Laguna City Block 5 (E?)
- 3 Units involved in Block E. Environmental sampling being done. Flat E has been evacuated. Rest are advised to get a second test.
- 16E had a party and 1 confirmed
- Security guard lives in Rec street
- 9th of Jan first +ve case
- Hope residents will cooperate in this round of testing
Chinese medicine clinical information
- Been offering this service to over 700 people who have been complaining about shortness of breath and loss of sleep. Many have improved.
- This is not started for in-patients, but in the Mainland this is standard practise to involve TCM in Covid-19.
- Acc to clinical literation from mainland, the efficacy rate is over 90% - effective for quick relief of clinical symptoms like fever and cough (and other clinical symptoms), secondly Chinese medicine can reduce mortality rate and increase recovery rate and slow progression from general to serious.
- Mainland experience tell us that this is combo is good for physical improvement and lung problems
- Cannot elaborate due to time constraints.
- TCM is effective for shortness of breath and lack of sleep
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Will be offered to patients at AWE who are not on anti-viral treatments
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Has been ongoing since April 2020 in post discharge general clinics
- If liver and kidney functions are normal and no allergies to TCM etc..
- Western doctors will do the daily consultations and will refer appropriate cases to TCM practitioners
- 3 day course will be offered, granulated pills
Jordan - Lock Down Q&A
- 13 cases include 1 2 year old infant who belongs to a 3 person family
- Remaining 12 cases have been tested before and 2 were not tested before, 1 lives in core area and another has not been subject to mandatory testing.
- Number of Households which were positive: Not sure if they answered this
1 Month Old Child
- (Not sure) Has family members confirmed
9 Nurses out of action - QE Hospital
- 3+ve nurses have been tested +ve and rest are close contacts.
- Staff being redeployed to fill gaps
- 3 Wards are closed for testing / disinfection. This affects A&E admission
- Time to process is longer @ A&E
- Public should go to community clinics / general clinics if they have mild issues
- Test all patients in the ward for 1 week and reopen ward after that, closure for few weeks
- During the press conference the number has increased to 10...
Yau Ma Tei Food Market
- Numbers "depends on the boundary of the residential buildings"