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Written by: Zheng Cuibi, Li Enci, Deng Yinglin, Wang Jien, Golden Chess, Chen Qianting
2020-08-18 07:00
Last update date: 2020-08-18 07:00The third wave of new crown pneumonia outbreaks in Hong Kong has increased to 4,525 cases, and more than 20 cases were initially confirmed yesterday (17th).
In addition, as of today (18th), the temporary sample collection center of the Department of Health will be moved to the midfield passenger concourse in the restricted area of the Hong Kong International Airport. Starting at 4 a.m., persons entering Hong Kong International Airport must immediately go to a temporary sample collection center located in the airport restricted area to collect deep throat saliva samples upon arrival, and stay in the center to wait for the test results that can be completed on the same day. After that, you can go through immigration formalities and collect checked baggage.
As for those who cannot obtain test results on the same day, they can go through immigration procedures after collecting samples at the center. The Department of Health will then arrange for them to take a special car to the test results waiting center of Dorsett Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong to wait for the test results. The Department of Health will be renting as a waiting test result center starting today.
New crown pneumonia | Liang Zhuowei: The epidemic has rebounded in a U-shaped shape
[01:55] The new coronavirus epidemic remains high. Leung Cheuk Wai, a member of the government expert advisory group and the dean of the University of Hong Kong School of Medicine, said that according to the Octopus travel data, the travel of Hong Kong people fell to the lowest position at the end of July, but recently, people of all ages Travel numbers have all rebounded, reflecting the public's "anti-epidemic fatigue". The epidemic in Hong Kong is facing a "U-shaped rebound" crisis, or a geometric increase. He described this as a critical moment and the Hong Kong government should not relax its epidemic prevention measures at this stage.
Leung Cheuk-wai predicts that the fourth and fifth wave of epidemics will be "almost certain" in autumn and winter in Hong Kong. There will be hundreds of new confirmed cases every day at any time. The public is urged to fight the epidemic together. Domestic servants and taxi drivers conduct virus testing to find invisible patients, and deploy additional personnel to track contacts to reduce the chain of social transmission.
Real-time effective reproduction rate of local cases. (Screenshot of Hong Kong University School of Medicine website)
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Confirmed restaurant | 11 more restaurants on the list, Kwai Tsing and Tsuen Wan Lok Yo House scored two dollars
[00:45] The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong continues. The Department of Health announced on Monday (17th) that there were 44 new confirmed cases on Sunday (16th), totaling 4,525. According to the patient footprint information released by the Department of Health on Monday night, 11 more restaurants were on the list. Among them, a 54-year-old man from the Kwai Chung Container Terminal Group who was diagnosed on Sunday reported that he had eaten at the On Tai Roast Restaurant, Yue Tin House, Xin Tin Estate, Tuen Mun . The newly listed restaurants are concentrated in Kwai Tsing and Tsuen Wan districts, including Tsuen Wan Le Yoo Ju Chui He Restaurant, Le Yoo Ju Mei Xin MX, Tai Hung Fai Centre Happy Life, and Kwai Tsing On Yam Shopping Centre Jun Yat Heen Seafood Restaurant and Yin Lai Court Shopping Centre Everyone happy.
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[00:00] The Centre for Health Protection announced today (17th) that a patient with new coronavirus pneumonia who recovered earlier in April travelled to Spain via the UK from 6 to 15 this month. After returning to Hong Kong, he was tested and tested for the virus. Positive.
Kong Fanyi, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, pointed out that the patient may have a secondary infection. If the patient's first infection is milder, it is believed that fewer antibodies will be produced, and the antibody level will also drop in a few months. The team will compare patient samples through genetic sequencing to determine whether a secondary infection is the first case.
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▼The third wave of measures such as the government's extension of the gathering restriction order and the ban on eating in the evening market ▼
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The Department of Health will rent the Dorsett Tsuen Wan Hotel in Hong Kong as a center for waiting for test results from August 17. (Profile picture)
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