Thursday, May 21, 2020

Visiting appointed covid hospital : Jilin case has a long incubation period

Reporters : Cang Yan, Shi Hongyu, Guo Tianxiao
Publisher : China News Network
Ref : http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2020/05-21/9191010.shtml
Extract translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                            / KUCINTA SETIA

Images : At Affliated Hospital of Jilin Medical College. Cang Yan, China News Network.

The reporters learned from the Affiliated Hospital of Jilin Medical College on 21 May 2020 that 25 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP, covid) are being treated in the hospital. The hospital director Cao Zhiyou said that the difference between the Jilin case and the Wuhan case is that the incubation period is longer.

Cao Zhiyou also said that the incubation period of cases in Wuhan is relatively short, while that in Jilin and Heilongjiang is relatively long. "Because of the long incubation period, the sixth nucleic acid test was positive in some cases. It is difficult to control and difficult to control." Cao Zhiyou said that from a medical point of view, the sequence chain of Jilin cases is temporarily unclear and needs further study.

Cao  also said that after the diagnosed patients were transferred from the Jilin City Infectious Disease Hospital, the tests of nucleic acid and CT were conducted in a unified manner. "At present, most of the patients are in stable condition. One serious patient was in an unsatisfactory condition yesterday, but after the treatment has improved, the other two patients are in stable condition."

Since Shulan reported the first locally diagnosed case of NCP on 7 May 2020, as of 12 am on 20 May , Jilin had reported a total of 45 locally confirmed cases, with a total of 19 discharged and 1 fatal and isolated in hospital Treat 25 cases, including 3 severe cases.


Affiliated Hospital of Jilin Medical College

Previously, after the scientific research and judgment of the Jilin Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group and relevant experts, it was decided to use the affiliated hospital of Jilin Medical College as the centralized designated hospital for treatment of covid in Jilin.

On 15 May, the diversion and transfer task of all the original inpatients was completed in one day. In 3 days, 121 wards on 13 floors and 77 medical offices in two buildings of outpatient and emergency departments and one outpatient building were completed. Special channels for patients, medical care, meal delivery, and clinics, and simultaneously promote related supporting equipment and other reconstruction work were renovated, according to Meng Fanli, secretary of the hospital's party committee.

"The hospital can now fully carry out the treatment of 338 beds for patients diagnosed with NCP, including 50 critically ill beds." Cao Zhiyou said that in the next step, the hospital will continue to transform beds according to actual needs.


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