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Written by: Chen Qianting, Wang Jieen, Lao Minyi, Yuan Ye
2020-03-22 06:00
Last updated: 2020-03-23 01:41New coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) has a severe epidemic. The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, described the current epidemic as "state of war." The government urged the public not to relax their awareness of epidemic prevention and avoid all unnecessary outings such as banquets and dinners.
Today (22nd) as of 2 pm, the news indicates that at least 12 newly confirmed cases, including 3 referrals from AsiaWorld-Expo Quarantine Centre, were reported in Hong Kong. The remaining cases came from United Hospital, Tuen Mun Hospital and Tseung Kwan O Hospital.
The Center for Health Protection said that as of 12:00 noon today, 44 new cases were confirmed, which means that it has exceeded the 300 mark, 317 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case.
[23:40] It is understood that there are three additional preliminary positive cases tonight. Among them, two new cases were found in Tuen Mun Hospital. One patient was a 30-year-old man who had visited Switzerland and Thailand and returned to Hong Kong for home quarantine. The other patient was a 26-year-old woman whose whereabouts related to Lan Kwai Fong. As for Queen Elizabeth Hospital, there has been an additional preliminary confirmed case.
In other words, together with another preliminary confirmed case in Ruttonjee, at least 4 new confirmed cases were added tonight.
[23:59] The Centre for Health Protection stated that it is investigating 44 new confirmed cases. So far, a total of 318 cases (including 317 confirmed cases and one suspected case) have been reported in Hong Kong. As of 4 pm today, the new cases involved 28 men and 16 women, aged between 1 and 72, of which 29 had been outside the incubation period. The CHP is continuing to follow up on epidemiological investigations and contact tracing of confirmed cases.
[23:00] A spokesman for the Hospital Authority said that from March 20 to 10 pm today, a total of 197 and 42 passengers were transferred to the AsiaWorld-Expo and North Lantau Hospital's testing centres for virus testing. As of now, 181 passengers have tested negative and have returned to their homes to continue home quarantine and isolation for 14 days.
As for the cases with a preliminary positive test result, they will be announced after further testing by the Department of Health.
[22:40] The government stated that law enforcement departments conducted an unannounced inspection of suspected offenders through an electronic surveillance system and found that 5 people had left their home without authorization, and two of them removed or cut off the monitoring hand strap. The police have intercepted all five people. The Department of Health has also launched an investigation with the police immediately and is actively collecting more evidence for the Department of Justice to consider prosecution. Five people have since been sent to the quarantine centre.
Police found another 36 people left their homes without authorization. Police will issue a warrant to them and continue to search for their whereabouts.
The government strongly condemns anyone who intends to violate the quarantine order, saying that their actions are extremely irresponsible, seriously affecting public health and the health of others, increasing the risk of community transmission, and will never tolerate it. They must follow up seriously. The spokesman also pointed out that leaving the quarantine place without authorization is a criminal offence. Once convicted, he can be jailed for six months and fined 25,000 yuan. The government urges all quarantine persons not to test the law personally, and calls on citizens to report violations of the quarantine order to the police.
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[22:35] It is understood that a preliminary confirmed case was added to Ruttonjee Hospital in the evening. The patient was a 50-year-old foreign man who had recently visited the UK. He arrived in Hong Kong on March 18 and had cough symptoms.
[21:30] The Jockey Club announced that in response to the sharp increase in the number of diagnosed patients in the past few days, medical experts clearly pointed out that the next two weeks will be a critical time to fight the epidemic, and decided to implement further measures to control the number of people at the racecourse.
The night race held at Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday (March 25), except for the trainer, jockey, related staff, and the director in charge of supervision, only the owners of the participating horses are allowed to enter the racecourse. Customers who have traveled outside the country within 14 days before the race day will not be admitted. All customers must fill in a health declaration form and undergo a temperature check before entering the venue. They must also wear masks on the venue. The above admission arrangements will apply to other race days in the next two weeks.
In addition, the Jockey Club has decided to temporarily suspend the horse owners' visit to the stables until further notice, and the horse owners can only watch the trial brake from the stands or the weighing room.
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[20:15] Hu Huaizhong, deputy superintendent of Shuren University, sent an email to teachers and students, stating that (March 23) the campus will be closed to visitors for two weeks to reduce the chance of virus infection. This measure does not affect students and faculty members entering the campus . He also pointed out that the final semester examination will be conducted online; the graduation ceremony, which was delayed in November last year, will be held at the end of this year, that is, students who completed their studies in the previous school year and this school year will jointly hold a graduation ceremony.
