transmission, starting with family and hospital transmission.

The third wave starts from the family hospital

He pointed out that there are currently confirmed diagnoses in South Korea and other places, reflecting that the number of cases in Wuhan has only increased to a certain number before being brought to other cities. He is concerned that if the virus explodes in the community, it may cause "a situation similar to that of SARS that year"; The citizens of Wuhan are infected. "The situation will become serious. We must use every means to prevent this from happening." We must greatly reduce the number of cases in Wuhan to reduce the export of infection. We also must not allow the virus to "root" in other cities. Entering the third wave of outbreaks, there are adequate measures to prevent it. He said that the current cases of new coronaviruses are less severe than SARS, but the virus can change, affecting transmission, severity and mortality.

No special medicine Zhong Nanshan: Worrying Super Communicator

Zhong Nanshan, the leader of the high-level expert group of the National Health and Medical Commission, said that the new type of coronavirus has no specific medicine, and he is worried about the emergence of super communicators. He pointed out that the main cause of medical infection is poor control of infection control. The source of the animal is still unclear. According to epidemiological investigations in various aspects, it is estimated that the virus is more likely to come from bamboo rats and tadpoles.

Regarding whether the source of the virus came from bamboo rats, Yuan Guoyong said that bamboo rats are one of the animals suspected of transmitting the new virus to humans, but there is no evidence at present.

Ming Pao reporter

(Wuhan pneumonia)

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Edited January 22, 2020 by niman

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