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Written by: Wong Wai Lun, McKain, Li Enci, Chen Jiayi, Wang Jien, Zhang Jiamin, Hu Jiaxin
2020-11-20 08:00
Last update date: 2020-11-20 16:56
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has rebounded rapidly. The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, said that there were 26 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today, and the total number of cases so far has increased to 5,518.
Among the new cases, as many as 21 were local infections, including multiple cases without a source. At the same time, there were spreads in Staycation groups and dance studio groups, as well as taxi drivers and housewives.
There are more than 30 preliminary diagnoses today.
In response to the latest development of the epidemic, Chen Zhaoshi announced that next Monday (23rd) Primary One to Primary Three will suspend face-to-face teaching for 14 days, and the suspension of face-to-face teaching in kindergartens and child care centers will also be extended for two weeks.
The authorities will implement compulsory testing. People with symptoms, taxi drivers, and elderly home employees will need to be tested. At the same time, the Bureau of Labor and Welfare is studying to provide a one-off support allowance to those who are diagnosed.
She also emphasized that the authorities will also review and tighten social distancing measures. If the epidemic continues to worsen, it will inevitably be tightened again, or even close listed premises.
Yuan Guoyong, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, said that the fourth wave of the epidemic seems to have begun. The current wave of the epidemic is believed to be imported from Nepal and imported from other places like the previous three waves, reflecting loopholes in border epidemic control.
He pointed out that there are two ways to deal with related issues, including extending the quarantine period. After the compulsory quarantine person completes the 14-day hotel quarantine, a 7-day compulsory home quarantine is added; at the same time, it is necessary to consider whether to completely suspend flights in high-risk areas, but Think that the relevant practices are inhumane.
He also believes that it is time to consider starting mandatory testing of all people with symptoms, emphasizing that it has nothing to do with human rights and politics.
[16:53] Some experts revealed that there were 4 confirmed taxi drivers who were false positives. It is suspected that the test samples were contaminated. Zhang Zhujun said, “It’s hard to say that the baa is a false positive. The test is negative or there is no antibody, but the antibody is not available to 100% of people. Therefore, the case number will not be deleted randomly because the test sample is negative and there is no antibody.
[16:48] Zhang Zhujun said that the 75-year-old diagnosed wealthy female businessman (#5487) had visited the Hong Kong Golf Club at 19 Island Road, Deep Water Bay.
[16:45] Zhang Zhujun said that there have been 260 imported cases since October. Most of them were found when entering Hong Kong, a small number (60-70 people) were found on the 25th of their arrival in Hong Kong, and 5 were arriving. It will be found in Hong Kong on the 14th to 15th (it may be later to hand in the sample bottles). In theory, it should be possible to find confirmed patients in the hotel for quarantine. Whether to extend the quarantine period should be studied again.
[16:30] Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Disease Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that there were 26 new confirmed cases today, and 21 were local cases.
Among the 9 local cases with unknown origin, taxi drivers, security guards, iron workers, a woman who lived in Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East, Tseung Kwan O (have been visited by friends), and 2 housewives, one of whom had participated in nostalgia Song and dance activities.
The 9 local cases were from Wan Chai Starlight Dance Club group.
In addition, there are 40 preliminary confirmed cases today.
New crown pneumonia | Civil Service Bureau: Employees can work flexibly while maintaining public services
[16:21] A spokesperson for the Civil Service Bureau said today (20th) that based on the latest developments in the epidemic, the Civil Service Bureau today reminded all policy bureaux and departments to handle their work arrangements as flexibly as possible while maintaining public services.
The spokesman said that the Civil Service Bureau issued guidelines to policy bureaus and departments again today, reminding them that while maintaining public services, they can consider adopting flexible measures to reduce the number of employees at the same time.
The bureau also provides some examples for the department's reference. For example, the department can divide employees into two groups and alternately work at home to ensure that even if individual employees are unfortunately infected, they will not stop operations.
