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New Coronary Pneumonia·9.9|A total of 1.42 million people have completed sampling and exposed the residences of new patients

2020-09-09T16:33:27.132Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has eased. The Centre for Health Protection announced today (9th) that there were 6 new cases in a single day, of which 1 was an imported case and 5 were local cases. The cumulative number increased to 4,902, which is the second consecutive day The number of confirmed diagnoses remained in single digits. Two additional diagnoses were added to the Taiwei Transportation City Building Group. The families of the two patients were the building security and people working in the building. The National Testing Program also found 2 cases of "rejuvenation" of recovered patients, and it is estimated that there are still residual viruses in their bodies. In addition, there are about 10 preliminary confirmed cases in Hong Kong half a day. The gathering restriction order and the restaurant seating restriction order will be relaxed from this Friday (11th) to four people, and many premises will be reopened. The national testing of 57 centers will be extended to September 14.


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Written by: Ouyang Dehao, Hu Jiaxin, Chen Jingqi, Leung Huanmin, Huang Yongyu, Chen Jiayi, Chen Shuxia, Kong Fanxu, Zheng Qiuling, Golden Chess, Wang Jieen, Li Enci, Mai Kayin, Chen Xiaotong

2020-09-09 07:00

Last update date: 2020-09-10 00:28

The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has eased. The Centre for Health Protection announced today (9th) that there were 6 new cases in a single day, of which 1 was an imported case and 5 were local cases. The cumulative number increased to 4,902, which is the second consecutive day The number of confirmed diagnoses remained in single digits.

Two additional diagnoses were added to the Taiwei Transportation City Building Group. The families of the two patients were the building security and people working in the building.

The National Testing Program also found 2 cases of "rejuvenation" of recovered patients, and it is estimated that there are still residual viruses in their bodies.

In addition, there are about 10 preliminary confirmed cases in Hong Kong half a day.

The gathering restriction order and the restaurant seating restriction order will be relaxed from this Friday (11th) to four people, and many premises will be reopened.

The national testing of 57 centers will be extended to September 14.

New crown pneumonia | FEHD dispatches staff to inspect Tai Wai Transportation City to destroy food outside the gate of the Golden Noodle Factory

[22:25] The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has not stopped, and a small outbreak has recently occurred in Dawei Transportation City. The number of employees and their families has increased to at least 13 people.

In addition to dozens of maintenance garages in the industrial building, there are also about 10 noodle manufacturing plants. Some workshops place the finished products outside the door and go to the factory, adjacent to the garage.

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today that it has dispatched staff to inspect all food premises in the building; merchants in four factories on the 6th floor were diagnosed with the diagnosis. The "Famental Noodle Factory" and "Famental" on the same floor are temporarily suspending operations for internal cleaning. And disinfection, its employees are subject to quarantine, and the department has destroyed food that has been left outside for many days.

National Testing|A total of 1.42 million people completed sampling and at least 150,000 people went to the testing center without appointment

[21:55] The government announced that from 8 am to 8 pm today, a total of 113,000 citizens have registered for sampling at various community testing centers in Hong Kong through the Universal Community Testing Program.

Since its launch on September 1, a total of approximately 1.423 million people have registered for testing at the testing center.

Since the online appointment began on August 29, as of 8 o'clock this evening, a total of about 1.273 million citizens have successfully made appointments for testing.



According to the authorities, a total of 257 cases have been received so far that personal data has been used by others to register for appointment.

After understanding, 143 cases of suspected misappropriation of personal data of others have been referred to the police for processing.

Confirmed building restaurant | Four House Village on the list after national testing confirmed Han Zeng went to Tuen Mun Town Plaza

[21:50] The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has slowed down, with 6 new confirmed cases today, 5 of which are local cases.

According to data from the Health Protection Center, additional households in Sun Chui Village, Tai Wai Long Hang Village, and Sau Mau Ping South Village were diagnosed; a male household in Shan Jing Village, Tuen Mun, was diagnosed after a national test and had visited a farmhouse in the Weichang Industrial Center. And the famous house in Tuen Mun Town Plaza Phase 1.

New Coronary Pneumonia | The University of Hong Kong and the Mainland developed a nasal spray vaccine approved for clinical trials

[20:14] The State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong announced that the influenza virus carrier new coronavirus vaccine developed with Xiamen University and Beijing Wantai Biotechnology has been approved by the National Medical Products Administration for clinical trials .

