By The SUN
The baby was intubated before she died of cardiac arrest at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
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| The baby was intubated before she died of cardiac arrest at Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
An 11-month-old baby girl became the youngest patient with Covid-19 to succumb in Hong Kong, doctors announced Monday.
At the daily press briefing on the coronavirus situation in Hong Kong, the
Centre for Health Protection also reported 7,533 confirmed cases, a new record
high.
According to Dr Lau Ka-hin from the Hospital Authority, the baby was admitted at 4am on Feb 19 at Tseung Kwan O Hospital, suffering from fever and convulsions. She tested positive at the hospital with a Ct value of 17, indicating a heavy viral load.
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As her condition was deemed serious, she was intubated and transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit of Queen Elizabeth Hospital and given Remdisivir.
Her condition deteriorated and she suffered cardiac arrest before passing away at 6:59pm yesterday.
Dr Lau said he believes the girl was infected by family members as her
parents, grandmother caregiver and two older siblings aged eight all tested
positive after undergoing rapid antigen tests.
But he said the immediate cause of death has yet to be established, so
the case has been referred to the Coroner’s court.
This is the third death of a young patient to be recorded in Hong Kong
since the start of the fifth wave of infections.
Last week, a 4-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl who tested positive for
Covid-19 died just days apart. The boy’s case has been referred to the coroner
while the girl’s death has been attributed to the coronavirus.
Dr Lau said a dozen other patients aged up to 97 years old also passed
away within the past 24 hours. He said most were elderly with chronic
conditions, but did not have information on each case. They took the total
death toll in public hospitals to 311.
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| Dr Lau said the baby might have been infected at home |
But with the new and more stringent social distancing measures that are
due to take effect this Thursday, he hopes the rate of infection will
stabilize.
Asked why the CHP does not give any more data on preliminary positive
cases Dr Au said they do not accurately reflect the number of those infected in
the past 24 hours.
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“So in terms of gauging the trend we refer to the positive and
preliminary positive cases,” he said.
Yesterday, CHP’s chief Edwin Tsui said the trend showed as many as 10,000
people were infected on Saturday, while there were only 8,000 the previous day.
Of today’s infection, three were imported cases and the rest were all
locally acquired.
Twenty of the patients carried the Delta variant while the rest either
had Omicron or the test results were not in yet or could not be determined.
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Dr Lau said 3,803 patients are receiving treatment in public hospitals and
three infection control centers.
A further 2,100 or so patients with no or mild symptoms are at Penny’s
Bay Isolation Centre while more than 200 are at Tsuen Wan Dorsett isolation
facility.
He also said that HA had started transferring patients from public to
private hospitals for case management to free up space for serious cases or
those with Covid-19. Among those to be transferred are patients who need
immediate orthopedic surgery.
Although they will continue their treatment in private hospitals, they
will still be charged public hospital fees.
In a press release issued after the case briefing, the CHP announced that
a two-week flight ban was issued on KLM flight KL819 from Amsterdam, after one
of its passengers on Feb 18 tested positive on arrival, and two others failed
to comply with pre-boarding requirements.
Also banned was Scoot
flight from Singapore, which racked up four passengers who tested positive on
arrival within a seven-day period, from Feb 13 to 19.
The ban on both flights will run from Feb 21 to Mar 6.
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