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[h=1]Yuan Guoyong warns: Hong Kong or 1.4 million people infected[/h] 2020-02-02 local news
(Reported by Sing Tao Daily) Regarding the current epidemic, Professor Guo-Yuan Yuan of the Department of Microbiology, HKU said that Wuhan ’s new coronavirus (WARS) has a very high transmission capacity. In the same period, the transmission rate of SARS far exceeded SARS transmission. "Although the mortality rate of pneumonia in Wuhan is about 2%, there are also many cases of hospitalization and need of respiratory assistance. He also said that it was spread in other areas, including Thailand, Singapore, and Japan, and local people were infected. It is unknown whether it will become endemic.
Yuan Guoyong warned that if the transmission rate is similar to the flu, and the mortality rate is at least 1%, 1.4 million people will be infected in Hong Kong and 14,000 people will die from Wuhan pneumonia.
"I hope Hong Kong will have The fewest cases, the least deaths, and the longest stays. " He urged citizens to wash their hands frequently, and stay at home as far as possible without a mask, and be one to two meters away from people.
https://std.stheadline.com/daily/article/detail/2142403/日報-港聞-袁國勇警告-港或140萬人感染
(Reported by Sing Tao Daily) Regarding the current epidemic, Professor Guo-Yuan Yuan of the Department of Microbiology, HKU said that Wuhan ’s new coronavirus (WARS) has a very high transmission capacity. In the same period, the transmission rate of SARS far exceeded SARS transmission. "Although the mortality rate of pneumonia in Wuhan is about 2%, there are also many cases of hospitalization and need of respiratory assistance. He also said that it was spread in other areas, including Thailand, Singapore, and Japan, and local people were infected. It is unknown whether it will become endemic.
Yuan Guoyong warned that if the transmission rate is similar to the flu, and the mortality rate is at least 1%, 1.4 million people will be infected in Hong Kong and 14,000 people will die from Wuhan pneumonia.
"I hope Hong Kong will have The fewest cases, the least deaths, and the longest stays. " He urged citizens to wash their hands frequently, and stay at home as far as possible without a mask, and be one to two meters away from people.
https://std.stheadline.com/daily/article/detail/2142403/日報-港聞-袁國勇警告-港或140萬人感染