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New Coronary Pneumonia·News|33 more confirmed cases of K11 MUSEA must be closed for two days

2021-02-27T11:37:42.038Z


Hong Kong launched a new crown vaccination program yesterday (26th). Five categories of people can be given priority to get Kexing vaccine. The first batch of Fosun/BioNTech vaccines arrived in Hong Kong this morning. The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia rose today,


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Written by: Chen Jiayi, Li Enci, Zhong Yan, Zheng Cuibi, Golden Chess, Hu Jiaxin, Deng Yinglin, McKay, Tsang Kaixin, Ma Weijie, Zhang Jiamin, Leung Huanmin

2021-02-27 08:00

The last update date: 2021-02-27 19:25

Hong Kong launched a new crown vaccination program yesterday (26th). Five categories of people can be given priority to get Kexing vaccine. The first batch of Fosun/BioNTech vaccines arrived in Hong Kong this morning.

The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia rose today, with 33 new confirmed cases, and 10 of the 31 local infections were cases of unknown origin.

The K11 MUSEA restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui has further expanded the "Famous Tide Restaurant" group. A total of 34 people have been diagnosed, and 7 people have been diagnosed at the first time. The CARTIER branch located on the same floor of the mall has also been diagnosed for the first time.

All workers at K11 MUSEA are subject to mandatory inspections and will be closed for disinfection for two days starting tomorrow.

Zhang Zhujun called on citizens who visited the mall after February 19 to pay attention to their physical conditions.

▼List of Vaccination Locations for Kexing, BioNTech/Fosun Vaccine in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories▼

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Haigang City Jinbuchang's food clerk initially diagnosed that Zeng Zhongzhao diners can patronize with peace of mind: no surprise, antibodies

[19:00] A confirmed case served as a food delivery officer at the "Jin Bu Huan Thai Restaurant" in Harbour City.

The reporter went to the restaurant at 5 pm and found that there were still diners eating inside. The door was not related. There were employees behind the restaurant "half the gate", and the restaurant staff also used rags to clean the benches.



Some diners said, "We have been diagnosed with both of them, don’t be surprised, the antibodies are in the middle." Therefore, the news was only a response to the reporter "Oh," and the reaction was not great; some diners learned the news after eating. Feeling worried.

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K11 MUSEA will be closed tomorrow for two days, UA Cinemas silently bid farewell to the opening of LEGOLAND and postponed

[18:40] K11 MUSEA will be closed for two consecutive days starting tomorrow. Employees in the mall will be required to undergo mandatory testing. After the reopening, all staff will be required to undergo virus testing every week for two months.



The "UA K11 Art House" theater in K11 MUSEA was originally scheduled to be a farewell ceremony with fans tomorrow, but it became a silent farewell today due to the closure of the mall.

LEGOLAND, which has been postponed many times and originally scheduled to open on March 1 (next Monday), is once again affected and is studying to reopen in another period.

▼See the details of the scheduled vaccination and side effects of Kexing and BioNTech in 3 pictures▼

New crown pneumonia|Experts from Mingchao Restaurant urged restaurants to improve ventilation and increase air exchange

[18:23] The new crown pneumonia epidemic continued, and the K11 MUSEA "Famous Tide Food Hall" in Tsim Sha Tsui broke out. A total of more than 40 diners and employees have been infected.

Many people worry that restaurants will cause widespread dissemination again. Some catering industry pointed out that before the government relaxes evening dine-in meals on the seventh day of the new year (18th), the government has asked restaurants to improve ventilation. However, a one-month grace period is set. "worth doing".



Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System of the Chinese University, pointed out that one of the high-risk factors in restaurants is the amount of ventilation, and he believes that "Famous Tide Restaurant" is just a good example, which makes restaurants vigilant and needs to be improved immediately. High-risk factors.

He suggested that restaurants can install high-efficiency air filtration facilities, add more fans, and strengthen clean toilets.

