The number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong continued to fall, with 25,150 new confirmed cases, of which 32 were imported cases and 25,118 were local infections. Single-day deaths have reached a new high, with two children dying from infections, and pediatric experts have called for children to be vaccinated as soon as possible. According to the genetic analysis of the Public Laboratory, only confirmed cases of Ami kerong have been found for the time being, and no new cases of Delta have been found.
Xu Lejian, director of the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection, said: "The reported figures do not show signs of a multiplication every three to five days in the past more than a week. With the implementation of harsh social measures, the speed of transmission is slowed down. "Another 161 patients died last Sunday, between the ages of 29 and 102, most of whom were unvaccinated.
In addition, two children who died of COVID-19 infection, including an eight-year-old girl with thyroid disease, went to a private hospital last Sunday for fever and mild headaches, quickly tested positive, and went home after receiving prescription drugs. In the morning, he was unconscious, and was taken to Mary Hospital by ambulance, and the rescue was ineffective. Another four-year-old girl with congenital heart disease who quickly tested positive and vomited was taken to Queen Mary Hospital in the early morning, where her heart stopped and recovered after rescue, but then the situation deteriorated. Two girls were each given one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in mid-to-late last month. Lau Yu-lung, chairman of the Hong Kong Science Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases, reiterated his call for early vaccination.
Liu Yulong, chairman of the Hong Kong Science Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases, said: "Both of them were given a shot, and the two were just a dozen days after the first shot, so they have not been fully protected, absolutely unrelated to the lack of protection of the vaccine." Because you have a minimum of two injections, I have said that it is best to get three injections. At the same time, he believes that it is necessary to shorten the vaccination interval for children with long-term diseases, and HKU will carry out relevant research this week.
(Editor: Ma Ting)