The University of Hong Kong stated that this is currently the only nasal spray new coronary pneumonia vaccine that has entered clinical trials.

The vaccine can operate as a nasal spray, which can target both the new coronavirus and influenza virus.

(Photo/Photo by Gao Zhongming)

Survey points to the worst mental health of Hong Kong people in 9 years due to social controversy and pandemic

[18:21] A survey conducted this year by a research group concerned about the mental health of Hong Kong people found that the average score of Hong Kong people's mental health index was 45.12, which was the lowest among relevant surveys in the past nine years.

Fifty-half and 38% of the interviewees said that social disputes and new coronary pneumonia have very large or significant negative effects on mental health; while social disputes and epidemics, about one-third and 10% of the respondents respectively believed Bring trauma.

The convenor of the research team and a doctor at the Hong Kong College of Psychiatry, Mak Yong-teng, pointed out that traumatic memories induced by social controversy take a long time to obliterate; and the public facing the epidemic of the century is like "stretching the rubber band well." Can't relax.

Tourism bubble|One step closer to travel Yao Sirong: Around National Day or the Macau Greater Bay Area as a pilot

[19:40] The Hong Kong government announced yesterday that it has initially contacted 11 countries, including Japan, Thailand, Germany, and France, and hopes to discuss tourism bubble arrangements so that people from the two places can travel between the two places under the corresponding conditions.

The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Qiu Tenghua said that the relevant proposals have been handed over to the governments of 11 countries and invited them to discuss details.

Yao Sirong, a member of the tourism industry, said that the approval procedures for the two places are quite complicated and cannot be expected to be completed soon. He added that Hong Kong’s epidemic has stabilized and it is expected to conduct pilot interoperability with Hong Kong, Macau and the Greater Bay Area around the National Day in October. Mainly business travelers and family visits.

Travel Bubble|Hong Kong residents go to Britain and Turkey to be exempted from quarantine and barrier-free customs clearance

[18:16] Affected by the novel coronavirus pneumonia, Hong Kong people cannot travel abroad for many months.

The Hong Kong government announced yesterday that it is initially contacting 11 countries (including Japan, Thailand, Germany, France, etc.) regarding the "tourism bubble". However, the tourism industry generally believes that the establishment of the system is very long.


To stop the "travel addiction", Hong Kong people who visit the countries more often have to enter Britain and Turkey for the time being without quarantine and no negative test report. It can be said that "you can just buy a ticket."

In addition, there are also many countries that do not require quarantine but need to provide negative test reports, including Croatia, Maldives, Dubai, UAE, and Egypt.

However, the public should be aware that after returning to Hong Kong, they still have to undergo a 14-day home quarantine in Hong Kong.

[18:09] A government spokesperson said that as of 5:45 p.m. today, 1.269 million citizens have made appointments for national testing online.

[17:57] The Hong Kong government announced today that it has decided to extend the universal community testing program from the 3rd to September 14. The entire testing program will last for 14 days.

As of 2 pm today, the cumulative number of people registered for testing at the testing center is about 1.362 million, and the cumulative number of people who have successfully made appointments for testing online is about 1.261 million.

After reviewing the current use of 122 community testing centers, the government will arrange 57 community testing centers in 18 districts in Hong Kong to continue to provide testing services to the public from September 12 to 14.

The remaining testing centers ceased operations after September 11.

▼List of 57 extended testing centers for all citizens▼

[16:49]

Liu Jiaxian, Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standard) of the Hospital Authority

said:

As of 9 am today, the HA system has reported 20 cases in the past 24 hours. 14 patients have recovered and been discharged. A total of 4,557 patients have been discharged so far.

There are still 212 patients who are staying in 19 hospitals of the Hospital Authority and Yabo Community Treatment Facility. 21 are in critical condition, 8 are in serious condition, and 183 are in stable condition.

The number of negative pressure hospital beds was 1,191, and the utilization rate was 47%; the number of negative pressure hospital beds was 669, and the utilization rate was 58%.

There were 6 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, and one more case was found through national testing.

(Photo by Li Zetong)

New Coronary Pneumonia | 6 new confirmed cases and 1 national test found that there is tea in Shanjing Village, Tuen Mun

[16:35]

Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Disease Division of the Center for Health Protection, Department of Health,

said:

As of midnight today, there have been 6 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, with case numbers from #4897 to #4902.

One of the new cases was an imported case and arrived in Hong Kong from India.

