俄罗斯西伯利亚一家鼠疫防治研究所的28岁女员工因不明原因严重肺炎于10月2日死亡，这一消息传入香港后引发市民担忧，导致防疫物资需求激增1。香港卫生署已于12日表示采取了防控措施，同时世界卫生组织最新公布的数据显示未发现相关持续传播证据1。
受疫情担忧驱动，香港民众掀起口罩抢购潮。口罩品牌Hong Kong Mask的销量比平常飙升30倍，相关新闻获得50万人次浏览1。港九药房总商会理事长林偟文指出，过去两天全港药房口罩销量平均急升两成1，口罩制造商救世的订单也随之暴增7倍1。
A 28-year-old employee at a plague research institute in Russia's Siberia died on October 2 from severe pneumonia of unknown cause, triggering widespread concern in Hong Kong.1 The news prompted residents to rush to purchase protective masks in anticipation of potential disease spread.1
The surge in demand has been dramatic, with one mask brand experiencing sales spike of 30 times above normal levels, generating 500,000 page views for related news coverage.1 A mask manufacturer reported orders surging sevenfold in response to the outbreak concerns.1 According to Lam Wei-man, chairman of the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Pharmacists Association, average mask sales across the territory's pharmacies rose by approximately 20 percent over the past two days.1
Hong Kong's Department of Health announced on October 12 that it has implemented preventive measures in response to the incident.1 The World Health Organization's latest data indicates no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission has been found.1
评论
还没有评论，欢迎留下第一条。