[20:05] Jie Rong International Holdings Co., Ltd. announced that last Friday (March 20), it was informed that a sales staff member had initially confirmed the new coronavirus and had taken a series of emergency response measures, including hiring a cleaning company immediately. Disinfect the working floors of the confirmed employees with the highest specifications, track the close contacts who have been in contact with the patients, and arrange new coronavirus testing, inspections for these employees, and ensure that the production line is not affected, and contact and assist the related customers responsible for the confirmed colleagues.
Jie Rong pointed out that 34 employees who have arranged close contact with the diagnosed employees have gone to private hospitals or private clinics for testing. So far, 2 employees have initially tested positive and another 14 have negative results. A preliminary test report will be received by Wednesday (March 25).
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[18:40] The Macao Contingency Coordination Center stated that the pilots exempted from medical observation are limited to pilots who fly to and from Macau, excluding pilots who fly to and from Hong Kong, even if they live in Macau; The division's exemption measures are intended to maintain Macau bus services.
[18:00] Festival Grand Cinema, Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong announced that it received a notification from the Centre for Health Protection this afternoon, stating that a patient diagnosed on March 18 had watched a movie in the theater during the incubation period. The theater announced that it will be closed from today to Tuesday (March 24).
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[16:55] Zhang Zhujun pointed out that many different people have visited in Languifang, because different diagnosed people do not go together or get to know each other, and many people come to drink or eat on weekends. Go and find a few rooms as soon as you go. "Everyone may talk during drinking, increasing the risk of person-to-person transmission. If some people have travel history, when they do not know that they may be infected, they increase the risk of infection.
[16:52] It is worrying that the father of a medical staff member has been diagnosed and the nurse is still at work recently. Wu Huiling said that the medical staff member was a nurse who was working in the internal medicine ward of Renji Hospital and had no symptoms for the time being.
[16:45] Wu Huiling said that the current isolation ward of the Hospital Authority is "close to saturation", and it is appropriate to put the confirmed cases in the same bed room. "She will do it." She also said that the use of North Lantau Island Hospitals and the Airport Expo serve as testing centers in the hope of reducing the pressure on isolation wards. As for whether the practice of the "Little Tangshan Hospital" in the Mainland will be referred to, that is, the construction of a temporary hospital to treat confirmed patients, she said that she is still discussing with the government, and how to isolate patients if the number of patients is increased, but it is still under discussion.
[16:36] Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the group of Kelly Hill International School has so far been confirmed 4 people, including two staff members, a teacher's wife, and friends who have eaten with the teacher.
As for Lan Kwai Fong, it is difficult to define whether there is a group, because some people who have visited the area have travel records and some do not. In addition, some confirmed patients also participated in large-scale parties. During the period, they did not wear masks to participate in social activities. This is also a way to spread the virus. "Family is a party, it is a party."
[16:31] Zhang Zhujun pointed out that a middle school has recruited at least 4 faculty members to confirm the diagnosis, and a Changsha Bay industrial building has two staff members who work inside, and a taxi driver has confirmed the diagnosis. No travel history. A few more people were confirmed in the Discovery Bay wedding group, including the groom and a baby and his father who participated in the wedding, that is, a total of 8 people have been recruited. Seven members of the group who travelled to Yellowknife in Canada were diagnosed.
Mrs Kwong said that a total of 265 suspected cases had been reported in the past 24 hours. So far, 100 confirmed patients and one suspected patient have been discharged. She pointed out that there are currently 954 negative pressure beds and 507 negative pressure beds in public hospitals. So far, 163 and 42 passengers have been sent to AsiaWorld-Expo or North Lantau Hospital for testing. Six of them were diagnosed and four others were initially positive. They have been admitted to the hospital for isolation and treatment.
[16:30] The Centre for Health Protection announced that from 12 noon yesterday to 12 noon today, 44 new confirmed cases were reported in Hong Kong, the second highest daily increase, that is, the cumulative number of cases in Hong Kong has reached 318, exceeding 300 Mark. Among them, 29 have travel records, including 7 international students, and there are new cases in the Discovery Bay wedding group and the Canadian tour group. And there are 15 people with no travel history. Many of them have been to Lan Kwai Fong for gatherings and work.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, and Wu Huiling, chief administrative manager (medical performance and technology management) of the Hospital Authority, gave a press conference to explain the latest epidemic situation.
Zhang Zhujun pointed out that one of the new cases involving the wedding banquet at Discovery Bay was the groom at the wedding.
↓↓ The police went to Lan Kwai Fong on Saturday night to conduct a surprise inspection to see if any quarantine person had violated the law.
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[15:47] It is reported that there are four additional confirmed cases. One of them is a 62-year-old male patient at Renji Hospital. He is understood to be the father of a registered nurse in the medical ward. The nurse was asymptomatic and was still at work until yesterday (21st). The two visited Turkey from February 24 to March 3. The infected father had lunch with a confirmed patient on March 9.
