alert!The first case appeared in Hong Kong!

On September 6, the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that the first case of monkey acne input cases appeared in Hong Kong.

According to the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, on September 5, a case of suspected input monkey acne was found in Hong Kong. On the 5th, the case arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines via Hong Kong International Airport. Related illnesses, after re -examination and verification, are confirmed to be diagnosed by monkey acne today. The case did not enter the community and belonged to input cases.

Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Division of the Hong Kong Health Protection Center, said-

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The 30 -year -old man had a rash on August 30. He was swollen on September 2, and felt sore after arriving in the Philippines on September 5. The man lived in the United States before, from August 30th to September 2nd, and in the Philippines from September 2nd to September 5th. No one is listed as a close contact for the time being.

Zhang Zhujun introduced that the man arrived in Hong Kong on the Philippine Airlines PR300 on September 5. Be careful of the authorities who called for passengers, crew members, airport personnel and quarantine hotel personnel to take PR300 flights.

Xu Lejian, director of the Hong Kong Health Protection Center, said-

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Authorities are purchasing monkey acne vaccines. It is expected to go to Hong Kong in September and will vaccinate vaccines for high -risk people, including: medical staff, laboratory personnel, and male contacts. In addition, the latent period of monkey acne virus is relatively long, and those who are closely contact need 21 days of quarantine.

Earlier reports-

According to CCTV News, on September 2nd, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government stated that it has prepared for the cope with the input cases of monkey acne and the possible local epidemic outbreak.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government stated that because the World Health Organization listed monkey acne epidemic in multiple countries and regions as "internationally concerned emergencies", the Hong Kong Health Agency's Health Protection Center has always closely monitored the suspected case of monkey acne and cope with it. The outbreak of the epidemic is ready. The primary goal is to prevent the infection of human acne on the local people, and block the outbreak of the local epidemic.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government pointed out on the 2nd that Hong Kong has not found a confirmed case of human infection of monkey acne virus so far. However, the SAR government will not take it lightly. The key to preventing monkey acne in local communication is to discover, isolate and treat the case of monkey acne as soon as possible, and the close contact with the identification case to arrange quarantine.

To this end, the Center for Health Protection has previously strengthened the monitoring of travelers and local community people. The SAR Government has also set up monkey acne as the statutory infection in the "Regulations on Prevention and Control of Diseases" (Chapter 599). At the same time, the health protection center has strengthened the laboratory testing of monkey acne virus.

Infection control experts from the Hong Kong SAR Government Hospital Management Bureau (Hospital Management Bureau) have inspected the preparations for public hospitals to respond to monkey acne patients, including different coping measures such as quarantine beds, drugs and treatment plans from public hospitals. The Hospital Authority has developed a plan and will start an emergency response command center when necessary. Cooperate with the SAR government to closely monitor the situation. Public hospitals will also mobilize the sick bed, manpower and appropriate drugs to provide appropriate treatment for patients infected with monkey acne.

A spokesman for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said that the SAR Government is discussing with the vaccine pharmaceutical factory, hoping to introduce the first batch of vaccines within this month. In addition, in order to prevent monkeys from spreading locally, the SAR Government has reserved facilities for the close contact with the cases of confirmed cases to quarantine.

The spokesman urged that if the citizens have symptoms of monkey acne, including fever, severe headache, muscle pain, lymph nodes, oral ulcers and rash, they should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

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