We've been hearing rumors of coronavirus cases turning up in other cities in Mainland China, including Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen over the past 48 hours. The first to be confirmed is in Shenzhen, which is less than an hour away from Hong Kong by subway.
The following report (h/t to Shiloh on FluTrackers) comes from the Health Commission of Guangdong Province.Obviously, this is a developing story, and there will be more to come.
National Health and Health Commission confirms the first confirmed case of pneumonia in our province with imported new coronavirus infection
Time: 2020-01-20 02:51:59 source: this website
On January 19, the National Health and Health Commission confirmed the first confirmed case of pneumonia in our province with imported new coronavirus infection.
The patient is a 66-year-old male who currently lives in Shenzhen. He went to visit relatives in Wuhan on December 29, 2019. He developed fever and fatigue on January 3, 2020. He returned to Shenzhen on January 4, and went to Shenzhen on January 11. Designated hospital isolation treatment.
Proved by the provincial and municipal disease control centers using optimized test kits, it was positive for new coronavirus nucleic acids. On January 18, the specimens were sent to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention for viral nucleic acid review testing, and the results were positive. On January 19, the case was evaluated and confirmed by the experts of the diagnostic group under the Epidemic Leadership Group of the National Health and Health Commission and the content of the "New Coronary Virus Infection Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Program (Trial Version 2)".
This case was confirmed as a confirmed case of pneumonitis infected by a novel coronavirus. The patient is now in stable condition. Our province has followed up and follow up those who are in close contact.
At present, our province is doing its best to treat patients, conducting in-depth epidemiological investigations, strengthening close contact follow-up management, intensifying pre-examination and triage of fever clinics, standardizing the monitoring, screening, diagnosis and treatment of suspicious cases, and in-depth Patriotic health campaign, strengthen environmental rectification, do a good job of farmer market management, ban illegal wildlife sales, and comprehensively implement various prevention and control measures.
Experts judged that the current epidemic situation is still preventable and controllable. Experts remind that it is currently in the season of high incidence of respiratory infectious diseases in winter and spring. Citizens should take good personal hygiene protection, pay attention to maintaining indoor environmental hygiene and air circulation, and minimize activities to public places with no air circulation or dense crowds. Symptoms of infection, please go to the medical institution in time.
