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[New Crown Pneumonia] Business and Economic Administration: 10 tour groups involving 260 people in Thailand 50 groups have been cancelled

2020-03-10T05:22:30.919Z


The outbreak of the new coronavirus (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) continued. As of yesterday (9th), a total of 115 confirmed cases were recorded in Hong Kong. The Legislative Council today (10) held a special meeting of the Panel on Health Services to discuss measures to prevent and control coronavirus disease in Hong Kong in 2019. Lian Tingxin, the chief assistant secretary general of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, said that 10 Hong Kong tour groups are currently in Thailand, involving 260 passengers, and another 50 tour groups have been cancelled.


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Written by: Li Enci, McCain

2020-03-10 10:12

Last updated: 2020-03-10 13:19

The outbreak of the new coronavirus (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) continued. As of yesterday (9th), a total of 115 confirmed cases were recorded in Hong Kong. The Legislative Council today (10) held a special meeting of the Panel on Health Services to discuss measures to prevent and control coronavirus disease in Hong Kong in 2019.

Lian Tingxin, the chief assistant secretary general of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, said that 10 Hong Kong tour groups are currently in Thailand, involving 260 passengers, and another 50 tour groups have been cancelled.

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Secretary for Food and Health Chen Zhaoshi (photo by Liang Pengwei)

Huang Biyun: List of Home Quarantine Buildings Lagging

[12:48] Huang Biyun, member of the Democratic Legislative Council, is concerned that the dissatisfaction data of the list of home quarantine buildings released by the Department of Health is seriously lagging. "The latest quarantine date of the latest list is March 16th, deducting 14th means that the data is March The list on the 2nd is lagging behind the 8th. "She thought that the delay in the list would cause the public anxiety, and asked the department to speed up the update of the data at the meeting, but the other party said that the data was too much and the update took time. The time required for the update.

Huang Biyun asked the government to update the list of epidemic buildings on a daily basis. In addition, the list should also be notified to the Home Affairs Office, which will facilitate the early cleaning of the building corporations. "It seems that the public housing manager does not know the data, which is very outrageous."

Regarding the government's change of the anti-epidemic strategy, Huang Biyun believes that the epidemic situation in the Mainland has not dropped and neither the government nor the public should relax. She was worried that the airport would still be open to the outside world, thinking that the government had to do a little more thorough, "only filling in health declaration forms is not enough."

She also criticized the government's intention to package the epidemic situation as an endemic disease treatment. "This attitude of resigning, surrendering and giving up is totally unacceptable to our Democratic Party." She reiterated that protection cannot be lax.

Hospital Authority: "Cut is important, ordering is difficult."

[12:08] Zhong Jianli, director of quality and safety of the Hospital Authority, said that he was worried about the problem of protective clothing for colleagues. The 7 networking meetings will be held daily to update the relevant inventory figures. He said: "N95 is always lacking. I want to use it for colleagues but mainly for atomization. He revealed that N95 masks are ordered from the United States." Cut (cut order) is important, ordering is difficult. " Ordering in fewer regions is also becoming more difficult, but the ordering situation in the Mainland is better.

Currently 10 Hong Kong Tours in Thailand

[11:50] Lian Tingxin, the chief assistant secretary general of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, said that there are currently 10 Hong Kong tour groups in Thailand, involving 260 passengers, and another 50 tour groups have been cancelled. Lin Shuyi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Security Bureau, said that through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Thailand to understand the situation, the Hong Kong government has communicated with Thailand in Hong Kong. When asked whether Thailand enforced quarantine on incoming passengers for 14 days, different departments in the country said differently. Lin Shuyi pointed out that the message was too fast and Thailand had different practices. Citizens need to pay attention to local conditions if they need to travel abroad.

Chen Zhiquan: It ’s the "self-help" of Hong Kong

Legislative Councillor Chen Zhiquan pointed out that the epidemic is still very serious, and I believe officials are afraid to say that the epidemic is under control. And the number of 115 confirmed cases in Hong Kong is relatively low compared to the world. Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e is complacent; "I feel that I have done a lot better than others." He criticized the Hong Kong government for not doing as well as expected, and a few beats. Only on March 8th (all passengers arriving at the airport) make a health declaration. The solution must be done first. " He believed that it was Hong Kong's "self-help for the whole people" that all wore masks and medical strikes to promote limited clearance.

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