Chen Zhaoshi announced a series of epidemic prevention measures, including the suspension of face-to-face classes for elementary and elementary school students for 14 days, and mandatory testing for taxi drivers, elderly home employees, and people with symptoms.
(Photo by Luo Junhao)
[13:19] Chen Zhaoshi
said that according to the opinions of government experts, the current border epidemic prevention is difficult to "drip". 97% of cases can be found during the 14-day quarantine period, but some people have a longer incubation period.
The current practice of the government is to require the quarantine person to re-test on the 14th day of the quarantine.
She emphasized that the authorities will study other measures to make the quarantine more precise. In terms of external defense measures, except those exempted, they will be fully tightened.
Regarding the Easy Return to Hong Kong Program, since the epidemic control in the Mainland is "very good", the existing cases are mainly a small number of imported cases, and the appointment for exemption from quarantine for returnees from the Mainland has been opened. Some people will return to Hong Kong only on November 23 and will continue to be reviewed Regarding the situation, I am not worried about the Easy Return to Hong Kong Project.
Regarding some large-scale exhibition activities planned to resume in December, she was asked whether activities such as book fairs need to be suspended. She said that the situation of large-scale gatherings is not ideal, but the authorities must accurately fight the epidemic and study how to reduce the risk, including time to take off the mask. Reduce, maintain air circulation, and check the situation again.
Regarding the latest outbreak of dancing groups, I was asked whether the regulation by the authorities was "missing eyes"?
Chen Zhaoshi said that the authorities are reviewing whether dance studios can be included in the list of premises in Chapter 599F. The closest category to dance studios is the party room. In terms of party rooms, the dance studios involved are all illegal, because the restrictions cannot exceed 4 People cannot take off their masks unless they are eating or drinking.
[12:53] The
travel bubbles in Hong Kong and Singapore were originally scheduled to set sail on November 22, and I was asked whether the fourth wave of the epidemic near the port of Japan will affect bubble travel.
Chen Zhaoshi stated that the two parties have a dissolving mechanism for the tourism bubble arrangement and will deal with it according to the relevant mechanism.
Chen Zhaoshi: Today, there are more than 30 confirmed cases of rapid deterioration of the epidemic situation, three groups must undergo mandatory testing
[12:50] Chen Zhaoshi
continued to point out that the community has increased the number of cases and groups of unknown origin, and the number has been rising and appearing in different districts, indicating that the transmission situation is worrying.
Recently, groups have appeared in places such as hotel vacation Staycation and dance rooms, so the gathering should be reduced immediately.
The government has already added hotels to the list of premises to regulate gatherings. It had a meeting with the hotel industry yesterday and the government will finalize the details and give instructions as soon as possible.
The authorities will also review and tighten social distancing measures, and will make a decision and announce it as soon as possible.
She emphasized that "the suspension has not been announced so far, and it does not mean that we will be soft." The authorities will step up inspections and will definitely strengthen law enforcement.
She warned that if the epidemic continues to worsen, it will inevitably be tightened, or even close the listed premises.
The authorities also plan to step up testing. Chen Zhaoshi said that the three groups will now be subject to mandatory testing as soon as possible, including people with symptoms, nursing home employees and taxi drivers. The relevant policy bureaus are implementing the mandatory testing.
In addition, the authorities understand the grassroots citizens, or worry that the diagnosis will affect their livelihoods. The Bureau of Labor and Welfare is considering providing a lump-sum allowance to the confirmed cases.
I will meet with the doctor group tonight to understand the overall situation. The next step will be to issue relevant instructions to empower the doctor to issue a test order, and the doctor will determine whether the patient wants to be tested by clinical judgment and call on the patient to cooperate.
Chen Zhaoshi announced a series of epidemic prevention measures, including the suspension of face-to-face classes for elementary and elementary school students for 14 days, and mandatory testing for taxi drivers, elderly home employees, and people with symptoms.