As for the 5 local infection cases, 4 were related to other confirmed cases, 2 were diagnosed at the quarantine center, and 2 were in the Tai Wai Transportation City Building Group. The families of the two patients were building security and building workers.

The remaining 1 case was found by national testing. The victim was a 62-year-old male with no symptoms. He lives in Jingli House, Mountain View Village, Tuen Mun. He has no special activities on weekdays and sometimes drinks tea nearby.

The victim left samples at the Testing Center of Tai Hing Community Hall in Tuen Mun on September 6.

The national test also found that two people who had recovered and were discharged from the hospital had "rejuvenation". Two people had a virus value higher than 30 and had no symptoms. They should have residual virus in the body and believed that they had no transmission power.

Although the confirmed cases remained in single digits for two consecutive days, Zhang Zhujun pointed out that there are more than 10 preliminary positive cases today. At present, we still need to pay attention to the number of local cases and cases of unknown origin before we can assess that the epidemic has stabilized and there is still a chance for a rebound.

She also believes that more than 1 million people have been tested so far, but the number of confirmed cases found is not large, which is a good phenomenon.

The bar Jifu industry makes every move to promote body disinfection and fills out the declaration form Zhang Yuren: I hope that hundreds of cases will not stop business

[16:33] The new crown pneumonia epidemic has slowed down. The government announced yesterday that some social distancing measures would be relaxed, but bars, karaokes and nightclubs still need to be closed.

The industry held a press conference today, emphasizing that the business has been closed for more than a month and that it has suffered heavy losses.

Tommy Cheung, chairman of the Liberal Party and a member of the catering industry, bluntly said that he feels helpless that the government still does not allow the three types of industries to resume operations.

Zhang pointed out that the industry will implement a number of anti-epidemic measures and hope that the government will stop suddenly requesting the industry to suspend operations. "The epidemic will not go away. I hope that by the worst of July, there will be hundreds of cases every day, all of which will be open."

Guaranteed Employment|The second phase of temporary receipt of 140,000 applications from employers plans to close applications next Sunday

[16:24] The second phase of the "Ensure Employment" program began accepting applications on August 31. As of 12:00 noon today, a total of about 141,000 employers and more than 18,000 self-employed people have received applications.

Of the employer applications received so far, approximately 93% of employers have successfully applied for the first phase of the "Ensure Employment" program.

In addition, the application deadline for the second phase of the program ends at 11:59 pm next Sunday (13th).

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[15:43] The new crown pneumonia epidemic has lasted for many months. Although the unemployment rate dropped slightly in the latest quarter, it is still at a high of 6.1%.

ManpowerGroup, a multinational human resources organization, released its fourth quarter employment outlook survey report today. Among the 393 employers interviewed, half of the employers said they would reduce their staff. Nearly 35% of the employers said they were unclear. Only 13% of the employers expressed their intention to hire more.

New crown pneumonia | Taiwan reduces Hong Kong back to low- and medium-risk short-term business travelers quarantine period halved to 7 days

[15:35] The Central Epidemic Command Center of the Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan announced today (9th) that in response to the slowing of the epidemic in Vietnam and Hong Kong, it will immediately adjust Vietnam to a low-risk country and reduce Hong Kong to medium-low. In risk areas, short-term business visitors to Taiwan can shorten the quarantine period from the current 14 days to 7 days.

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National Testing|Community testing extended to next Monday and 57 testing centers continue to operate from this Saturday

Nationwide Testing|2000 medical and junior college students to help sampling Chen Zhaoshi: Reflect professionalism

[14:50] Chen Zhaoshi called on young people to accompany the elders at home to participate in the test. He also mentioned that the Education Bureau has written to the school, hoping that teachers and students can participate.

When asked if a company mandates employees to undergo testing, Nie Dequan pointed out that the plan is purely voluntary, and different companies' practices depend on company policies.

As for the repeat test, there were 2,353 people as of yesterday.

The comprehensive testing plan originally required appointment registration, but yesterday Carrie Lam urged the public to take the test on the spot. Nie Dequan pointed out that many elderly people did not know how to register. Yesterday’s unappointed testing accounted for 30%. It is a humane service and has been considered. Center’s testing capabilities.

[14:40]

Chen Zhaoshi, Director of the Food and Health Bureau,

said:

1.15 million samples have been tested and 18 confirmed cases have been identified, including the Tai Wai Traffic City group and two foreign domestic helpers.

