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2020-11-23T19:00:55.937Z


The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated rapidly. The Centre for Health Protection announced today (23rd) 73 new confirmed cases. A total of 132 people in the dancing group have been infected. There have also been 5702 cases in Hong Kong. As of the afternoon, Hong Kong recorded more than 70


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Written by: Zheng Cuibi, Huang Yongyu, Zheng Qiuling, Kong Fanxu, Wang Jieen, golden chess, Ouyang Dehao, and Chen Shuxia

2020-11-23 08:00

Last update date: 2020-11-23 19:32

The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated rapidly. The Centre for Health Protection announced today (23rd) 73 new confirmed cases. A total of 132 people in the dancing group have been infected. There have also been 5702 cases in Hong Kong.

As of this afternoon, more than 70 preliminary positive cases have been recorded in Hong Kong.

The Department of Health lists 14 dance halls or dance centers. Anyone who has been to the listed 14 dance halls or dance centers after November 1 must be tested before November 24.

A large number of citizens continued to line up at the testing centers in various districts today to wait for testing. Some centers even distributed sample bottles on the spot because they were full, but they were not accepted by the public.

The Food and Health Bureau also announced that there will be an additional 7 venues for the above listed dances.

The Bureau of Labor and Welfare announced that it will provide a one-off allowance of $5,000 to the local people who have been diagnosed with local cases starting from November 22, and emphasized that the beneficiaries are employees who have "paid sick leave". Cannot apply, but the plan does not need to undergo a means test, only a "declaration" is required.

[19:18] According to news from the publishing industry, in view of the fourth wave of the new crown pneumonia outbreak, the Hong Kong Book Fair originally scheduled to be postponed to December 16-22 will be cancelled for the second time.

[18:05] The customs announced today that a male security guard outsourced was diagnosed.

The outsourced security guard works in the customs headquarters building and is mainly responsible for security logistics.

His last duty date was last Saturday (November 21) and he has been admitted to the hospital for treatment.

The security guard has no recent travel history, wears a surgical mask at work, and maintains appropriate social distancing from contacts.

His body temperature was detected every day before on duty, and his body temperature was normal.

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Secretary for Labor and Welfare, Luo Zhiguang, explained the allowance for confirmed patients. He said that after the government put forward the concept last week, it officially finalized the framework of the plan today, but there are still some details to be determined.

He announced that the government will provide local patients diagnosed on or after November 22 with a 5,000 yuan compassionate allowance, and medical social workers will assist in the application.

He pointed out that allowances will only be provided to those whose income is affected during their stay in the hospital, and he emphasized that all wage earners who are entitled to "paid sick leave" will not receive allowances, and only provide allowances to grassroots citizens who "stop talking and stop".

For example, he pointed out that taxi drivers and daily or hourly wage workers are all beneficiaries. They only need to receive treatment in public hospitals and declare themselves.

He expects to start accepting applications from November 27.

New Coronary Pneumonia|Luo Zhiguang: Send 5,000 yuan to newly diagnosed patients and accept applications from this Friday

However, Luo Zhiguang admitted that the plan will not include an income asset test, saying that adding too many barriers will complicate matters, and the government does not think anyone will abuse it.

He said that patients will be required to make a "declaration." If a false description is provided, it is a criminal offence involving "fraud."

He also pointed out that the plan is not to encourage people to take tests, but to "reducing barriers to testing."

Luo Zhiguang also said that criminal liability is the greatest deterrent measure to prevent people from misusing allowances.

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Broad too explosive group | Mrs. Qiu Dachang is diagnosed with a new case after Xie Lingling was recruited

[17:05] Zhang Zhujun pointed out that among the newly added cases today, 29 males and 44 females aged from 5 months to 83 years old, 36 cases were found by 4 community testing centers.

Today’s 8 cases with no source are #5631, #5637, #5645, #5658, #5663, #5664, #5678, #5691

As for the related cases of other non-dancing groups, they are #5630, #5646, #5692, #5694, #5702

[16:55] It is rumored that the dancing group has caused the local wealthy to become infected groups. Among them, the virus is spread through close contact with sparrows. Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the sparrow group has "more than one single", "Speak up, because it is too much. Many, many people report that cards are played during the incubation period or the infectious period."

Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the government is paying close attention to all health measures. From the perspective of public health, the tighter the better, but there are still many factors to consider.

As for whether other dance venues in Hong Kong are to be closed, it depends on whether the government has implemented tightening measures.