(Photo by Luo Junhao)
Epidemic and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections Strike First School Suspension on the 14th
[12:40] Chen Zhaoshi, Director of the Food and Health Bureau,
said:
The epidemic in Hong Kong has deteriorated rapidly recently. Today, Hong Kong will announce 26 new confirmed cases, 21 of which are local cases. The patients involved multiple groups, such as dancing and staycation. 10 people in the dancing group alone have been infected; another patient is Taxi drivers, housewives, and live in different places.
The authorities have just learned that there are more than 30 preliminary diagnoses today.
She urged all people in Hong Kong to reduce unnecessary gatherings and be prepared for them. Many cases involve social gatherings and do not wear masks. The fourth wave of the epidemic will be out of control.
The government announced a series of tightening measures. Among them, next week, primary one to primary three will stop face-to-face classes for 14 days, from November 23 to December 6.
As for the suspension of face-to-face classes in kindergartens and child care centers, it will be extended to December 6, and relevant departments will review the situation again.
She pointed out that the Department of Health had 439 outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infections, affecting more than 4,040 people, and nearly 60% involved primary schools, 70% of which involved elementary schools. Another 147 cases involved kindergartens and child care centers. The situation is worrisome.
The spread of upper respiratory tract infections is similar to that of new coronary pneumonia. Once spread in schools, the community risk is great.
[11:35] According to the news, there are about 26 new confirmed cases today, including multiple cases of no source local infection.
Looking at the information, the relevant figures are the highest in the past three months. The Center for Health Protection will hold a press conference on the epidemic in the afternoon.
Yuan Guoyong said that the cause of the outbreak in Hong Kong was due to foreign rotation. There is reason to believe that the fourth wave has begun and that this wave was imported by Nepal.
(Photo by Zhang Haowei)
[11:28] Among the sourceless cases announced yesterday (20th), there was a dance club that the patient had visited, and an outbreak was suspected. At least 1 person was diagnosed and 5 people were initially diagnosed.
Yuan Guoyong said that because it is necessary to dance very close, and Latin dance and other exercises are larger and spray more droplets, they belong to the "very high-risk group."
He believes that the government should consider controlling it well, otherwise there may be an outbreak.
Yuan Guoyong also pointed out that at present, it is impossible to "drip water" when entering the country, and high-risk control points, such as restaurants and bars, cannot be completed.
He also pointed out that the past outbreaks were all related to festivals, and this time it also broke out in two to three weeks of Halloween. He suggested that the government should step up inspections of various places and strengthen penalties.
[11:26] The outbreak of upper respiratory tract infection continues. The news stated that junior and elementary school students from Primary One to Primary Three will be suspended next week for a period of 14 days.
[11:20] Yuan Guoyong also pointed out that as Christmas is approaching, there will be a large number of people returning to Hong Kong, such as overseas students.
He said that there are currently two ways to deal with it, one is to stop the flight, but think the relevant practice is inhumane; the other is to consider extending the quarantine period, after 14 days of quarantine, another 7 days of home quarantine, and then the 20th day Throat saliva test to ensure that nothing happens before leaving the community.
He suggested that students should be prohibited from taking off their masks to eat at school, reducing the chance of taking off their masks.
When asked about news about whether it is enough for primary school students from Primary One to Primary Three to suspend classes together next week, he frankly said that he was not sure whether the measures were effective.
[11:17]
Yuan Guoyong
,
Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong
, pointed out that based on past experience, when a group appeared, there were sporadic cases around Hong Kong, indicating that the community has a hidden transmission chain, and there is reason to believe that it is the fourth wave. The epidemic began.
He believes that the current situation is by no means dripping water. There is now a "very big loophole." It is time to consider starting mandatory testing for all people with symptoms, emphasizing that it has nothing to do with human rights and politics.
Regarding whether it is necessary to strengthen the current epidemic prevention measures, Yuan said: "The promotion method is of course necessary." However, he said it would be left to the government to decide.
[00:01] The Health Protection Center announced the whereabouts of the confirmed case, but no confirmed case has been to the restaurant list.
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