By The SUN
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| Health condition of elderly people who catch Covid can deteriorate rapidly, say doctors (File) |
Health officials are urging elderly people who test
positive for Covid-19 to inform the government immediately so they can be
checked and given proper medical attention.
The call came as the Hospital Authority announced the
deaths of 10 people aged between 74 and 97, who all tested positive for the
coronavirus.
Among them was an 85-year-old man who passed out on
the street and was certified dead at the hospital, and a 76-year-old female who
passed away at home.
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The others all died after admission to hospital and had
serious and chronic ailments like cancer, heart problem, hypertension and
diabetes.
“If you test positive you must report even if you only
have mild symptoms,” said Dr Gladys Kwan, chief manager of the Hospital
Authority.
She said the health condition of elderly people could
deteriorate rapidly, so even those with only mild symptoms could become
seriously ill within a matter of hours.
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“We are very worried about this that is why we are
taking this initiative to appeal to our patients to watch their condition
strictly,” said Dr Gladys Kwan, a chief manager of the Hospital Authority.
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| Dr Kwan says elderly patients should report their infection immediately |
Kwan also announced that the HA is planning to relax
its guidelines for administering oral Covid drugs to either lower the age for
qualified patients, or include more high-risk groups.
The Centre for Health Protection’s Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan also called on the elderly to get vaccinated and if they have already done so, ensure they receive booster jabs.
“We can see from the fatalities that most did not have
vaccine jabs or did not complete their vaccination,” said Chuang.
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Among today’s Covid-related deaths, three had no
vaccination at all, four had one shot each, while the remaining 3 each had two jabs.
Chuang also said the reason health officials have
decided to reverse the format of the press briefing by giving out the number of
patients in hospitals as well as deaths ahead of the daily tally was because
people are likely to be interested more on how many serious cases there were
each day.
A total of 4,276 additional infections were reported
for the day, including 220 imported cases. This marked the first time since the
mass outbreak in infections eased in early July that the local cases had topped
the 4,000 mark.
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The local cases included 482 reported from 371 schools,
involving 395 students and 87 teachers and staff. Eight schools were told to
suspend a class each in which a number of students and/or teachers tested
positive.
Among the imported cases, 117 were detected on arrival
at the airport, 87 during hotel quarantine and 21 post-isolation.
The new arrivals came from 50 different places, and
the following countries each had 10 or more cases: United Kingdom, 43; Thailand,
20; United States, 18; Nepal, 17; and the Philippines, 13.
A total of 1390 Covid patients are now confined in
public hospitals and treatment facilities, and they included 162 who got
admitted overnight.
Among them, 28 are in critical condition, including eight
who are in intensive care units; and 19 are seriously ill.
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