Prenetics failed to complete the test within 48 hours, some patients have waited for more than a week, the HA issued a warning letter

[17:46] The Hospital Authority said that the number of tests in the community has suddenly increased. One of the outsourced laboratories failed to provide test results within 48 hours as required by the contract. Some patients even failed to submit the samples within a week. Get results.

The Hospital Authority has issued a warning letter to the contractor and reserves the right to take legal action.

It is understood that the testing contractor involved is Prenetics.



Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System of the Chinese University, said that the confirmed person had many activities before receiving the results, such as going to work, taking public transportation and eating in restaurants. Second generation".

Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao believes that waiting too long will reduce the public's willingness to be tested, and criticizes the Hospital Authority's notion that people with symptoms should not take bottles.

[17:38] K11 MUSEA announced that it will be closed for two consecutive days from tomorrow (February 28 to March 1) and will implement a series of epidemic prevention measures, including arranging all K11 MUSEA employees and tenant employees to carry out the virus in the future For testing, all employees, including tenant employees, must have negative test results before going to work to ensure everyone’s safety; K11 MUSEA employees must also be tested weekly for two consecutive months, and the test results must be negative before going to work; the mall Smart disinfection robots and several cleaners have also been arranged to perform regular disinfection.

[17:15]

He Wanxia, ​​Chief Administrative Manager (Patient Safety and Risk Management) of the Hospital Authority

said:

As of 9 am today, 33 cases have been reported to the HA system in the past 24 hours.

At present, there are still 203 confirmed patients in hospital, of which 17 are in critical condition, 13 are in serious condition, and the remaining 173 patients are in stable condition.

The number of negative pressure hospital beds was 1,202, and the utilization rate was 52%; the number of negative pressure hospital beds was 673, and the utilization rate was 64%.

He Wanxia said that there are still 203 confirmed patients in hospital, of which 17 are in critical condition and 13 are in serious condition.

(Photo by Liang Pengwei)

[17:09] Zhang Zhujun pointed out that according to the information, there were 76 diners who had been to the "Mingchao Restaurant", and 61 people have been contacted to go to the quarantine center. There should be more than 10 people who have not been contacted. I hope the relevant diners will call 1823. connection.

As for the approximately 20 initially confirmed cases, some of the infection sources are unknown. The case details are as follows:

Information on cases of unknown source initially confirmed:

A 1.53-year-old female, living in Block 6, Park Island, working in the Sunshine Centre, Chun Yip Street, Kwun Tong, all workers must undergo mandatory examinations after the diagnosis.

2. A 49-year-old male, working as a security guard, works in The Peak, Tai Po and Kwai Chung.

He lives at No. 226 Shanghai Street and has done several tests. On the 25th, the sample was "uncertain".

If the case is diagnosed, the company employees will be forced to check, but the case may turn negative.

A 3.33-year-old female, lives in Xiaohui House, Xiaoliyuan, Xiumaoping, and works at the CARTIER branch of K11 MUSEA shopping mall.

All staff in the K11 MUSEA mall must be checked.

A 4.31-year-old male, working in several hotels, was tested on February 24, and worked in the next few days, living in Chaiwan.

5. A 38-year-old female, working at a McDonald's branch on Bonham Road and an OK convenience store on Hennessy Road, and last went to work on February 27.

In the test arranged by the company on February 26, the result was "uncertain" and he lived in Xiyingpan.

Today there are 33 more diagnosed in the past three weeks, 22 more people in high-end restaurants are infected with the K11 MUSEA mall

Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the authorities are concerned about the hidden spread of K11 MUSEA, and all employees of the mall need to be forced to check. He also called on citizens who visited the mall on February 19 to pay attention to their physical conditions.

(Photo by Liang Pengwei)

[16:56]

Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Disease Division of the Center for Health Protection, Department of Health,

said:

As of midnight today, 33 new diagnoses have been added in the past 24 hours, and the cumulative number of cases has increased to #10,984 patients, aged 16 to 86, involving 15 men and 18 women.

