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Written by: Lao Minyi Li Enci Zheng Cuibi Chen Qianting Zhang Meilan Ouyang Dehao
2020-03-17 06:00
Last updated: 2020-03-17 17:16The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) has not subsided. There were 9 new confirmed cases yesterday (16th) in Hong Kong, bringing a total of 158 local cases (157 confirmed cases and one suspected case), and recently confirmed cases were added Most of them have travel records, including a female doctor who is an associate consultant of the Cardiology Department of the Eastern Hospital.
Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e announced in the morning that from March 19, all arriving people except Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan will need to be quarantined for 14 days, and will issue red travel warnings to countries and regions other than the Mainland, Macao, and Taiwan. Hong Kong people should not travel abroad without need. Macau announced that all people will be banned from entry in the early hours of Thursday (18th), except those from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Starting today, people arriving in Hong Kong from the Shengen region of Europe, regardless of whether they are Hong Kong residents or not, are subject to 14-day compulsory home quarantine. (Photo by Yu Junliang)
[17:15] Tong Huiling, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Performance and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority, said that 21 people returned to Hong Kong from outside the country for examination yesterday, two of whom have been diagnosed.
[16:52] Zhang Zhujun said that 12 environmental samples were taken at the Hengtai Building in Fuheng Village, 4 of which were positive for the new coronavirus, including the surface of low-rise toilet sewers, faeces, outside of high-rise air pipes, Rooftop exhaust and so on.
[16:30] Dr. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, announced that 5 new diagnoses and 3 preliminary confirmed cases were added today. The confirmed cases range from 159 to 163. The 161 case is a 37-year-old flight attendant of Thai Airways. She used to travel to and from Madrid, Spain, took the CX315 to Spain and CX320 to return to Hong Kong to serve business class.
[15:00] The news indicates that in addition to the 18-year-old French girl from the Eastern Hospital and the 36-year-old Yu Jin Guofeng from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, there were 5 confirmed or preliminary confirmed cases, including United Hospital, Guanghua Hospital, and Mary Hospital. There was one confirmed case; each of Caritas Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital had a preliminary confirmed case.
It is reported that the female patient of the United Hospital is an airline flight attendant and has visited Madrid, Spain.
As for the two preliminary positive cases, the patient at Princess Margaret Hospital was a 24-year-old man. He visited Denmark from September last year to February 28 this year; he visited Paris, France from February 29 to this month; He visited Spain from May 5th to 10th, and then to Denmark from 10th to 16th, and then returned to Hong Kong. He began to have a sore throat yesterday and was admitted to the hospital for testing. A preliminary diagnosis was made today.
Another patient, a 27-year-old man, was admitted to Caritas Medical Centre. He visited London, UK from January 11th to March 15th. He started to have a cough and sputum on the 10th of this month, and his initial diagnosis was confirmed today.
[15:23] The Tourism Industry Council stated that the new crown pneumonia epidemic has spread globally, and various countries have adopted various customs clearance and quarantine measures. As of noon yesterday, more than 4,400 tour groups have been cancelled, and the number of affected passengers is close to 140,000.
The parliament and all travel agencies that organize outbound tours are working closely with the government to make every effort to assist tour groups who are still overseas to return to Hong Kong as soon as possible. As for the cancellation of undeparted teams, the travel society will deal with them according to the terms of the newspaper and the rules of the parliament.
[15:00] It is understood that there was one additional confirmed case at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The patient was a 36-year-old foreign man who lived at Yujin Guofeng. He had no travel history within 30 days. He sought treatment for fever. His deep throat saliva sample was A positive reaction was confirmed today.
[14:00] The City Super branch located in the IFC mall in Central, announced today that it will be closed for cleaning. A notice posted on the door of the store stated that a patient diagnosed on March 15 had visited the store, so for safety reasons, the store had to be closed to clean the store, and all opened or processed food would be destroyed.
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City Super's IFC branch needs to be closed and cleaned until it reopens on March 19. (Photo by Zheng Jiaru)
[13:00] The Macau government announced today (17th) that starting from 00:00 on March 18, 2020, it will ban all except the mainland China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan area residents and foreign employee ID card holders. Non-residents enter the Macao Special Administrative Region.
[12:20] It is reported that the Eastern District Hospital newly added a preliminary confirmed case. The patient was an 18-year-old woman, a French-Hong Kong resident. She had previously studied in Switzerland. She returned to Hong Kong on March 15 and had symptoms.
[10:44] As the Malaysian government announced the nationwide implementation of "restrictive action orders" to prohibit visitors from entering, EGL East Travel decided to cancel the Malaysia and Malaysia Star tour groups departing from today to April 15, a total of 9 groups, about 200 guests Affected.
EGL East Travel said that those who have registered can choose to transfer, retain the group fee for 6 months, or refund the full amount after deducting the handling fee. Dongyuyou has successively notified the affected guests. If the customers have already reported to the group, they can call the telephone inquiry center: 3692 0888 to inquire about related matters. As for the arrangements of the tour group departing from April 16, it will be announced later.
[09:57] Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e met with reporters and announced that starting March 19, all arriving people except Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan will be required to be quarantined for 14 days, and red tourism will be sent to the world except the Mainland, Macao, and Taiwan. The warning urges Hong Kong people not to travel overseas without need. In addition, Cathay Pacific will increase the number of flights from the United Kingdom and the United States, and switch to a larger body to carry foreign Hong Kong people back to Hong Kong. She said that it was "impossible" to resume classes on April 20th and believed that they could only be resumed in stages.
[08:00] As of 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday (17th), 81,116 confirmed cases nationwide, with a total of 3,321 deaths, 128 suspected cases, and 68,799 cured cases; in Hubei, the worst-hit area, a total of 67,799 confirmed cases with a total death 3111 people.
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[02:00] Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declares national clearance. Except for Canadian and US citizens, all non-Canadian citizens cannot enter the country. All flights to the local area can only fly to four major cities. Trudeau's wife was diagnosed with new pneumonia earlier, and the two are now under home isolation. He urged all citizens to stay at home and avoid going out.
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New Crown Pneumonia│More than 10 ambulances in the airport restricted area alert multiple patients to be sent to 4 hospitals
[01:05] Since yesterday evening (16th), the Fire Services Department has received several calls for ambulance services for suspected infectious diseases at the airport. It dispatched at least 10 ambulances to the restricted area and spent more than 6 hours. Patients are sent to the hospital for treatment one after another. During this period, the ambulancemen need to wear a full set of protective clothing to protect themselves, while the patients wear masks.
The Department of Health stated that there were more than 10 arriving passengers filling in the "health declaration form" indicating symptoms, and the staff of the Port Health Department of the Center for Health Protection arranged for them to be sent to hospital for treatment. Most of them had only mild respiratory symptoms and arrived from different flights.
[00:45] European Commission President Von Delane said that in order to control the spread of the new pneumonia epidemic, it is recommended to implement a temporary entry restriction on the 30th, and to deny non-EU people from entering the 26 countries of Shengen; family members, doctors and nurses of citizens of EU countries With the exception of necessary staff and personnel transporting goods to the European Union, the 30-day entry limit can be extended if necessary.
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