New crown pneumonia | 8 more cases of unknown origin, half of housewives were initially diagnosed

While #5672 works in the X-ray department of Ren'an Hospital, the patient is included in the dancing group, and colleagues in the same department have been initially diagnosed, but it is known that the two are not in close contact.

The Centre for Health Protection is knowing whether the two have shared activities/sharing facilities. It is also unknown how many patients the two have been in contact with. However, they have taken adequate measures to prevent infection when contacting patients, but they are worried that colleagues may spread the virus in the pantry or when changing clothes.

And #5645 has been to many places, including West Kowloon, Austin Road, Tai Kok Tsui and so on.

[16:40]

Yu Huiling pointed out that from November 25th, the Medical Council will reuse the AsiaWorld-Expo to receive confirmed patients. She pointed out that since it is estimated that a large number of confirmed patients will be admitted to the hospital in the short term, after community treatment facilities are reopened, It will transfer young patients with stable conditions to Asia Expo to reduce the pressure on the medical system.

The museum will also accept preliminary confirmed patients and can wait for transfer there.

In the first phase, Hall 1 and Hall 2 will be opened, and Halls 8-15 will be used if necessary.

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Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that as of early this morning, there were 73 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, 10 of which were imported, and the remaining 55 were confirmed related cases. The dancing group Accounted for 50 cases, the entire group has accumulated 132 people infected.

In addition, there were 8 new cases of unknown source of infection today.

Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the Director of the Food and Sanitation Bureau will add seven additional premises involving dancing venues and include them in the "Chapter 599J", that is, citizens who have been there will be subject to mandatory testing.

The relevant venues are: Mei Foo Grand Ballroom, Sha Tin Shin Kong Ballroom, Aberdeen Madden Entertainment Production Company, World Dancers Performing Arts Association, Beijing Road Chengxin Building Galaxy Music Room, Changsha Wan Tongli Building Victor Yan Studio, Kowloon Bay Kai Yedao Xinghui Banquet Hall, etc.

New crown pneumonia | 50 more people in the dancing group are diagnosed, now a total of 132 cases and 7 more dance venues mandatory testing

Zhang Zhujun pointed out that more than 70 preliminary positive cases were temporarily recorded today.

She mentioned that case number #5642 is a staff member of the Sha Tin Shin Kong Banquet Hall, #5675 is a Jin Lixing staff member, and #5680 is a tutor of extracurricular activities at True Light Middle School. Students of this school are required to take tests and suspend classes.

And #5672 is a staff member of the X-ray department of Ren'an Hospital, and after testing, there is also a staff member who is initially positive.

The Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority, Yu Huiling, said that as of 9 am today, 90 cases have been reported to the HA system in the past 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 8 patients have recovered and discharged, and a total of 5260 have been discharged so far. The confirmed patient was discharged.

As of 9 am today, 224 confirmed patients have been hospitalized in 19 hospitals of the HA. 8 are in critical condition, 2 are in serious condition, and 214 are in stable condition.

[15:40] The government announced today (23rd) that it will arrange testing contractors to Tsuen Wan, Sai Kung and Tai Po to provide free testing services through mobile sampling kiosks and sample bottle distribution points to facilitate and encourage local residents or consciously People at higher risk of infection are tested for the virus.


The mobile sampling kiosk at Sha Tsui Road Playground in Tsuen Wan was lined up with more than 100 people. Some citizens who had been to 14 dancing places infected with the disease were anxious to test for drugs and admitted that some dancers did not wear masks, especially those of the "Noble Court" Will dance off the hood, and may spread because of this.

The government sets up mobile sampling booths again for testing, the man must be forced to censor the "noble field" Kuotai to spread drugs

[15:20] The government launched the "Easy Return to Hong Kong" program earlier. Hong Kong residents living in Guangdong Province and Macau do not need to be quarantined for 14 days when returning to Hong Kong after making an appointment.

Today (23rd) is the first day of the implementation of the plan. Some citizens said that the customs clearance process is a bit confusing. Due to system problems, the immigration procedures were temporarily changed to manual processing.


There are also citizens in the lobby welcoming their families. Some elderly and their wives have been separated from each other for more than half a year, and they have made a special trip to wait. "I'm waiting for my love, but I don't know how to return." There are also citizens who work in Macau and are 7 apart from their families. So I made a special trip back to Hong Kong to meet.

