[New crown pneumonia] wearing a monitoring hand with a foreign woman and a KMB police officer just arrived in Hong Kong and returned to Shatian for home quarantine

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Written by: Ling Yide

2020-03-22 23:40

New type of coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) is raging around the world. As more and more Hong Kong people return from overseas, the number of imported cases has greatly increased. The Hong Kong government requires people arriving in Hong Kong to undergo mandatory home quarantine for 14 days, excluding from Macau and Taiwan. Arrive.

In the past 2 days, photos of people wearing hand straps have been circulating on the Internet from time to time, but some cases actually arrived in Hong Kong and were traveling home by car to prepare for home quarantine, but were mistaken for violating the quarantine order. This afternoon (22nd), a foreign woman wearing a blue monitoring strap took Kuba Bus Route 269D from Yuen Long to Sha Tin. Passengers in the same car were alarmed. In the end, after police investigation, it was confirmed that the woman involved in the flight arrived in Hong Kong this morning. She passed the 2019 coronavirus test and was negative. She then left the airport in a private car and then transferred to a bus from Yuen Long to Sha Tin for home quarantine. A few days ago there were online photos of an old man wearing a wristband and an electronic ring riding KMB. According to "Hong Kong 01", the old man had just arrived in Hong Kong and was taking KMB home for isolation.

"Hong Kong 01" is making further enquiries with the Department of Health on public doubts caused by people wearing surveillance bracelets on public transport.

When a foreign woman wearing a monitoring strap was riding KMB, the passenger in the car feared that she violated the quarantine order and immediately called the police. Police later confirmed that the woman had arrived in Hong Kong this morning by a flight and was transferring to Yuen Long to Sha Tin for home quarantine. (Fb page "Photo of Yuen Long Blowing Area")

Police: 33-year-old non-Chinese woman arrived in Hong Kong by private car this morning and transferred to Sha Tin for home quarantine

A Police spokesman said that a bus driver had received a report at 12.26 noon today stating that a passenger suspected of wearing a watchband was boarded at a bus interchange at the Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Tunnel. Officers arrived at the scene and learned that the 33-year-old non-Chinese woman arrived in Hong Kong on a flight this morning. She passed the 2019 coronavirus test and the test result was negative. Then she left the airport in a private car and then took a bus from Yuen Long to Sha Tin. Home quarantine. Police have contacted the relevant authorities regarding the incident.

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Department of Health: follow-up on information

A spokesman for the Department of Health said that the case would be followed up immediately with the information provided. The spokesman said that the quarantine person must stay at home or the relevant residence at all times and is prohibited from leaving Hong Kong. In order to ensure that the quarantine person stays at home for quarantine inspection, government personnel will determine whether the person subject to compulsory quarantine stays at the residence through measures such as surprise inspections, calling the person, using mobile phones for real-time location sharing, and electronic bracelets to monitor the location of the quarantine person .

A spokesman for the Department of Health said that the relevant departments will strengthen inspections and will have "zero tolerance" for those who violate the quarantine order without immediate warning and prosecution immediately. Once convicted, they can be sentenced to up to 6 months in prison and fined 25,000 yuan. The government strongly urges quarantine persons to observe the quarantine order by themselves and not to try the law in person.

Someone photographed an elderly man with an electronic ring on his right foot while wearing a white hand strap on his right hand on KMB. He was suspected of violating an isolation order. (Peng Zhiming Facebook picture)

In addition to this case, some netizens uploaded pictures earlier. An old man wore a monitoring handband on his right hand and an electronic ring on his right foot. He took KMB and suspected that he had violated the isolation order. According to "Hong Kong 01", the old man had just arrived in Hong Kong at the time, and was also taking KMB home for quarantine. He did not go out illegally during quarantine.

However, it is difficult for the public to identify whether they are arriving home in Hong Kong or going out in violation of orders, which has repeatedly caused worries. "Hong Kong 01" is making further enquiries with the Department of Health.

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