There are currently four Hong Kong companies from mainland institutions that do testing, including Huasheng Diagnostics, a subsidiary of BGI, which has established a gas film laboratory in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park; the other three are Hong Kong institutions such as Golden Mile, Kaipu, and China Inspection.

The mainland dispatched 500 support teams to Hong Kong. After completing the national testing plan, they will return to the mainland.

In Hong Kong, there are 2,000 medical staff to assist each day.

[14:30]

Nie Dequan, Director of the Civil Service Bureau

said:

As of 2 o'clock in the afternoon today, a total of 1.362 million people have been tested and 1.261 million people have registered for testing online.

As of 1:30 p.m. today, there were 52,000 samples taken in half a day today, of which 23,600 were without an appointment, accounting for about 45%.

The National Testing Program has been extended from the original 7 days by 4 days to September 11, and it is now announced that 57 of the centers will be extended by 3 days to September 14.

▼A list of the reopening of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department on September 11 and the continued restrictions▼

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[13:01] A government spokesperson said that as of 11:45 this morning, a total of about 1.256 million citizens have made appointments to participate in the national test through the online system.

New crown pneumonia | The public hospital analyzes the death rate of 35% of patients over 90 years old

[12:55] Zhong Jianli, director of quality and safety of the Hospital Authority, said that starting today (9th), all newly admitted patients will be tested for the virus, and about 2,000 people will be tested every day.

In addition, the Hospital Authority is also investigating testing for the virus before leaving the hospital for some elderly residents.

He also called on elders in the community and their caregivers to participate in the universal testing program, as the elderly may be in poorer condition after contracting the new type of pneumonia. Testing for "invisible" caregivers without symptoms can help early detection and prevent the virus from spreading to the elderly.

[12:30] News: The operation of some testing centers will be extended to September 14 (next Monday), that is, the authorities initially announced that the nationwide testing will be conducted for a maximum of 14 days.

New crown pneumonia | survey: 15% of interviewed employers expect layoffs next quarter to be the worst in wholesale and retail

[11:51] The new crown pneumonia epidemic has lasted for many months. Although the unemployment rate dropped slightly in the latest quarter, it is still at a high of 6.1%.

ManpowerGroup, a multinational human resources organization, released its fourth quarter employment outlook survey report today. Among the 393 employers interviewed, half of the employers said they would reduce their staff. Nearly 35% of the employers said they were unclear. Only 13% of the employers expressed their intention to hire more.

[11:30] Chen Zhaoshi, director of the Bureau of Food and Health, and Nie Dequan, director of the Civil Service Bureau, met with reporters at 2:30 in the afternoon and expected to explain the extension of national testing.

[11:14] According to the news, there were 6 new confirmed cases today, the same as yesterday's numbers.

▼List of reopening and continued restrictions starting on September 11▼

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New crown pneumonia | Bars and karaoke fail to reopen Roger reprimands the government for not singing K in ten years

[10:24] The new crown pneumonia epidemic has slowed down. The government announced on Friday to relax social distancing measures, including gathering restrictions and increasing the maximum number of people per restaurant to four. However, bars and karaokes still need to be closed.

A Lan Kwai Fong bar owner said in an interview with the commercial channel program "Starting on a Sunny Day" that he understands the risks of spreading at the bar, but believes that the nature of the restaurant is similar to that of the bar, and it is not fair to just relax the restaurant.

Luo Jiecheng, a businessman who runs Red MR karaoke, was disappointed by the government’s decision. He said that the industry has repeatedly written to the authorities and is willing to cooperate with the epidemic prevention, such as restricting operations to the early hours of the morning, up to four people per room, etc., but is still not allowed to open. I haven't been to karaoke in 2015, and I don't understand the situation where the place can control the risk of infection.

Tourism bubble|It is still difficult to determine the list of customs clearance days in consultation with Japan and Thailand. Taiwan Qiu Tenghua: No predecessor

[10:15] The Hong Kong government announced yesterday that it has initially contacted 11 countries, including Japan, Thailand, Germany, and France, and hopes to discuss tourism bubble arrangements so that people from the two places can travel between the two places under the corresponding conditions.

The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Qiu Tenghua said today that among many countries, the Hong Kong government has exchanged documents with the governments of Japan and Thailand, and discussed with the local health authorities.