The patient has had shortness of breath and cough since March 16th. He had been tested positive for antibodies in private medical institutions and went to the emergency department for medical treatment yesterday. X-ray examination showed signs of "infiltration" inflammation in the lower lobe of both lungs, and the blood oxygen content was 95% and oxygen was required.
Another 66-year-old male patient was diagnosed by a colleague who had travelled to Turkey earlier. The 66-year-old male patient had fever, general weakness, and diarrhea since March 13. He had taken pains by himself. The patient went to the general outpatient clinic on March 20, and was transferred to the emergency department the next day. He had flowers in the lungs. He is currently in the Margaret Hospital.
Two other preliminary confirmed cases were at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
[15:35] Taiwan's epidemic command center announced that passengers will be completely banned from boarding flights to Taiwan on Tuesday (24th); those who have not boarded flights since midnight on Tuesday will be barred from connecting to Taiwan for two weeks.
[14:32] The news indicates that as of 2 pm, 22 confirmed cases are expected to be added today. It is unknown whether 12 people will be initially diagnosed this morning.
[14:12] It is reported that a preliminary confirmed case was added to Tseung Kwan O Hospital. The patient's deep throat saliva sample was initially confirmed and the results are pending review.
[12:57] The news indicates that the United Hospital has increased 7 preliminary diagnosed cases; Tuen Mun Hospital has a positive deep throat saliva sample from a 28-year-old male patient, both of which are preliminary diagnoses, and 11 preliminary diagnoses have been recorded since morning. Case.
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[11:05] It is understood that another 22-month-old baby girl has been confirmed and is being treated at Tai Po Nethersole Hospital. She is the relative of a 143th diagnosed patient, a 35-year-old man living in Li Ming House, Hua Ming Village, Fanling. The man has been skiing in Hokkaido. The baby girl had a fever of 38 degrees Celsius on March 22, and was transferred from a quarantine camp to a hospital for examination yesterday. She was finally infected with the virus.
The Department of Health announced on March 15 that the 35-year-old male patient's co-resident niece had no symptoms and would be quarantined. It has not yet been determined whether his niece was diagnosed with a 22-month-old baby girl.
[10:29] It is understood that a 20-month-old baby girl and a 69-year-old man who belonged to the Discovery Bay wedding group were diagnosed with new coronavirus pneumonia. They were the daughter and father of a 29-year-old guest who attended the Discovery Bay wedding on March 14. Neither of them attended the wedding.
[09:54] The news revealed that at least 3 newly confirmed cases were referred by the AsiaWorld-Expo Quarantine Center; one 21-year-old man was sent to Tuen Mun Hospital; the other 30-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were sent to the New Territories. East Connected Hospital.
[08:50] A new case was reported in Macau, with 19 confirmed cases. The new case is a 19-year-old male, a Macao student studying in the United States, and the son of the 18th case diagnosed earlier.
The confirmed man took a Cathay Pacific CX845 with his mother and two siblings on March 20 and departed from the Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA to Hong Kong International Airport. After arriving in Hong Kong yesterday (21), he chartered by Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau. The bridge port entered Macau. The patient had been to Mexico from March 8 to 14, and had no significant respiratory symptoms in the United States after March 18. The patient was tested for viral nucleic acid because her mother was classified as a close contact after her diagnosis, and she was positive for the new coronavirus. She was admitted to the isolation ward of the Earl General Hospital and was in normal condition. The remaining two older siblings were negative for the first time and have been placed in isolation at the Earl General Hospital. The tests will be repeated after 48 hours.
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[02:45] The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) continues. As of 4:00 pm on Saturday (21st), a total of 17 new confirmed cases were reported in Hong Kong, with a total of 273 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case. Twenty preliminary diagnosed cases were announced in the afternoon, but no relevant case details were announced in the evening.
The 17 new cases involved 5 men and 12 women, aged between 11 and 70, of which 13 had travelled during the incubation period. Two cases were temporarily local cases of unknown origin. One was a 50-year-old woman who lived at Yin Heng House in Shek Yam East Estate and the other was a 48-year-old man who lived in Li King Garden, 24 Lai King Road, Repulse Bay. Two people were diagnosed earlier in the same estate.
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The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced that 17 new cases were confirmed on March 21, of which 13 had travelled during the incubation period. (Profile picture / Photo by Lu Yiming)
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[00:00] As of 4:00 pm on March 21, there were a total of 274 cases in Hong Kong, including 273 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case. In view of the fact that the recent confirmed cases are mostly imported cases and close contacts, or related persons have travel records during the virus incubation period. The Hospital Authority and the Department of Health will step up virus detection for returnees from overseas, including providing sample vials at the Hong Kong International Airport for more overseas arrivals to allow them to collect deep throat saliva samples at their homes for testing. If the test result is positive, the CHP will arrange for the person concerned to receive treatment as soon as possible.
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