Coronavirus disease. Latest｜News: There are about 4 more confirmed diagnoses, including one with unknown local origin

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Written by: Ouyang Dehao

2020-11-17 07:00

Last update date: 2020-11-17 11:52

The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has been repeated. According to news, there are about 4 new confirmed cases today (17th), including a local case of unknown source of infection.

The Polytechnic University revealed that the latest epidemic was caused by virus strains in India and Nepal, indicating that this time it was caused by imported cases.

Starting from last Friday (13th), all foreigners returning to Hong Kong must be quarantined at the hotel for 14 days. The Department of Health stipulates that they will not accept visits during the quarantine period from tomorrow (18th).

The Lunar New Year Fair will continue to be held next year. However, in addition to canceling the dry goods stalls again, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced earlier that in response to the epidemic, there will be no cooked food stalls in each Lunar New Year Fair next year.

Among them, 175 stalls at the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair will be auctioned today and tomorrow.

[11:48] According to sources, there are about 4 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today, including one case of unknown local origin.

COVID-19 | PolyU Research Team Advocates the Establishment of Anti-epidemic Hotels to Ban Visitors from Visiting Airports

[10:49] A research team from the University of Science and Technology analyzed the genes and transmission rate of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong and found that the GR virus strain, the most common strain in the third wave, has disappeared in Hong Kong.

In October, a number of local infection groups were found to have GH strains. The virus genes were similar to imported cases from India and Nepal, and it is believed that they were imported from other places.

Xiao Jieheng, associate professor of the Department of Medical Technology and Informatics of PolyU, pointed out in a radio program today (17th) that although the government will ban quarantine persons visiting hotels, it thinks it is difficult to implement it. It is recommended that "anti-epidemic hotels" be established, and hotels specialize in quarantine. Use to prevent visitors from visiting residents.

He also believes that the authorities can set up special vehicles at the airport to pick up and drop off quarantine persons point to point.

New crown pneumonia | Hu Dingxu said that the 240 yuan charge of the testing center is reasonable if the number of people is large, there is room for reduction

[10:05] The government has set up 4 long-term testing centers, which have been opened recently.

Hu Dingxu, the contractor of the testing center in the East Community Hall of Yuen Long City and the chairman of the Huasheng Diagnostic Center, stated on the RTHK radio program today (17th) that the current testing fee is only 240 yuan, which is described as a reasonable price. The current testing fee in Shenzhen It is also close to 200 yuan.

He also revealed that if the number of testing personnel increases, there will be a little room for price reduction. At present, the centers still have sufficient capacity to do more testing.

There was confusion on the first day of operations.

Hu Dingxu said that the testers no longer needed to line up outside yesterday. The test was completed in about 20 minutes, and a report could be issued within 24 hours.

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[00:00] The Food and Health Bureau announced the tightening of social distancing measures last Saturday. It mentioned that the Department of Health will require all people under compulsory quarantine in hotels to not be visited during the quarantine period; such as those under quarantine. Replenishment of supplies or food can be placed outside the door with the assistance of relatives, friends or hotel staff, so that the quarantined person can take it without face-to-face contact.

According to the bureau, if a person receiving compulsory quarantine at a hotel needs care by a caregiver, he must first obtain approval from the Department of Health. The caregiver must also be quarantined in the hotel until the end of the quarantine period.

In the press announcement of the day, the Chinese version did not list the effective date, but the English version said "The above measures will take effect from November 18, 2020", which will take effect from tomorrow (18th, Wednesday). Fang confirmed the effective arrangements last night.

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