Among the new cases, 2 were imported cases, and among the 31 local cases, 10 were without the source, and about 20 preliminary positive cases were temporarily recorded.

The K11 MUSEA restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui has expanded the "Famous Tide Restaurant" group. 15 more people have been diagnosed, and a total of 34 people have been infected so far.

The Center for Health Protection announced that it is concerned about the hidden transmission of K11 MUSEA, and all people working in the relevant buildings must undergo mandatory inspections.

The confirmed case of Mingchao Restaurant became ill on the 19th. Zhang Zhujun pointed out that although citizens who have visited the mall do not need to undergo a compulsory examination, they urged citizens who visited the mall after February 19 to pay attention to their physical conditions.

In order to compulsorily test for "increasing spicy", the premises that require compulsory inspection include not only the building where the patient lives but also the workplace, including Room 528, Block K, Mary K, Decui Kindergarten and 47th Floor, Bank of China Building, 1 Garden Road.

Restaurant staff continue to recruit Haigang City Jinbu change food staff sad hot and sour noodle chef diagnosed as no source

The 10 cases of unknown origin included retirees, students who did not return to school, and clerical workers and restaurant staff.

Unsourced restaurant staff, including a food delivery officer in "Golden Buhuan" in Harbour City, all colleagues list close contacts and do not make mandatory inspection notices; at the same time, a Yuen Long "sad hot and sour noodles" chef was diagnosed and other colleagues Have gone to the quarantine center, no need to make a mandatory inspection notice.

In addition, the staff of the Beverly Hills Villa Club became infected.

Today (27th) is the second day of the vaccination plan. People in the priority vaccination group will continue to receive vaccination at the vaccination center of the Guanyong Stadium.

(Photo by Ma Weijie)

New crown vaccine | Chronic patients choose Kexing: less side effects, citizens support domestic vaccine

[15:05] The new crown vaccination plan entered the second day today (27th). At 10 o'clock this morning, many citizens continued to receive injections at the vaccination center at Yuanhe Road Gymnasium, and the operation of the center was generally smooth.

Some citizens who were present for the injection pointed out that because they were chronically ill, they chose the Koxing vaccine with fewer side effects. Other citizens said that they believed in domestic vaccines. "Anyway, I believe in China (vaccine) and not other countries."

Citizens accompany the elderly to get vaccinations to get the eligibility for vaccination. The policy is good: they can't stand up to returning to the mainland to fight

The Vaccination Center of Kwun Chung Gymnasium is vaccinated. Many citizens accompany the elderly to vaccinate as caregivers. There are also construction workers who vaccinate on the spot alone, but construction workers should not belong to the priority group.

▼On February 27, the situation of citizens vaccinated against the new crown ▼

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19% of residents in East public housing estates feel that there is a smell in the drainage system

[14:25] The new crown pneumonia epidemic has not ended. In the past, there have been many times in the past that housing estate’s pipes "spread poison."

A political party conducted a survey of more than 2,500 public housing residents in Kwun Tong and Wong Tai Sin districts and found that more than 70% of the respondents were very worried about the channel becoming a means of spreading the epidemic, and an adult’s house often had a bad smell.

However, the drainage pipe inspection plan launched due to the epidemic took about 18 months to complete. Four adults were dissatisfied with this.



Among them, one of the cases belonged to the epidemic building, where the drainage pipe connection point in the home was cracked, but the staff of the Housing Department said it was not serious, and it has not been dealt with since January to the 27th.

The DAB Housing Affairs spokesperson, Or Chong-sheng, pointed out that the case is only the tip of the iceberg. The Housing Authority is urged to make a commitment for drainage services and complete the drainage inspection plan ahead of schedule in the first half of this year.

[12:31] According to the news, there are about 33 new confirmed cases today.

