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COVID-19 pandemic seems to be stabilized during the previous month with no local case and foreign input cases only. However, there was a 59-year-old chef local case discovered in Kwun Tong Hong Kong on the 6 July recently. The number of local confirmed cases become more than double in a week from the 6-12 July. In early 29 March, 2020, the Hong Kong Chief Executive and its Council were legislated "Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation", from the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance under section 82. Based on the confirmed case, it has been indicated that the indoor spread of SARS-CoV-2 in a restaurant is indisputable as the transmission of COVID-19 via respiratory droplets within a short distance of 2 m and human-to-human transmission or by contaminated surfaces leading to infection through contact3. If air is not circulating and the place is crowded, its virus easily existing in the air and infected to the respiratory tract for replication. Although the restaurant has a clapboard to isolate customers from each other, this is not enough to block the spread of the virus, so it's better to take away and reduce eating out. As the elderly immune system normally is not good, so when visitors and staffs infected with COVID-19, it increases the risk of infection to other elderly especially underlying medical conditions consist of chronic lung disease, immunocompromising conditions and diabetes. The transmission chain of COVID-19 has never been broken and its pandemic rebound again in Hong Kong. Everyone should be vigilant, pay more attention to the rules of social distance and personal hygiene, do not slacken to fight against COVID-19. The SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 would become difficult to measure because of the mutation, it has a higher transmission rate from human-to-human. If ignored these prevention and control guidelines of COVID-19, Hong Kong will face more challenges after the following days, more infection and confirmed cases appeared.
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Hong Kong has been recently attacked by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In late January 2020, it's shown a steadily increasing trend of confirmed cases. There is a 257 in total infected cases confirmed including 4 deaths until 20th of March 2020. To prevent further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares with the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2003 of Hong Kong from the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and preventions to study for an applicable measurement to control COVID-19.
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According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, curcumin belongs to the 'invigorate blood' category. Based on the five elements theory in Chinese medicine, its focus is on the spleen and liver meridians, with functions to clear and eliminate the heat by regulation of the qi movement in blood and body fluid metabolism2. Siukan Law, Department of Science, School of Science and Technology, The Open University of Hong Kong, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong Email siukanlaw@hotmail.com For referencing A perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, curcumin, for the treatment of COVID-19.
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Face masks are a common personal protection strategy recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), as they can filter particles in the air from coughing and sneezing or through the spread of the virus from touching the nose and mouth with hands infected from surfaces. Human health is related to the 'strengthening' of the immune system through regulating the internal organs and promoting 'elimination' of evil, by killing or inhibiting the virus. [...]Chinese medicine of the herbal sachets attached to the mask (Table 1) corresponds to restoring and regulating the qi and as vital energy for enhancing an immune system. Lin W, Zheng L, Zhuang Q, Shen A, Liu L, Chen Y, Sferra TJ, Peng J. Spica Prunellae extract inhibits the proliferation of human colon carcinoma cells via the regulation of the cell cycle.
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