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[Wuhan Pneumonia. Latest] HA's union decides to strike now, Fang calls back to work

2020-02-03T19:01:08.779Z


The epidemic of new coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan continued to expand, and Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue met with the media on the afternoon of Monday (3rd) and announced that multiple ports will be closed from early this morning (4th). Only the remaining airports, Shenzhen Bay, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge are still operating . The Hospital Authority staff with more than 10,000 members is dissatisfied with the government's refusal to completely close the customs and refuse to "receive the goods." Last night, it announced the start of the second phase of strikes for four consecutive days. It said that 9,000 members responded that public hospitals will only maintain There is limited service, warning that if the government refuses to accept the request, it will escalate action. There were 2,700 medical strikes in the first stage yesterday. The Hospital Authority said that understaffing, newborn babies in the ICU, cancer patients waiting for surgery, and people with heart disease who needed Tung Bo Tsai were affected. The authority expects that today ’s impact will expand and more non-emergency services will need to be cut.


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Written by: Li Fuyuan

2020-02-04 02:57

Last updated: 2020-02-04 02:57

The epidemic of new coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan continued to expand, and Chief Executive Lin Zhengyue met with the media on the afternoon of Monday (3rd) and announced that multiple ports will be closed from early this morning (4th). Only the remaining airports, Shenzhen Bay, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge are still operating .

The Hospital Authority staff with more than 10,000 members is dissatisfied with the government's refusal to completely close the customs and refuse to "receive the goods." There is limited service, warning that if the government refuses to accept the request, it will escalate action.

There were 2,700 medical strikes in the first stage yesterday. The Hospital Authority said that understaffing, newborn babies in the ICU, cancer patients waiting for surgery, and people with heart disease who needed Tung Bo Tsai were affected. The authority expects that today ’s impact will expand and more non-emergency services will need to be cut.

↓↓ Before closure of Luohu Exit-Entry Port ↓↓

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[02:00] The Hospital Authority issued an announcement at midnight, calling on all medical personnel who take industrial action to return to work as soon as possible to avoid further affecting public hospital services and patient treatment. The Authority stated that Chief Executive Officer Gao Shengsheng met with his staff yesterday evening and said, "I hope my colleagues will be in the interest of patients and return to work as soon as possible, while avoiding increasing the burden on duty colleagues." Gao Shengsheng also said: "The philosophy of our colleagues It is the same, everyone agrees that the cross-border flow of people must be further reduced to avoid the spread of the virus, but we do not agree that it affects the safety of patients when expressing opinions. "The HA also welcomes the government to introduce further measures to reduce cross-border flow of people. I believe the measures This will strengthen Hong Kong's epidemic prevention capabilities.

The Hospital Authority said that a total of more than 2,700 medical staff were absent yesterday. Although public hospitals have reduced some non-emergency services in advance, services have been further affected, including many critically ill patients. "If industrial action continues, public hospitals will need to reduce services again, even affecting emergency services and epidemic prevention work in public hospitals."

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[01:30] A person familiar with the matter revealed that a doctor in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital who had contacted the 16th female patient diagnosed with a fever had a fever and needed to be quarantined. There were also two nurses in the Yi hospital who started fever yesterday (3rd). Also treated in isolation.

[00:35] Ambassador Li Song, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Swiss International Organizations, stated on February 3 that the Executive Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the Beijing government has shared with Taiwan all information on the new coronavirus It also refers to the smooth communication between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits in the epidemic situation.

[00:05] In response to the development of a new coronavirus infection, the government has decided to concentrate all land and sea cross-border passengers at the Shenzhen Bay Port and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port, that is, to suspend the Luohu, Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, Lok Ma Chau and Hong Kong and Macao Passenger customs clearance services at the four ports of the passenger terminal will take effect in the early hours of Tuesday (4th). Together with the measures to control the port control area implemented on the 30th of last month, the number of ports that temporarily suspend the provision of customs clearance services for passengers will increase to 10.

▼ The government's latest upgrade of epidemic prevention measures ▼

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↓↓↓ The participation of medical care in various districts on February 3 ↓↓↓

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▼ That is, Wuhan closed the city, the situation after driving in the forbidden city ▼

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