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Hong Kong pets face coronavirus quarantine after dog tests positive @ 2020-02-29T12: 返回 新闻热点
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AS A PRECAUTION, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DECLARED CATS, DOGS AND OTHER DOMESTICATED MAMMALS WHOSE OWNERS TEST POSITIVE AND ARE QUARANTINED FOR COVID-19 WOULD BE COLLECTED AND DELIVERED TO A "DESIGNATED ANIMAL KEEPING" FACILITY FOR QUARANTINE AND VETERINARY SURVEILLANCE. HONG KONG'S AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT SAID THE DOG DOESN'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS. SWABS OF ITS NASAL AND ORAL CAVITIES REVEALED TESTED "WEAK POSITIVE," IT SAID IN A STATEMENT FRIDAY.
A DOG IN HONG KONG HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS THAT'S KILLED AT LEAST 2,859 HUMANS ACROSS THE WORLD OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS SAID FRIDAY. DR. MARIA VAN KERKHOVE, THE TECHNICAL LEAD OF WHO'S EMERGENCIES PROGRAM, SAID THAT THE CANINE TESTED "WEAKLY POSITIVE," MEANING LOW LEVELS OF THE VIRUS WERE FOUND IN TEST RESULTS. HONG KONG SCIENTISTS AREN'T SURE IF THE DOG IS ACTUALLY INFECTED OR IF IT PICKED UP THE VIRUS FROM A CONTAMINATED SURFACE, SHE SAID, ADDING THAT IT IS WORKING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SCIENTISTS WHO TESTED THE ANIMAL. —HIGGINS-DUNN
MUCH IS STILL NOT KNOWN ABOUT THE VIRUS THAT IS SPREADING AROUND THE WORLD AFTER EMERGING IN CENTRAL CHINA LATE LAST YEAR. IT IS THOUGHT TO HAVE TRANSFERRED TO HUMANS FROM BATS AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TO SPREAD IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, BUT THE HONG KONG AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT SAID IT DOESN’T HAVE EVIDENCE THAT PET ANIMALS CAN BE INFECTED, OR BE A SOURCE OF INFECTION TO PEOPLE.
THERE HAS BEEN A "WEAK POSITIVE" DIAGNOSIS FOR A PET POOCH IN HONG KONG. THE OWNER HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD BEING PLACED IN QUARANTINE OVER CORONAVIRUS FEARS, THIS IS THE FIRST CASE INVOLVING AN ANIMAL. A PET POMERANIAN IN HONG KONG HAS TESTED A "WEAK POSITIVE" FOR THE COVID-19 AKA CORONAVIRUS. SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM THE DOG'S NASAL CAVITIES AND MOUTH AND AUTHORITIES ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE DOG INDEED IS SICK. THE DOG'S OWNER IS 60-YEAR-OLD PATIENT WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
A MAJOR CITY IN SHANDONG PROVINCE, YANTAI, ANNOUNCED ALL TRAVELERS FROM ABROAD WHO ARRIVE IN THE CITY WILL RECEIVE FREE NUCLEIC ACID TESTS FOR THE VIRUS. THIS MOVE FOLLOWS AN EARLIER ANNOUNCEMENT FROM WEIHAI, ANOTHER CITY IN THE PROVINCE, THAT TRAVELERS FROM JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA WILL BE PUT IN HOTELS FOR A 14-DAY FREE QUARANTINE.
SIX MORE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG TESTED POSITIVE FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) INFECTION, BRINGING THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES IN THE CITY TO 91, THE CENTRE FOR HEALTH PROTECTION (CHP) UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH...
GUESTS WHO HAD ALREADY DEPARTED CAMBODIA SINCE DISEMBARKING WILL BE CONTACTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDED FURTHER INFORMATION, HOLLAND AMERICA LINE SAID. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER AN AMERICAN PASSENGER FROM THE CRUISE SHIP TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN KUALA LUMPUR, PROMPTING MALAYSIA TO BAR THE ENTRY OF REMAINING PASSENGERS FROM THE WESTERDAM.
IN ADDITION TO THE LOCKED QUARANTINE CENTERS LIKE THE PUBLIC HOUSING TOWERS HOLDING HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS, LIKE THE EVACUEES FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, HONG KONG ALSO HAS A HOME QUARANTINE PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE CONSIDERED AT LOWER RISK OF INFECTION — FOR INSTANCE, PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IN MAINLAND CHINA BUT WERE NOT IN CONTACT WITH A COVID-19 PATIENT. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NEARLY 12,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY CONFINED TO THEIR HOMES, MOST OF THEM HONG KONG RESIDENTS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM CHINA. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONITORS THEM BY VIDEO CALLS AND TRACKS THEIR CELLPHONES FOR 14 DAYS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT ONE MORE PERSON HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE WUHAN CORONAVIRUS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN HONG KONG TO 22, WHILE TWO OTHERS HAVE PRELIMINARILY TESTED POSITIVE BUT ARE AWAITING FINAL RESULTS.
CHP SAYS THE PATIENT DIDN’T TRAVEL OUTSIDE HONG KONG, MEANING THAT THE VIRUS WAS LOCALLY TRANSMITTED. THE PATIENT’S WIFE HAS BEEN SENT TO A QUARANTINE CENTER, AND THE TAXI DRIVER THAT DROVE HIM FROM HONG KONG BAPTIST HOSPITAL TO THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL AT AROUND 2PM ON MONDAY HAS BEEN URGED TO CALL THE CHP HOTLINE.
THEY RETURNED TO HONG KONG ON ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT-CHARTERED FLIGHTS IN RECENT DAYS BRINGING RESIDENTS WHO WERE ABOARD THE SHIP BACK TO THE SAR FROM JAPAN, WHERE THE VIRUS-HIT VESSEL HAD BEEN QUARANTINED FOR TWO WEEKS.

 

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