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Potret Ledakan Covid Hong Kong, Pasien 'Meleber' ke Luar RS

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Rabu, 16/02/2022 17:00 WIB

Rumah sakit Hong Kong, kota otonomi khusus China, kewalahan saat menghadapi lonjakan Covid-19.

1/6 Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Wednesday, Feb.16, 2022. There was visible evidence that Hong Kong hospitals were becoming overwhelmed by the latest COVID surge, with patients on stretchers and in tents being seen to by medical personnel on Wednesday outside the Caritas hospital. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong kini menghadapi ledakan kasus Covid-19. Terlihat dalam foto bagaimana pasien berbaring di ranjang rumah sakit (RS) saat menunggu di ruang tunggu sementara di luar Caritas Medical Center Rabu, (16/2/2022). Banyak RS di Hong Kong dilaporkan kewalahan menghadapi lonjakan Covid-19.  (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

2/6 Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Wednesday, Feb.16, 2022. There was visible evidence that Hong Kong hospitals were becoming overwhelmed by the latest COVID surge, with patients on stretchers and in tents being seen to by medical personnel on Wednesday outside the Caritas hospital. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

Fasilitas perawatan kesehatan mulai penuh. Ini memaksa RS untuk merawat beberapa pasien di tempat tidur di luar gedung. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

3/6 Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Wednesday, Feb.16, 2022. There was visible evidence that Hong Kong hospitals were becoming overwhelmed by the latest COVID surge, with patients on stretchers and in tents being seen to by medical personnel on Wednesday outside the Caritas hospital. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

Dilansir dari AP, Hong Kong menghadapi wabah pandemi terburuknya, melampaui 2.000 kasus baru per hari minggu ini. Pemerintah kota telah menerapkan aturan ketat, melarang pertemuan lebih dari dua rumah tangga. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

4/6 Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Wednesday, Feb.16, 2022. There was visible evidence that Hong Kong hospitals were becoming overwhelmed by the latest COVID surge, with patients on stretchers and in tents being seen to by medical personnel on Wednesday outside the Caritas hospital. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

Otoritas RS Hong Kong mengumumkan akan mengerahkan tujuh klinik untuk merawat pasien Covid-19 dengan gejala ringan. Pihak berwenang juga akan menunjuk unit perumahan umum baru yang belum ditempati dan 10.000 kamar sebagai lokasi karantina. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

5/6 Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Wednesday, Feb.16, 2022. There was visible evidence that Hong Kong hospitals were becoming overwhelmed by the latest COVID surge, with patients on stretchers and in tents being seen to by medical personnel on Wednesday outside the Caritas hospital. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

Presiden China Xi Jinping juga memberi perhatian khusus ke wilayah otonominya itu. Xi secara pribadi mengeluarkan instruksi dan mengarahkan Wakil Perdana Menteri Han Zheng untuk mengungkapkan kekhawatirannya Kepala Eksekutif Hong Kong Carrie Lam. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

6/6 Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Wednesday, Feb.16, 2022. There was visible evidence that Hong Kong hospitals were becoming overwhelmed by the latest COVID surge, with patients on stretchers and in tents being seen to by medical personnel on Wednesday outside the Caritas hospital. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)

Mengutip Worldometers, Selasa (16/2/2022), Hong Kong mencatat 1.619 kasus baru dengan tiga kematian. Saat ini ada total 13.214 kasus. Di awal pandemi Hong Kong menjadi sebagian kecil wilayah yang bisa mengendalikan pandemi. Total kasus sejak 2019 hingga kini adalah 26.670 dengan 224 kematian. (AP Photo Vincent Yu)