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【New Coronary Pneumonia】 Travelers in Regal Oriental Hotel leave the room and check the lobby

2020-04-23T11:01:35.773Z


The epidemic of the new coronavirus pneumonia continues. From yesterday (April 22), all people arriving at the airport from afternoon to evening have to stay at the Regal Oriental Hotel in Kowloon City to wait for the virus test result before leaving if they are negative. Dr. Xu Deyi, deputy director of the Food and Health Bureau, said today (23) that a total of 286 people were admitted yesterday, and all of them turned out to be negative. However, some tourists have visited the hotel lobby, but according to the quarantine order, they can not actually leave their rooms. Xu Deyi pointed out that they understand that some people may be anxious, and the authorities just started implementing the relevant measures yesterday, and the work process may not be smooth. Hope In the future, it will be smoother, so that passengers can do health consultation by phone in the room. But when asked how many people left the room and whether they would prosecute, he did not respond positively. In addition, he said that the authorities distributed more than 400 deep-throat saliva sample bottles to passengers from Hubei Province at the land port, with a recovery rate of about 80%, and all people tested negative.


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Written by: Zheng Cuibi

2020-04-23 18:55

Date of last update: 2020-04-23 18:55

The epidemic of the new coronavirus pneumonia continues. From yesterday (April 22), all people arriving at the airport from afternoon to evening have to stay at the Regal Oriental Hotel in Kowloon City to wait for the virus test result before leaving if they are negative. Dr. Xu Deyi, deputy director of the Food and Health Bureau, said today (23) that a total of 286 people were admitted yesterday, and all of them turned out to be negative.

However, some tourists have visited the hotel lobby, but according to the quarantine order, they can not actually leave their rooms. Xu Deyi pointed out that they understand that some people may be anxious, and the authorities just started implementing the relevant measures yesterday, and the work process may not be smooth. Hope In the future, it will be smoother, so that passengers can do health consultation by phone in the room. But when asked how many people left the room and whether they would prosecute, he did not respond positively.

In addition, he said that the authorities distributed more than 400 deep-throat saliva sample bottles to passengers from Hubei Province at the land port, with a recovery rate of about 80%, and all people tested negative.

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Xu Deyi pointed out that a total of 286 people stayed at Regal Oriental Hotel yesterday, and all of them turned out to be negative. They have successively left the hotel. I was asked that someone had gone to the hotel lobby for enquiries and left his room. Xu Deyi pointed out that the authorities had stated that they should not leave their rooms, but they understood that some people had hygienic needs. For example, some people felt unwell and others were anxious, and the authorities were only The relevant measures just started yesterday, "the work flow may be unsatisfactory at first", he believes that after smoothing out the arrangements in the future, passengers can be asked to make health consultations by telephone in the room.

When a reporter asked how many people had left the room and whether the authorities would prosecute them, Xu Deyi stated that he understood why they were anxious and hoped that they would wait patiently for the results. In his opening speech, he pointed out that there are security and law enforcement personnel in the hotel. Passengers are not allowed to leave the room and do not move around at will. Otherwise, they may violate the quarantine order and be sentenced to 6 months in prison and a fine of 25,000 yuan.

When a passenger was involved in a violation of the quarantine order and left the room to check in the lobby. When asked how many people left the room and whether he would be prosecuted, Xu Deyi did not respond positively. (Photo by Li Zetong)

In response to complaints from tourists that they did not arrange their lunch today, Xu Deyi said that he did not know whether the passengers would have lunch, but the authorities would allow them to be properly taken care of. In addition, he pointed out that there are more than 480 rooms available in the hotel, some passengers live in single rooms, and some live in double rooms, depending on the number and combination of passengers to know how many rooms are occupied. Asked how to prevent yesterday ’s check-in without leaving, and today ’s passengers will not be cross-infected. Xu Deyi said that there are staff of the Department of Health at the airport and hotel, and they will communicate, "Look at the handover."

Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection, pointed out that if someone is diagnosed, the hotel room where he lives will be cleaned by FEHD staff. Xu Deyi said that if everyone is negative, the hotel staff will clean the room and other locations. The authorities have given relevant guidelines, and the cleaning staff will also be equipped with masks, face masks, protective clothing, and gloves. Asked when the government will requisition hotels and the related expenditure budget, Xu Deyi said that the arrangement needs to depend on the development of the epidemic. If you still need to test each passenger and also require them to wait for the quarantine result, they will continue to use it. He emphasized that the relevant The arrangement is leased rather than expropriated, so details and amounts are not easy to disclose.

Since April 8, the authorities have distributed deep-throat saliva sample bottles to all people who have arrived in Hubei province in the Mainland and entered the land port within 14 days before arrival. (Information picture / photographed by Lao Xianliang)

In addition, since April 8, the authorities have distributed deep-throat saliva sample bottles to all people who have arrived in Hubei Province, China, and entered the land port within 14 days before arrival. The reporter has always asked the Department of Health how many samples have been distributed. Bottle, but no reply was received. Today, Xu Deyi pointed out that after the policy was implemented, more than 400 people returned to Hong Kong, and more than eight of them returned sample vials, all of which were negative. He believes that the recovery rate will increase in the future. As to whether these people will be required to leave samples on the spot and wait for the results, he pointed out that the overseas epidemic situation is still at its peak, and the positive chance is higher. The authorities will introduce different policies according to different risks.

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