Challenges range from finding room to quarantine cruise ship passengers to tracking down cab drivers who drove suspected cases to a medical center.
A new apartment complex in Hong Kong, called the Chun Yeung Estate, is being turned into a quarantine center.A new apartment complex in Hong Kong, called the Chun Yeung Estate, is being turned into a quarantine center.Hong Kong is fighting an epic battle to keep the new coronavirus from exploding in its territory.
But Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong, has stood firm with the plan to use Chun Yeung Estate as a quarantine center."Hong Kong cannot afford to not have this center," she said at a press conference. Testing people for the virus is another area where the city has had to find new ways to respond. Hong Kong's public health system currently runs 700 to 800 laboratory tests a day for the new coronavirus. To ease the burden on doctors, clinics and laboratories, Dr. Lau Ka-hin, the Hospital Authority's chief manager for quality and standards, announced that hospitals are launching a new outpatient testing program for suspected COVID-19 cases.
"The patient does not have to stay in the hospital to wait for the test results," Lau said, unlike the current procedure. In addition to setting up new testing programs for the virus, Hong Kong's health department is also attempting to track down hundreds of people who may have been in contact with confirmed cases.
For instance, the city was notified that 36 Hong Kong residents were aboard the MS Westerdam cruise ship, where a passenger tested positive after disembarking in Cambodia. The health department was able to connect with 24 of them but is still trying to track down the other 12.
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