By The SUN
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| Isolation rooms in some public hospitals are said to have all been allocated to virus patients |
Another 41 cases were reported on Monday, Mar 30, taking the
overall tally to 682. The number of new cases has risen sharply since hundreds
of residents have been returning from heavily infected places overseas.
Of the confirmed cases so far, 554 remain in isolation,
while 124 patients have been discharged upon recovery.
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At their daily press briefing, health officials said 39
confirmed Covid-19 were waiting to be admitted to hospital as a result of the
shortage.
The issue was raised in the wake of a report that a man who
lives in a subdivided flat was taken to hospital two days after testing
positive for the disease.
Dr Lau Ka-hin, the Hospital Authority’s chief manager in
quality and standards, said the waiting time for confirmed patients depends on
the number of patients admitted each day.
“For example, six were discharged today, but that’s still
less than those admitted,” he said.
Lau said some hospitals are already filled to capacity, although on average, the occupancy rate is about 77 percent for all.
As back-up, the officials said about 400 ward beds are being
converted into “second-tier isolation beds to help free up space in the coming
days.
Lau said an infections disease committee under HA has
determined that the second-tier rooms will be used by recovering patients who
haven’t had fever for more than 48 hours, who had no symptoms or diarrhea and
do not require oxygen support, and have shown improvements in blood tests.
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| Dr Chuang and Dr Lau at the daily press briefing |
The number of new cases has been in the double digits even
after the government imposed travel restrictions on Mar 25. Many of the new
arrivals are students returning from overseas, or residents who had visited
countries in Europe or the United
States
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch
of the Centre for Health Protection, said that of the 41 new cases, 34 had
travel history; 17 of them are students returning from overseas.
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But Chuang there is also a number of the new cases which make contact tracing
difficult, because the source could not be identified.
“This situation is worrying because there are cases where
the source is not known,” she said.
She advised everyone to heed the government’s advice to
maintain good personal hygiene and stay at home as much as possible.
For the first time in a week, only one case was linked to
the so-called band cluster, where 68 people with links to four bars across Hong Kong have been found infected. The lone case today
involved a student nurse who visited All Night Long in Tsim Sha Tsui.
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