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Written by: Chen Shuxia, Huang Weilun, Li Enci, Chen Qianting, Huang Wingyu, and Chen Jiayi
2020-09-21 08:00
Last update date: 2020-09-21 23:16
The third wave of the new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to repeat itself. The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has exceeded the 5,000 mark, reaching 5,033.
The Department of Health announced today (21st) that the number of newly confirmed confirmed cases yesterday dropped to a single digit level. There were 6 cases, of which 4 were imported and the remaining 2 were local infections. One person was related to the previous case and the other was living in Tin Shui Wai Filipino domestic helpers in Tianqing Village have not found the source of infection.
A 28-year-old female researcher in the laboratory of the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong who was diagnosed a few days ago. Among the 37 environmental samples collected in her laboratory, 14 samples were positive. 41 close contacts working in the laboratory needed quarantine .
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Confirmed building restaurant | Unknown source of infection in Tin Shui Wai Filipino domestic helpers visited Chung Fu, Tin Sau and Tin One Mall
[21:50] The Department of Health announced today (21st) 6 additional confirmed cases of new pneumonia, two of which were local cases and the other four were imported from overseas.
One of the local cases of unknown origin was a 60-year-old Filipino domestic helper living in Tin Ching Village, Tin Shui Wai.
The Centre for Health Protection announced her whereabouts in the evening. In addition to T Town (formerly known as Song Fu Shopping Centre) and Tin Sau Market, she also visited Tian Yi Shopping Centre.
Regarding imported cases, both of them tested positive for the virus during the second test of the sample during the quarantine period. The center announced that they were staying at the "Elite Hotel Causeway Bay" and "Hua 麗 Causeway Bay Hotel" respectively.
New crown pneumonia | Filipino domestic helpers who were infected with the epidemic in Tianshuiwei visited Tianxiu Market to cut their hair and hit residents without masks
[20:45] The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has not yet resolved, and two new local cases were added today.
The source of one of the cases is unknown. The patient is a 60-year-old Filipino domestic helper who became ill on the 18th of this month. She had gone to the Tin Xiu Market in the district to cut her hair two days before the onset. She went to T Market in Songfu Market in the same district every week. Grocery shopping.
The eight hair salons in Tianxiu Market were open this evening, and none of them admitted that they had been patronized by patients.
A person in charge of the hairdressing salon said, "Many customers have visited, remember?", and said that his hair salon is the cleanest.
However, two boys without masks had a haircut in the shop.
The person in charge of another hairdressing salon said, "The confirmed foreign domestic helper talks to the duck, don't know if you are going to fight!" She was very worried about the infection, and went to the Tin Shui Wai Hospital this afternoon to sample the bottles.
A researcher from the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong has diagnosed new pneumonia.
(Photo/Photo by Ou Jiale)
New crown pneumonia | Hong Kong University researchers diagnosed the virus in two stools in the office
[19:21] Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, revealed today (21st) that the CT value of the virus detected generally exceeds 30, which is believed to be non-infectious.
She also pointed out that in discussions with experts, the experts believed that the environmental pollution in the workplace was caused by the researcher, not the virus brought out from the laboratory, because the positive samples were all around the researcher, not scattered around.
The researcher’s office needs to be closed for 14 days, and the laboratory area where she works is temporarily suspended.
New crown pneumonia | Face-to-face lectures will resume in phases from Wednesday, Yang Runxiong visits the school to learn about teaching preparations
[18:40] All schools in Hong Kong will resume face-to-face classes in two stages. The first, fifth, and sixth grades of primary and secondary schools and the upper classes of kindergartens will start on September 23; for students at other levels, they will start on September 29 Get back to school for class.
The Secretary of Education Yang Runxiong visited the school today to learn about the school's preparations for the resumption of face-to-face classes.
Class resumption｜MTR will increase the number of trains during school hours from Wednesday and KMB will resume school bus routes
[18:10] The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has eased, and all primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Hong Kong will resume classes in phases starting this Wednesday (23rd).
The MTR announced that it will increase the number of trains during the school and end of school hours from the 23rd. The train frequency of 9 railway lines will be increased from 3.1 to 9 minutes at present and 2.7 to 8 minutes before 7:15 am on weekdays. ; As for the end of school hours from 12 noon to 2 pm, the frequency of the relevant route will be from 3.6 to 10 minutes, and the frequency will be increased to 3.4 to 8.5 minutes.
