A 2-year-old, 3-month-old boy was diagnosed with hoarseness and was in critical condition. He needed to be intubated for oxygen and is currently hospitalized in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Recently, the proportion of children under the age of 3 diagnosed has slightly increased to 1.8%. The Hospital Authority believes that it is related to the increase in the number of confirmed cases in the community, and calls on parents to bring their children to be vaccinated against the new crown as soon as possible. So far, more than 3,000 children between the ages of six months and three have been vaccinated. The government has lowered the school vaccination service threshold to 10, hoping to encourage kindergartens with a smaller number to participate.
Another young child needs intensive treatment after contracting the virus. A 2-year-old, 3-month-old boy in good health developed fever and cold symptoms last Friday. He went to Yan Chai Hospital for shortness of breath and wheezing in the early morning yesterday. , and was subsequently diagnosed with a CT value of 14.8, which means that the amount of virus was very high, and was then transferred to the PICU of Princess Margaret Hospital for hospitalization. He then continued to have difficulty breathing and developed hoarseness requiring intubation. Neither he nor his 5-year-old sister who was diagnosed was vaccinated, and his father who was diagnosed was vaccinated.
Parents urged to pay attention to children’s breathing
The Chief Executive Manager of the Hospital Authority, Lau Ka-hsien, said that paediatricians in different hospitals have pointed out that there has been an increase in the number of children with roaring disease recently, and described the symptoms as more urgent. Watch for related symptoms. He also added that untreated wheezing has a high risk of death.
In the past two weeks, the proportion of confirmed cases among children aged 0 to 2 has slightly increased from 1.5% to 1.8%. Liu Jiaxian believes that it is related to the increase in community cases. Young children have the opportunity to be infected when they go out to the streets, or their family members go out and then infect young children. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that if there are high-risk family members living with the same family, such as 5 years old or below, 70 years old or above, they are likely to become serious or even die after contracting the virus. In addition, children may not be injected, and appeal to those infected with the virus. It should not be considered that the symptoms are mild and that they have received all injections, and they should not be admitted to a community isolation facility. As for the 5-year-old 9-month-old girl currently in the PICU of Tuen Mun Hospital, her condition is still critical.
The government lowered the injection age to 6 months at the beginning of the month. Liu Jiaxian urged parents of young children to seize the time and bring their children to get 3 injections as soon as possible, hoping to complete the vaccination within 4 months to enhance their protection. The civil service secretary in charge of the vaccination program, Yang He Beiyin, said that in the past two weeks, about 3,000 young children have been vaccinated. She also said that the threshold for inoculation at school has been reduced from 30 to 10, and she hopes to encourage kindergartens or child care centers with smaller numbers to arrange inoculation at school.
Nearly 4,900 confirmed diagnoses in a single day
There were 4,896 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong yesterday. Among the 197 imported cases, 33 people were diagnosed at community testing centres on the 4th to 7th days after arriving in Hong Kong. In addition, four more patients died yesterday, aged between 63 and 91.
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