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Written by: Ouyang Dehao, Wang Jieen, Deng Yinglin, Chen Shuxia, McCain, Chen Jiayi, Kong Fanxu
2020-11-17 07:00
Last update date: 2020-11-17 17:11
The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has been repeated. The Centre for Health Protection announced that today (17th) 4 new confirmed cases have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to 5471.
Among the new cases, three imported cases were imported from Turkey, Germany and the United Kingdom.
As for the local case, there is one case, which is of unknown origin.
The patient is a 29-year-old man living in The Parcville, Yuen Long. He works as an engineering staff and works in a construction site near the Western Business Centre.
In addition, there are currently about 10 initially confirmed cases, two of which are related to the earlier confirmed cases, and a 76-year-old male taxi driver.
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.
There were 4 newly confirmed cases in Hong Kong, 3 were imported cases, and the remaining 1 was a local sourceless case. The patient was a 29-year-old male engineer who lives in The Parcville, Yuen Long.
(Photo by Li Zetong)
[16:58]
Liu
Jiaxian,
Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standard) of the Hospital Authority
said:
As of 9 am today, 15 cases have been reported to the HA system in the past 24 hours, and no patients have died.
14 patients recovered and were discharged.
There are still 117 confirmed patients in hospital, of which 7 are in critical condition, 2 are in serious condition, and 108 are in stable condition.
The number of negative pressure hospital beds is 1,077, using 63%; the number of negative pressure hospital beds is 594, and the utilization rate is 70%.
[16:50]
Zhang Zhujun pointed out that among the
initially confirmed cases, there was also one case with no source.
The patient was a 76-year-old male taxi driver who drove 9 to 8 nights in the morning and lived in Yutian Court.
The driver had participated in a voluntary test conducted by the Transport Department. The last test was conducted in October. The result was negative at that time. The patient had close contacts working at the Homantin Hong Kong Kaiping Chamber of Commerce Middle School, and the school had to be cleaned.
Regarding the point that the current epidemic has entered the fourth wave, Zhang Zhujun said that how to count the third and fourth waves, genetic analysis is a method. The third wave of cases has fallen for a while, but it is not cleared. It is only a description.
In the past one or two weeks, cases of unknown origin have risen, and the fourth wave seems to be approaching. Beware of this. If the number of cases increases rapidly, it will be another wave.
According to her understanding, the Food and Health Bureau will announce the relevant arrangements for tightening staycation.
[16:41]
Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Disease Division of the Center for Health Protection, Department of Health,
said:
As of midnight today, 4 new confirmed cases have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 5,471.
Three of them were imported cases, and they arrived in Hong Kong from Turkey, Germany and the United Kingdom.
As for the local infection, there is one case, which is no source.
The patient is a 29-year-old man living in The Parcville, Yuen Long. He works as an engineering staff and works in a construction site near the Western Business Centre.
In addition, there are about 10 preliminary confirmed cases in Hong Kong, two of which are related to earlier cases, including a 50-year-old man who worked at John's London Square in Jordan.
The patient is a different security guard from the night guard who was diagnosed earlier. When the company arranged the daily guard for testing, it was found that the patient had used the security lounge.
A person living with the night guard was also diagnosed for the first time. The new patient is an 82-year-old man living in Block 6, Kwai Shing West Village. He is asymptomatic and has visited Long Shunxuan Seafood Restaurant.
New crown pneumonia | Hotel quarantine visits are banned from tomorrow. The hotel industry is worried about "devil details" [13:08] Starting from last Friday (13th), all foreign returnees must be quarantined in hotels on the 14th. The Department of Health further stipulates tomorrow Beginning (18th), relevant persons are not allowed to accept visits during the quarantine period.
However, the implementation date of the new regulations is approaching, and the industry has yet to know the details.
The executive director of the Hong Kong Hotel Owners Association, Lee Han-sung, accepted the inquiry of "Hong Kong 01" and said that the arrangement for prohibiting visitors from visiting quarantine persons is reasonable, but the hotel industry has not yet learned the details, including related criminal liability issues, and worried that "the devil is in the details." .
Li bluntly said that people in the hotel industry are not the police and do not have relevant powers. If loopholes still occur after exhausting methods, "the responsibility should not be placed on the hotel."
[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.
▼Use it with peace of mind▼
[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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