On the first day of Easy Return to Hong Kong, the 70-year-old man made a special trip to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge to pick up his wife: waiting for his loved one to return

[15:10] The Housing Department announced today (23rd) that a garden counselor was diagnosed with new pneumonia. His office is located on the 6th floor of the first building of the Hong Kong Housing Authority Headquarters in Ho Man Tin. This floor is not a public floor and is not open to the public.

The last time the employee went to work was November 20.

New crown pneumonia|The Horticultural Counselor of the Housing Department was infected with the disease last Friday at the Ho Man Tin Housing Authority Headquarters

The testing center, Jielong, directly sent sample bottles to Meifu Jun. Good citizens: the event exploded in the evening

[14:35] The government requires people who have been to 14 designated dancing venues from November 1 to 21 to undergo a nucleic acid test for the new coronavirus on or before the 24th (Tuesday).


The testing center at Henry Leung’s Yau Ma Tei Community Center was crowded today (23rd). More than 100 citizens related to the dancing group lined up for testing. The center distributed deep throat saliva sample bottles to those in line at about 10 am in response to the crowds gathering. However, many citizens insisted on continuing to line up for on-site testing.


Some citizens said that they had been to the Shin Kong Banquet Hall where the epidemic broke out and saw someone dancing without wearing a mask. Some citizens who had been to the Mei Foo Junhao Banquet Hall pointed out that the event "exploded the sun shed" that night, and they were worried that Zhongzhao would come here for testing. .

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New crown pneumonia | Wireless accounting clerk infected with the virus, 30 employees working in Tseung Kwan O TV City must be tested

[13:45] Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB, TVB) announced today (23rd) that an accounting clerk working in Tseung Kwan O Television Broadcasting City was diagnosed with new pneumonia.

Wireless also pointed out that the clerk's last work date was last Friday (20th), and about 30 employees who had contact with her went for testing. So far, about 10 people have received test results, all of which are negative.

Covid-19 | Parents of students at Sacred Heart Canossian School are initially diagnosed with Primary 4 to Primary 6 classes suspended for 2 days

[13:08] Sacred Heart Canossian School in Mid-Levels today (23rd) informed parents that a parent of a primary sixth student was initially diagnosed with new pneumonia.

The staff of the school stated that face-to-face classes will be suspended for primary 4 to 6 students from today to Wednesday (25th), and whether there will be further suspensions will be notified by the Department of Health.

Restaurants and premises visited by the dancing group:

Return to Hong Kong Easy Implementation of Shenzhen Bay Entry to Hong Kong Residents: Going through the procedures for receiving pensions and worrying about the epidemic

[12:58] The "Easy Return to Hong Kong" program, which exempts Hong Kong residents living in the Mainland from returning to Hong Kong from quarantine, will be implemented today (Monday). Earlier, more than 10,000 people applied for appointments online. Among them, there are 3,000 entry points per day through the Shenzhen Bay Port .

Many citizens have only re-entered Hong Kong after nearly a year. They received copper core anti-epidemic masks from the government when they passed the customs. Some Hong Kong residents revealed that they had queued up in Shenzhen at 7 o'clock this morning, and there were hundreds of people.

Some cross-border students who are graduating for the diploma exam have taken online classes so far. They will stay in Hong Kong to prepare for the exam until they complete the public exam.

An 80-year-old retired civil servant deliberately returned to Hong Kong for banking services. In order to renew his pension, he had to prove that he "is still in the world." He noticed the recent rebound of the epidemic in Hong Kong.

[12:10] The news refers to about 73 new confirmed cases today, which is expected to hit a single-day high in the past three months.

The last time there were 70 cases exceeding a single day was August 16, and 74 new cases were added that day.

New crown pneumonia | Xu Shuchang said that the diagnosis allowance was 5,000 yuan, which was originally a daily salary, and the casual worker was confirmed

[11:15] The Director of Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, said yesterday (22nd) that the government would provide a lump-sum subsidy of 5,000 yuan to local residents who have been diagnosed with infection, which triggered a heated discussion in the community.

Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System at the Chinese University, emphasized today (23rd) that the original intention of the expert group is to provide allowances to daily wages and casual workers, including taxi drivers.

He believes that if the environment is good and those who are diagnosed with a fixed monthly salary do not have the need for subsidies, if they are paid, it is a "resource mismatch."

Chen Zhaoshi said today that the Bureau of Labor and Welfare is finalizing the details of the allowance. Hearing many people have voices about the plan, I believe the Bureau of Labor and Welfare will consider it.

