{"id":123585,"date":"2022-02-18T07:32:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/?post_type=press&#038;p=123585"},"modified":"2022-02-18T16:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:45:02","slug":"%e4%b8%ad%e5%a4%a7%e6%8e%a8%e6%96%b0%e6%8e%aa%e6%96%bd%e6%94%af%e6%8f%b4%e7%a4%be%e5%8d%80%e6%8a%97%e7%96%ab","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/press\/%e4%b8%ad%e5%a4%a7%e6%8e%a8%e6%96%b0%e6%8e%aa%e6%96%bd%e6%94%af%e6%8f%b4%e7%a4%be%e5%8d%80%e6%8a%97%e7%96%ab\/","title":{"rendered":"CUHK launches new measures to support the Hong Kong community in fighting against the spread of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-123585","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"title_alt":"","sub_title_alt":"","press_date":"20220218","keep":false,"details":"<p>The COVID-19 pandemic\u00a0situation in Hong Kong remains serious.\u00a0The healthcare\u00a0system and\u00a0its\u00a0personnel\u00a0are under immense pressure. The\u00a0CUHK Medical Centre, a private teaching hospital fully owned by The\u00a0Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and CUHK\u2019s Faculty of Medicine\u00a0have been\u00a0actively responding\u00a0to the needs of society.\u00a0In addition to\u00a0providing\u00a0a\u00a0vaccination service,\u00a0self-paid\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0PCR\u00a0testing services will be available\u00a0to the public\u00a0starting from today.\u00a0CUHK will also support the hotline service operated by the Hospital Authority to answer enquiries from\u00a0patients.<\/p>\r\n<p>Since its launch last March, the CUHK Medical Centre Community Vaccination Centre has already administered over 525,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The clinical staff of the CUHK Faculty of Medicine have\u00a0continued to participate in frontline patient care in public hospitals.\u00a0Over 500 faculty staff and students\u00a0have recently been\u00a0mobilised\u00a0to support the government\u2019s\u00a0anti-pandemic work\u00a0at\u00a0various levels to contribute to combatting the latest wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\r\n<p>Some of the recent actions of CUHK include:<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><u>CUHK Medical Centre<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Setting up a dedicated COVID-19 testing\u00a0centre\u00a0to provide\u00a0self-paid Combined Swabs PCR test\u00a0service, open\u00a0to booking by the public\u00a0starting today (18 February 2022);<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Vaccination services continuing to operate, with 12 to 16 booths and daily capacity of around 2,700;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Supporting the New Territories East Cluster with nurses to operate the Community Vaccination Centre for Children at Yuen Chau Kok;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Continued operation of general outpatient clinic service for the public and commencing Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for all attending patients. Patients with\u00a0a\u00a0positive FTOCC (Fever, Travel, Occupation, Contact, and Cluster) history will be tested with both RAT and Combined Swab PCR test;\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Setting up a specimen collection and test centre for staff and patients for deep throat saliva and nasal and throat swab specimens for PCR test.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong><u>Faculty of Medicine<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Clinical professors continue to work closely and diligently with Hospital Authority colleagues to provide active frontline patient care services at units most affected by the fifth wave of the pandemic, including intensive care units, paediatric wards and infectious disease wards;\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Supporting\u00a0the Hospital Authority hotline service to handle queries\u00a0from\u00a0people who\u00a0have tested\u00a0preliminarily positive for COVID-19 and are waiting for admission to hospitals or isolation facilities;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Providing\u00a0professional swab sampling for people in need to support the Community Testing\u00a0Scheme;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Providing operational support to the HA Community Treatment Facility at AsiaWorld-Expo and the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre by mobilising\u00a0faculty staff and alumni who are registered medical practitioners and nurses;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Actively engaging in COVID-19-related interdisciplinary research projects, covering topics such as virus transmission, testing and monitoring technologies, effective clinical diagnosis, management, treatment and prevention, long-term effects of COVID-19, outbreak response and infection control measures, as well as vaccine effectiveness and risks.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Professor Rocky S. Tuan<\/strong>, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK,\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cI am deeply gratified to witness the continued dedication and spirit of solidarity of CUHK members in fighting COVID-19, particularly during the recent surge in infection. In addition, I would like to pay my heartfelt respect and appreciation to all frontline\u00a0personnel in Hong Kong, especially medical professionals, for their selfless contribution to\u00a0the\u00a0fight against the pandemic.\u00a0 It is my sincerest hope that all members of\u00a0the\u00a0Hong Kong\u00a0community will work together to overcome the COVID-19\u00a0challenge.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":"","video_file":"","add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":0,"photos_original":null,"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/123585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/123585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123601,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/123585\/revisions\/123601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}