KMB also announced earlier that most of the route services will resume normal from today. As for the day when classes resume, bus services in the school area will be resumed.
[16:59] Dr. Liu Jiaxian, Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, said that during the epidemic, the number of blood donations was less than the same period. He hoped that more than 500 Hong Kong citizens would go to the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service Center to donate blood every day. It is only about 400 per day. Blood packs should be used with caution. If we ask citizens to donate blood, we hope that the environment can be done well, clean, and prevent infection. Citizens can also make appointments online to effectively budget the blood donation market and avoid crowds Gather.
Regarding the 4 packs of plasma was wasted in the North District Hospital, Liu Jiaxian pointed out that he was very concerned and had set up an accident investigation team. If improvements were found, similar incidents could be avoided.
New crown pneumonia | Hong Kong University confirmed female researcher chair with the highest virus concentration but expected to have passed the infection period
[16:43] Zhang Zhujun said that a 28-year-old female research assistant working in the University of Hong Kong’s laboratory was diagnosed with the diagnosis. She has asked a helper from the University of Hong Kong to take samples in the working environment. A total of 37 samples were found to be positive, mainly because she will work in the office and will enter the experiment Work in the laboratory, enter the laboratory and follow the WHO regulations to inactivate the virus in the safe box.
The positive environmental samples, including the chairs, tables, and computer mice she used, were all positive. The places she passed, such as the door handles of the laboratory, had positive samples.
The Department of Health took more than 300 samples from the staff of the University of Hong Kong. Those who had been to the 6th floor all had negative results.
The Ct value of some samples is above 30 and around 37.
New crown pneumonia | 6 more confirmed cases of infection of Philippine domestic helpers in Tianshuiwei Unknown source visit Chung Fu Market every week
[16:32] Dr. Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that in the past 24 hours there were 6 new confirmed cases and 2 local cases, of which 1 was a related case, namely #5038, a 45-year-old man. The case’s family members were diagnosed at the quarantine center.
Another sourceless case #5035 is a 60-year-old woman, a Filipino domestic helper, who lives with her employer at Ching Hai House, Tin Ching Estate, Tin Shui Wai, and goes to Ma Tin Pok, Yuen Long on weekends.
She lived in a room by herself. She became ill on September 18th. She had been to Tianxiu Market to cut her hair during the incubation and infectious period on September 16th. People who cut her hair were sent for quarantine. In addition, she went there once or twice a week. Buy food in Song Fu Market.
Four of her employers who live with her must be quarantined.
There are 4 other imported cases:
#5034 Foreign domestic helper returning to Hong Kong from the Philippines, arriving in Hong Kong by CX906 on September 19th
#5036 Foreign domestic helper, taking HX 782 on September 9th, which is the 10th case in the same batch. The previous 13 people were living in a Manila dormitory.
#5037 Via Ethiopian return to Hong Kong
#5039 Foreign domestic helpers returning from the Philippines, take CX906 and return to Hong Kong on September 10
New crown pneumonia | 4 of the 6 new cases are imported. Zhang Zhujun expects to be grounded in two cases
The Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, Liu Jiaxian, said that in the past 24 hours, 5 patients have recovered and been discharged. So far, a total of 4,717 patients and 1 suspected confirmed patient have been discharged.
As of 9 am today, 185 confirmed patients have been hospitalized in 17 hospitals of the HA
. 13 of them are in critical condition, 10 are in serious condition, and the remaining 162 are in stable condition.
As of 9 am today, the number of negative pressure beds is 1158, the utilization rate is 51%, the
number of negative pressure wards is 641, and the utilization rate is 61%
New crown pneumonia | Transit Indian passengers are diagnosed after arrival in Hong Kong. Union: Air
crews
do not know whether passengers are transferring
[13:18] Dragonair flight KA734 arrived from Kuala Lumpur on the 18th of this month. Five passengers on board were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. Some doctors think there are loopholes in the transfer arrangements in Kuala Lumpur.
Some airline unions stated that the crew would not know the travel history of the passengers, whether they were transferring passengers, and would not require passengers to show their nucleic acid test reports again when boarding the plane.