[01:30] There were 68 new cases of new coronary pneumonia in a single day in Hong Kong yesterday (22nd), which is a new high in the past three months and also marks the fourth wave of outbreaks.

According to information released by the Centre for Health Protection last night, in addition to the dance groups who have been to dance venues, most of the patient's tracks have been seen on Hong Kong Island, including the Happy Valley Jockey Club Clubhouse, Wan Chai Market, Aberdeen Municipal Services Building, etc.


And yesterday, 7 new restaurants were "on the list", including Beijing House, Niu Ji, Famous Korean Restaurant, AFURI Ramen + Dumpling (Afri Ramen).

In addition, a 65-year-old woman with an unknown source of infection had visited a women’s recreation club in Mid-Levels.

Confirmed restaurant|The patient has been to the Beijing Building of the Mid-Levels Women’s Recreation Club, and Yavli Ramen also made the list

Restaurants and premises visited by passive patients:

[00:10] It can be seen from the online clip that in mid-November, the Mei Foo Junhao Banquet Hall was reserved for a birthday party. It can be seen that many people were singing and dancing in the venue, but they did not wear masks when they danced. The words "please wear a mask when not eating" are written on the screen.

"Mask".

The diagnosed female patient visited the Meifu Junhao Banquet Hall. The footage saw dozens of people who had uncovered and danced.

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▼14 dance rooms related to dancing groups▼

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▼Tighten epidemic prevention measures from November 16▼

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[00:05] The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health announced the housing list of the confirmed cases. In addition to Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, a number of luxury housing units are on the list, including Mid-Levels Garden Terrace, Dun Hao, and Happy Valley Ji Yunfeng.

▼22/12 Housing List of the Confirmed People▼

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Confirmed Building|New patients live all over Hong Kong. Ji Yunfeng and Mid-Levels Dunhao are on the list

Overview of yesterday:

The diagnosed female patient visited the Meifu Junhao Banquet Hall. The footage saw dozens of people who had uncovered and danced.

New crown pneumonia | News: The Hospital Authority will reopen the Yabo Hall 1 and 2 to accept patients this Wednesday

New crown pneumonia | The imported case triggered four waves of epidemics after the government realized it exploded and then exploded

New crown pneumonia | Food and Environmental Hygiene Department inspected catering premises 3066 times last weekend and prosecuted 9 persons responsible for violations

New crown pneumonia|Australian Cattle Weekly suspend business until further notice to close for the third time after the outbreak

New Coronary Pneumonia | Citizens Force Zhang Zhujun from Community Testing Center: There are still other testing channels

New crown pneumonia | 68 cases in a single day, a total of 80 people in the dance group, a total of 80 people in the Yi Jin teacher infected by family

11 more cases of unclear diagnosis and singing drama, 70-year-old woman, Mei Foo Jun Hao Restaurant tea customer infected

If dual infection with H1N1 influenza and new coronavirus, Yuan Guoyong's team research reveals that the lungs are more severely injured

01 Direct hit | A licensed bar in Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui violates the order to open 40 guests in the morning

Baccarat has been dancing for more than ten years. The citizens rushed to several centers because they were full and still unable to detect: We have hundreds of people

New crown pneumonia│The testing center is now chaotic dancing group, many people do testing staff arrangements are inconsistent

New crown pneumonia | Lu Chongmao's approval of compulsory testing is actually weak, Liang Zi super points to multi-pronged anti-epidemic

New crown pneumonia | Liang Zichao: the next two weeks are the golden time for intervention, otherwise the case will double

Liang Zhuowei pointed out that a large number of British and American students returning to Hong Kong in the next two to three weeks advocated setting up special quarantine hotels

New Coronary Pneumonia | Leung Zhuowei pointed out that the geometric growth of the diagnosis test center should be expanded to one in each district

Dancing group broke out, relatives and friends went to relevant dance hall citizens to get sample kits for laboratory tests for peace of mind

New crown pneumonia | Chen Zhaoshi emphasized that the government is determined to suppress the epidemic and will not rule out and increase efforts to contain it

New crown pneumonia | confirmed citizens receive a 5,000 allowance Chen Zhaoshi: Encourage testing without asset review

Zhang Jianzong said that he would not rule out the introduction of stricter epidemic prevention measures to make Guangdong, Macao and the Mainland feel at ease in Hong Kong

New Coronary Pneumonia Department of Health Food and Health Bureau, Center for Health Protection 01 Video My home

Source: hk1

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