New Crown Vaccine | BioNTech is only shipping 585,000 doses of vaccine to Hong Kong today, open appointment for vaccination next week

[11:37] The first batch of 1 million doses of Fubitai vaccine jointly developed by Fosun Pharma and BioNTech will be delivered to Hong Kong in two flights from Germany.

585,000 doses have arrived in Hong Kong today, and the first remaining doses will be delivered to Hong Kong in early March.

A government spokesman said that an online appointment system will be opened next week to allow citizens to make appointments for vaccination with Fubitel. The specific arrangements will be announced in due course.

▼On February 27, the first batch of BioNTech vaccines were delivered to Hong Kong▼

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[11:20] At about 10:25 in the morning, the Cathay Pacific flight carrying BioNTech vaccine landed. The staff unloaded the vaccine from the plane, delivered it to the truck, and then transported it away by the truck.

The Secretary for Civil Service Nie Dequan, the Secretary for Food and Health Chen Zhaoshi, and Fosun Pharma's Hong Kong executive chief representative Luo Zijun were present to greet them. However, unlike the mainland Kexing Vaccine when it arrived in Hong Kong, the two directors did not speak, only during the shutdown Ping took a group photo and left.

[10:16] The first batch of Fosun/BioNTech's Fubitai vaccine originally scheduled to arrive on Thursday was postponed to Hong Kong at 10 am today.

Director of the Civil Service Bureau Nie Dequan and Director of the Food and Health Bureau Chen Zhaoshi went to the airport to inspect the vaccine delivery.

The Cathay Pacific passenger plane carrying the vaccine drove to the parking apron near the cargo yard at about 10:30, ready to unload the cargo.

▼2.26 First day of Kexing vaccination▼

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▼2.26 celebrities get Kexing vaccine▼

Diagnosed restaurants | 18 celebrity groups added to more than Hong Kong and Kowloon restaurants, Michelin Guojin Xuan on the list

[00:30] The new crown pneumonia epidemic has repeated. Yesterday (26th) the number of confirmed cases rebounded to 24. The K11 MUSEA "Famous Tide Restaurant" group was further expanded to 30 people.

The Centre for Health Protection updated the patient's whereabouts last night, and 18 more restaurants were on the list.

Some people diagnosed who have been to the "Famous Tide Restaurant" visited a number of restaurants, including Greyhound Cafe in the International Finance Center (IFC) mall, Michelin-recommended restaurants, and IFC on the third floor of The Mira in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Mandatory Inspection Building|Gazetted 15 Buildings, Blocks 21-24, Shek Kip Mei Village, all connected to 4 buildings are subject to mandatory inspection

[00:05] There were 24 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong yesterday (26th). Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, stated at the press conference yesterday that the confirmed cases involved 12 buildings.

The government gazetted 15 buildings last night and issued a mandatory inspection notice. The three new buildings are the 21st, 23rd and 24th blocks of Shek Kip Mei Village.

There were no new confirmed patients in the three buildings in the past 14 days.

▼On February 23, people in the five priority groups took the lead to get vaccinated at the Central Library’s vaccination center▼

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Overview of yesterday:

Resumption of classes|Bureau of Education: Over 400 schools have applied for the resumption of classes in the whole school, which has doubled from last week, and the tuition club still accounts for half

New crown pneumonia | It is confirmed that more than 20 students have played with more than a dozen people in the gym with unknown identities

Increased 24 cases of two-week high K11 tidal food restaurants accumulatively 30 people infected with the epidemic

Vaccination | Make an appointment for a 70-year-old elder to get an injection

Travel with peace of mind | Deputy Director of Information Technology said that App helps tracking: friends who have been to K11 have received messages

Isolation and quarantine "increased spicy" News: Close contacts of the patient 7 days before the onset of illness on Saturday must be quarantined

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New crown pneumonia 01 Video I am home to compulsory testing of new crown vaccine, China Kexing BioNTech/Fosun vaccine

Source: hk1

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