unidentified pneumonia incident in the Wuhan South China Seafood Market inthe residential market near the disease hospital continues to attractpublic attention. "Beijing News" reporters found that onDecember 31, 2019, the relevant patients had been transferred to designatedhospitals for medical treatment of public health emergencies, and transferredto Jinyintan Hospital, an infectious disease specialist hospital-for isolationand treatment. No outsiders or family members are allowed tovisit. Some patients say their condition is no longer serious and hopethat the outside world won't have to worry about it.

In addition, the "Beijing News" reporter learned that some residentsnear the South China Seafood Market were also infected with pneumonia ofunknown cause and have now entered the above hospital for isolation andtreatment.

The head of the Propaganda Department of the Wuhan Municipal Health Committeetold the Beijing News that all news about the incident will be announced assoon as possible on the official website of the Health Committee. There is nocurrent progress.

From January 1, Wuhan South China Seafood Market has been closed.

Unexplained pneumonia patients have been transferred to a local infectiousdisease hospital for isolation and treatment.

According to the notification issued by the Wuhan Municipal Health Committee onDecember 31, all cases of pneumonia of unknown cause have been isolated fortreatment, and follow-up investigations and medical observations of closecontacts are ongoing.

"Beijing News" reporter visited a hospital that had treated severalpatients with pneumonia related to the South China Seafood Market and foundthat these patients had been transferred to an infectious disease hospital inWuhan on December 31, 2019.

On December 31, when a reporter from the Beijing News visited Wuhan CentralHospital Houhu Hospital, the son of a patient said that his father had beenreceiving it at Houhu Hospital since he was found to have pneumonia.treatment. "Everything went well," he said. He had beenpreparing to leave the hospital but was transferred to another hospital fortreatment. He didn't know the specific reason.

Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University ofScience and Technology has admitted many cases of pneumonia of unknowncause. At noon on January 1, a reporter from the Beijing News came toTongji Hospital. A doctor in the hospital's respiratory ward said thatpneumonia patients previously admitted to the hospital in connection with theSouth China Seafood Market had been transferred to Wuhan Jinyintan Hospitalovernight.

South Building of Inpatient Department of Jinyintan Hospital.

According to the official website of Jinyintan Hospital, the hospital is thedesignated medical institution for public health emergencies in Hubei andWuhan. It is also the designated hospital for infectious diseases such asliver disease, tuberculosis, AIDS, schistosomiasis, hand-foot-mouth disease,and human infection with H7N9 bird flu in Hubei Province and Wuhan MedicalQuality Control Center.

On January 1, a reporter from the Beijing News saw at Jinyintan Hospital thatthe hospital is mainly composed of an outpatient building and two inpatientbuildings in the north and south, with infectious disease department,tuberculosis department, liver disease department, AIDS department, Departmentof Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory Diseases, and WuhanInstitute of Infectious Diseases.

Index of South Building of Yintan Hospital.

"Yesterday (December 31) the department head and the department headarranged this transfer and spent a busy day." A person familiar withJinyintan Hospital told the Beijing News that all pneumonia patients in theSouth China market All were placed in the infectious disease ward on the fourthfloor south of the hospital's inpatient department.

The fourth floor of South China is a seven-story arc-shaped building. Thefirst floor is the Department of Infectious Diseases, the second to sixthfloors are the flu emergency room, and the seventh floor is the intensive careunit. A sturdy iron gate isolated the ward on the fourth floor to thesouth. All the family members who came to visit were stopped at the doorand only knocked on the door to call the two security guards inside.

"If a family member wants to send something, he needs to contact thepatient first, and the patient entrusts a doctor or nurse to pick it up."A security guard opened the door and told his family.

"Under special circumstances, unlike previous procedures, family memberscannot enter." A medical staff member in the ward explained.

During the visit, some family members complained to the Beijing News reporterthat the hospital's meals were too poor. A doctor who claimed to be ahospital administrator said that atrial fibrillation,

according to her daughter-in-law, said her mother-in-law lived in a residentialarea not far from the South China Seafood Market and usually went to the marketto buy things. Knowing the situation, Xiehe Hospital immediately askedthem to send the elderly to Yintan Hospital.

On January 1, the South China Seafood Market was closed.

The "Beijing News" reporter learned that, in addition to the patientswith pneumonia diagnosed, other patients with respiratory diseases living nearthe South China Seafood Market will also be recommended to Jinyintan Hospital.

On January 1, at the entrance to the ward on the fourth floor in the south, areporter from the Beijing News met a mother who came to deliver food to herson. According to her, her son is in his 20s and lives in a residentialarea opposite the South China Seafood Market. However, he has never beento the market before. On December 30 last year, he started having afever. At first he took some proprietary Chinese medicine, but his illnesswas repeated. He went to Xinhua Hospital, not far from home.

"The doctor over there didn't give a diagnosis after learning our address.They only said that it might be viral influenza. Let's come here (Jinyin BeachHospital) for observation." The mother said that the doctors at XinhuaHospital were worried Her son has pneumonia similar to that of patients in theSouth China Seafood Market and hopes to be diagnosed by GinkgoHospital. She was also a little scared, so she sent her son to the GinkgoHospital the next day.

"There are two patients in each ward. Patients with pneumonia andnon-pneumonia will live separately. My son currently lives with patients withnon-pneumonia." She said that according to the doctor, if the patient didnot have repeated fever, he could go back three days Discharged, if repeated,he must observe for at least a week.

On the evening of January 1, a pneumonia patient related to the South ChinaSeafood Market told the Beijing News by phone that he was in very good physicalcondition, was able to move normally, and had a good diet. "There is noneed to worry about the outside world."

However, other family members of the patient said that her family had beensuffering from the disease for 89 days and had recently been transferred fromXinhua Hospital to Jinyintan Hospital. The hospital only told the familymembers that the disease was under control and stable, and that