Single-day imported cases hit a new high for half a month, Singapore Airlines banned passengers from flying to Hong Kong for two weeks if they violated the epidemic prevention policy

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Written by: Zheng Cuibi

2021-04-02 20:02

The last update date: 2021-04-02 20:07

The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. Today (2nd) there are 19 newly confirmed cases, 12 of which are imported cases, of which 6 are from the Philippines. All 6 patients have been infected with the N501Y variant virus.

The Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Dr. Zhang Zhujun, admitted that many cases of the variant virus are from the Philippines, but emphasized that Hong Kong's entry measures are strict and require quarantine for 21 days. Therefore, no variant virus has entered the community for the time being.

As for whether people who have been to the Philippines should be banned from entering Hong Kong, she said it is up to the top government to decide.

In addition, the Department of Health announced that because one passenger on the Singapore Airlines flight was diagnosed and three other passengers failed to meet the conditions specified in Chapter 599H, the Department of Health cited the regulations to prohibit Singapore Airlines-operated passenger planes from landing in Hong Kong from Singapore in the next 14 days. .

6 The Philippines arrived in Hong Kong with a variant virus

Zhang Zhujun said that there were 12 imported cases, of which 6 were from the Philippines and they were all foreign domestic helpers.

They came to Hong Kong on March 20 and 31 respectively. The flights involved included CX906, PR300, and 5J272. The 4 people who had arrived in Hong Kong on March 20 were all confirmed with samples on the 12th day.

All 6 people were infected with the N501Y variant virus.

According to information from the Department of Health, the number of imported cases announced today is one more than yesterday. It is a single-day high since 14 cases were recorded on March 15 and the seventh day with the largest number of imported cases since October last year.

Dr. Zhang Zhujun admitted that many cases of the mutant virus are from the Philippines, but emphasized that Hong Kong's immigration measures are strict, requiring entry into the country to be quarantined for 21 days. Therefore, no mutant virus has flowed into the community.

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Insufficient sample size of 5-month-old baby girl was delayed until recently confirmed

For the remaining imported cases, two were from Indonesia and were foreign domestic helpers. They all arrived in Hong Kong on March 31 and took flights SQ882 and TR980 respectively.

One case came from Pakistan. It arrived in Hong Kong on March 20 and took flight EK384. The sample was confirmed on the 12th day and contained the N501Y variant virus.

One case arrived in Hong Kong from Botswana, an African country, and took flight ET608 on March 31.

One case arrived in Hong Kong from Canada and took flight AC007 on March 31.

One case came to Hong Kong from Ireland via the UAE. This patient was a 5-month-old baby girl who had arrived in Hong Kong on March 10, but the sample size was not sufficient for testing. The sample was only tested on the 19th and 20th days. Positive.

Today there are 19 new confirmed cases, 12 of which are imported cases.

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Whether to ban the Philippines from coming to Hong Kong Zhang Zhujun: It is up to the senior government to decide

Zhang Zhujun said that there were a total of 158 cases of variant viruses in Hong Kong, 71 of which were British variants, 20 were South African variants, and 5 were Brazilian variants. Another 50 cases were still being analyzed, and 12 cases could not be classified due to the low amount of virus.

Some experts are concerned that many imported cases have come from the Philippines recently, urging the government to examine how many of them have the variant virus, and consider suspending the entry of people from the Philippines.

Zhang Zhujun admitted that most of the variant virus cases are from the Philippines, and more from Pakistan. The rest are from the Middle East and India. Earlier there were cases from the United Kingdom, but there were no cases from the United Kingdom after the ban on British flights to Hong Kong.

Zhang Zhujun also pointed out that although many imported cases have variant viruses, Hong Kong’s entry measures are strict, requiring entrants to be quarantined at designated hotels for 21 days, which is more stringent than other countries. Therefore, no variant viruses have entered the community for the time being.

As for whether people who have been to the Philippines should be banned from entering Hong Kong, she said a number of factors need to be considered and left to the decision of the top government.

The government banned passenger planes operated by Singapore Airlines from landing in Hong Kong from Singapore in the next 14 days.

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Singapore Airlines carries three passengers who fail to meet the epidemic prevention regulations to come to Hong Kong and be fined

In addition, the Department of Health stated that due to Singapore Airlines' flight (SQ882) from Singapore to Hong Kong on March 31, 2021, one passenger was diagnosed with a sample collected by the Department of Health’s Temporary Sample Collection Center, and three passengers were not confirmed. To meet the conditions specified in the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Regulation of Cross-Border Transport and Arrivals) Regulations (Chapter 599H), the Department of Health cited the regulations to prohibit Singapore Airlines from operating passenger aircraft on April 3, 2021. It will land in Hong Kong from Singapore from January to the 16th.

Together with the ban on Singapore Airlines flights this time, since Chapter 599H was implemented, the government has cited the regulation 23 times to prohibit the relevant civil aviation aircraft from landing in Hong Kong for 14 days.

According to Chapter 599H, relevant people arriving in Hong Kong need to hold a valid negative virus test certificate within 72 hours, and the airline has the responsibility to verify it.

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