India switched to an antigen test with a false-negative rate of 65% Liang Zichao: nucleic acid results should be uniformly used for entry
[13:15] According to foreign media reports, the Indian government switched to antigen testing on a large scale last month to greatly expand the amount of testing, but the accuracy is doubtful.
Hong Kong respiratory specialist Liang Zichao said that the sensitivity of antigen testing is low, and it can only find patients with high viral loads, but cannot find invisible patients and patients with low viral loads.
[10:40] According to the news, there are about 6 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today.
New crown pneumonia | Xu Shuchang: If there is no outbreak in restaurants and restaurants, the Mid-Autumn Festival limit order is expected to be relaxed to 6 people
[10:28] Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, as to whether the government will relax the epidemic prevention measures.
Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at CUHK, mentioned on the commercial channel program "Starting on a Sunny Day" today (21) that the government will depend on the trend of the epidemic, if there is no restaurant or restaurant related outbreak or confirmed diagnosis The proportion of cases and unknown sources is not too high. The government may relax the gathering restriction from 4 to 6 during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Ensuring Employment｜Li Zhaobo: If the two phases of the plan miss too much, you can consider adjusting the part for unemployment assistance
[09:48] The government announced the launch of the third round of the epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund, involving 24 billion yuan, a significant reduction from the previous two rounds.
Li Zhaobo, senior lecturer at the Business School of CUHK, stated in the TV and TV program "Millenniums" that the two-phase employment guarantee program involved 81 billion yuan, but described that it was "too much missed" when it was implemented. Some companies not affected by the epidemic can also apply Funding.
He believes that if employment is further promoted, it can be adjusted to only be implemented in a targeted manner, and part of it will also be used as unemployment benefits.
New crown pneumonia | Liang Zichao: Airlines need to do a good job of checking to ensure that passengers hold valid negative reports
[08:56] There is an upward trend in imported cases recently. Of the 23 newly confirmed cases yesterday (21st), 19 cases had been outside the country during the incubation period.
Respiratory system specialist Liang Zichao stated on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" today (21) that whether passengers are connecting or direct flights, airlines should check whether they have a 72-hour valid negative report, and the suspension arrangement is also If necessary, the company can review the entire process and whether the quality of testing can be improved. It is hoped that the policy will be implemented and the suspension measures will be further tightened when necessary.
▼An overview of related articles on September 20▼
New crown pneumonia | 14 environmental samples from the laboratory of the Hong Kong University School of Public Health staff test positive
Confirmed building restaurant | 7 people from Nepal flew to two hotels in Hong Kong on the same plane to be diagnosed
Contractors of temporary hospitals and expanded community treatment facilities first expose China Construction
New crown pneumonia | market recovery?
Tsim Sha Tsui reappears with crowds of citizens: Gu De is too patience to go
New crown pneumonia | 11 passengers confirmed that Dragonair Kuala Lumpur arrives in Hong Kong and Air India bans flying to Hong Kong for two weeks today
New crown pneumonia | The public hospital gradually resumes non-emergency services and adds 1,000 beds to prevent the epidemic from rebounding
▼Market conditions on September 20▼
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New crown pneumonia | 23 new confirmed cases rebounded?
Dismantling the mystery of the press conference without Zhang Zhujun
Today, 19 cases of imported 5 passengers are diagnosed after arriving in Hong Kong from India last week
Anti-epidemic Fund | Qiu Tenghua said the tourism industry has been out of business for nearly a year, hoping to survive "the coldest winter"
New crown pneumonia | Outbreak reduces travel on local MTR lines in August, the second lowest average daily passenger volume in the combined railways
▼The first Sunday after the library reopened▼
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New crown pneumonia | Electrical and Mechanical Services Department helps public hospitals refit second-line isolation wards to develop filters for ventilation
The library is reopened and there are not many people on the first weekend. Father: will disinfect the book before handing it to his son
New crown pneumonia|Foodstuffs questioned that restaurant staff do not change their gloves and doctors say that disinfection is enough
▼New confirmed building on September 20▼
▼The bar will reopen on the evening of September 18▼
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New crown pneumonia employment plan, new crown pneumonia restrictions on gatherings make me home
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