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Author: Zhu Haiqi
2021-01-18 17:13
Last update date: 2021-01-18 17:13
The new crown pneumonia epidemic broke another hundred. The Department of Health announced today (18th) that 107 confirmed cases were recorded, and 5 cases could not be contacted. The number of confirmed cases has doubled from the previous day. The last time there were over 100 cases was December 19 last year.
The Yau Tsim Mong area continues to be the hardest-hit area. Of the 42 cases with no source, 20 were located in the area, and 10 of them were buildings subject to mandatory testing. The Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, Zhang Zhujun, announced that there would be 7 more buildings. To force detection.
About 50 preliminary confirmed cases were recorded today.
▼Residents in Miaojie epidemic area undergoing testing
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There were 107 confirmed cases with patient numbers ranging from 9559 to 9665. 5 local cases still had no information in the contact. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, explained that because the phone number is incorrect, the police will follow up with the ID card.
The patient's age ranged from 2 months to 94 years old. 55 cases were found at the community testing center, 28 of which were positive in the Yau Ma Tei testing center or mobile station.
Of the 102 cases, 55 had the source, one person was a close contact of the Central Kowloon Route Middle Tunnel Project, one was a close contact of the Tseung Kwan O Lam Tin Tunnel Project, and the remaining 53 cases were family groups. The largest family outbreak reached 8 people.
Zhang Zhujun said that people are not immune, and when they are found, they may have spread for three generations.
Among the confirmed cases today, 5 were imported cases, including foreign domestic helpers from Indonesia and the Philippines, and two returned to Hong Kong from Nepal. The samples were positive on the 12th and 19th, and the remaining one was a returnee from Dubai. The daily sample was positive.
▼Social distancing measures will continue until January 20▼
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Yau Tsim Mong has recently become the worst-hit area of the epidemic. Of the 42 cases with no source, 20 were living in the area, and 10 were residents in the area of compulsory testing. Today, an additional 7 buildings are subject to mandatory testing, 184-186 Shanghai Street, Hengfu Building, No. 170-174 Shanghai Street, No. 18 Xin Reclamation Street, No. 28-34 Battery Street, No. 230-236 Temple Street Zhaoqing Building, No. 542 Canton Road, No. 163 Temple Street.
The number of confirmed diagnoses has doubled today. Zhang Zhujun estimates that some of the new cases are related to the authorities’ expansion of the scope of mandatory testing. According to information from the Home Affairs Department, there were 7,100 people in Yau Tsim Mong District on January 16 and 17 that were tested compulsory or voluntary. There are still outbreaks and invisible transmission, leading to a sharp increase in the number of cases.
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