Some tourism industry hopes to establish a tourism bubble with the first country in October, but Qiu Tenghua admits that the epidemic is changing rapidly and cannot subjectively set a date.

Regarding Taiwan, a popular tourist destination for Hong Kong people, is not included in the list of tourism bubbles, Qiu Tenghua emphasized that there is no pre-designation of any place, and the list will always be adjusted depending on the epidemic.

New crown pneumonia | Can relax the gathering restrictions on Mid-Autumn Festival?

Chen Zhaoshi: Be careful of the number of masks and maintain the order

[08:30] The Director of the Bureau of Food and Health Chen Zhaoshi said that bathrooms, party rooms, swimming pools, nightclubs and karaoke may be opened in the next stage, but the development of the epidemic still needs to be closely monitored.

As for whether the table restriction order will be relaxed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Zhaoshi said that the number of people should be careful, and she also said that the mask order should be maintained for a period of time.

▼The five steps to make an appointment for national testing are as follows▼

Tourism bubble|It is still difficult to determine the list of customs clearance days in consultation with Japan and Thailand. Taiwan Qiu Tenghua: No predecessor

[09:00] The Hong Kong government announced that it has initially contacted 11 countries including Japan, Thailand, Germany, and France, and hopes to discuss tourism bubble arrangements so that people from the two places can travel between the two places under the corresponding conditions.

The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Qiu Tenghua said that the Hong Kong government has exchanged documents with the Japanese and Thai governments, and discussed with the local health authorities.

Some tourism industry hopes to establish a tourism bubble with the first country in October, but Qiu Tenghua admits that the epidemic is changing rapidly and cannot subjectively set a date.

Regarding Taiwan, a popular tourist destination for Hong Kong people, is not included in the list of tourism bubbles, Qiu Tenghua emphasized that there is no pre-designation of any place, and the list will always be adjusted depending on the epidemic.

[08:20] As of 8 o'clock this morning, about 1.25 million people have made appointments to participate in national testing through the online appointment system, and 11 testing centers are full today.

Together with those who registered on the spot without an appointment, a total of 1.31 million people have been sampled, of which 1.03 million samples have been tested, and a total of 18 cases positive for the virus have been found.

Yesterday's overview: New crown pneumonia 9.8 | 6 new cases confirmed since the third wave of the epidemic, the new low limit has been relaxed from Friday

New Coronary Pneumonia·Pictures|Restrictions on gatherings were relaxed to 4 people reopened and premises still closed and measures

New crown pneumonia | An article to see clearly that the Leisure and Cultural Services Department reopens facilities to arrange for football courts, basketball courts, and beaches to continue to close

New crown pneumonia | Hong Kong government and 11 countries business travel bubble Hong Kong people may be expected to travel to Japan, Thailand, Germany, France and other countries

Travel Bubble|Tourism Industry: Japan may reopen first, two places are not allowed to travel by plane this year

▼List of 141 community testing centers in 18 districts▼

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New crown pneumonia | 6 more cases Zhang Zhujun said the number has not kept falling, suspected false positive man discharged from hospital

New crown pneumonia | 6 more confirmed cases today, only 3 locals hit the third wave of new lows, 2 people were tested and found

New crown pneumonia | Directly hit the mixed food distribution channel of the 22 food factory and the garage factory in Dawei Jiaotong City

New crown pneumonia|Taiwei Transport City staff madly disinfected and rerouted stairs, there are food boxes on the sixth floor

▼Resumption Guidelines▼

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The Mark Six lottery resumes on September 24. The draw will be temporarily reduced to once a week.

New crown pneumonia | An article to see clearly that the Leisure and Cultural Services Department reopens facilities to arrange for football courts, basketball courts, and beaches to continue to close

The gathering restriction will be relaxed to 4 people from Friday. Disneyland and Ocean Park are expected to reopen on September 18

New crown pneumonia | Restaurants expect to relax measures to help business rise by 10 or 20%

New crown pneumonia | 10.1 National Day hit the Mid-Autumn Festival news: MTR intends to provide overnight train service

▼Citizens and officials' participation in the National Testing Program ▼

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New crown pneumonia丨 Zhang Yuren: Two weeks ago, the restrictions on gatherings should have been relaxed, making the catering industry lament that bars will resume indefinitely

New crown pneumonia | Xu Shuchang: 4 people in a restaurant, one is not at high risk

Gathering Restriction Order|Restaurants expected to relax measures to help business increase by 10 or 20%

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