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Written by: Huang Yongyu, Zhang Jiamin, Lin Yingxian, Kong Fanxu, Li Enci, Zhu Haiqi, Huang Yingjin
2021-05-03 07:00
Last update date: 2021-05-04 00:39
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has revealed its light, and the Center for Health Protection announced on Monday (3rd) two new imported confirmed cases, three consecutively zero confirmed cases in Japan; the cumulative number of cases increased to 11,787.
After two cases of community-infected variant viruses of unknown origin in Hong Kong, 370,000 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are required to undergo mandatory testing by next Sunday (9th) at the latest. No confirmed cases have been found until yesterday; however, the Hong Kong government intends to force foreign domestic helpers to sign in the future. Before a new contract or a contract renewal, vaccination must have been completed, which has attracted criticism from the Philippine authorities for discrimination.
Chief Secretary for Administration Zhang Jianzong said that the Labour Department and the Immigration Department are studying the relevant details.
▼Announcement of mandatory testing on May 3▼
[00:21] The Food and Health Bureau announced that on Sunday (2nd), 21 community testing centers and 36 mobile sampling stations in Hong Kong collected samples from more than 115,000 citizens (including more than 70,000 foreign domestic helpers), setting a record for local communities A new high in the number of single-day sampling at the testing center/mobile sampling station.
Based on the calculation of the 370,000 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, 52,000 will be tested on Saturdays and 70,000 will be tested on Sundays. That is to say, there are still about 250,000 foreign domestic helpers who have not yet been tested. The mobile sampling station is carried out. The authorities say that the number of appointments for community testing centers has been increased to over 38,000 per day. At the same time, manpower has been increased to provide services to the public. As of 6 pm on Monday, 21 community testing centers in Hong Kong will be available in the next six days. (May 4-9), there are still about 14,000 reserved places.
▼5.3 Pedestrian Flow at Xiyingpan Inspection Station▼
New crown pneumonia | 42 schools suspend upper respiratory tract infection and influenza test for 5 days (with list)
[00:14] 42 schools have outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infections and/or influenza-like illnesses, and the relevant diseases are similar to COVID-19. For the sake of caution, these 42 schools have also been included in the mandatory testing announcement.
Anyone who has been in the relevant school for more than two hours between April 20 and May 3 (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and substitute employees, students and visitors) must be tested on or before May 6.
If you choose to use the sample bottles distributed by the Center for Health Protection for testing, you must return the test sample collection bottles that have been sampled on or before May 8.
If the person under inspection has been tested between May 1 and 3, it will be deemed to have complied with the requirements of the mandatory testing announcement.
42 schools including High Bishop’s College Primary School, St. Galle’s Primary School and Kindergarten, Canaan Kindergarten (Waterloo Road) at 111 Tong Waterloo Road/Canaan Kindergarten (Waterloo Road), Catholic Church at 109 Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon The kindergarten department and the International Child Care Centre of St. John’s English College, the International English Kindergarten (Hung Hom Campus) on the 1st floor of the South Bank of the Waterfront, Kent Kindergarten Kindergarten at No. 5-7 Dorset Street, Kowloon Tong and 9 Kent Road.
May 4th [00:06] The Food and Health Bureau announced a mandatory test announcement.
Sewage samples from Fung Hing House or On Hing House, Hing Wah (II) Village, No. 18 Wan Tsui Road, Chai Wan, tested positive. Anyone who has been in for more than two hours between April 25 and May 3 (including but not limited to) Residents, visitors and staff) must be tested on or before May 6.
If the person under inspection has been tested between May 1 and May 3, they will be deemed to have complied with the requirements of the mandatory testing announcement.
An Indian woman returning to Hong Kong from the May Garden Building on Kimberley Road in Tsim Sha Tsui was infected with the variant virus and the residents were evacuated from quarantine.
Anyone who has been in the middle between April 20th and May 3rd, no matter how long, must be tested on or before May 6th.
The first case of a locally mutated virus, an Indian man who returned to Hong Kong from Dubai, and a Filipino girlfriend, finally disclosed that they had been in Tung Chung Citygate on April 11, and the Filipino domestic helpers were also present on the same day that the Pacific Coast was infected.
Those who have been to the mall on that day must be tested on or before May 6.
If the person under inspection has been tested between April 30 and May 3, they will be deemed to have complied with the requirements of the mandatory testing announcement.
Since the couple also went to Curry Lounge, Shop S, G/F, Seawall, Tung Chung on April 11, those who visited on the same day (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and substitute employees and visitors) must be on May 6 Or be tested before.
On Tuesday (4th) the government will set up additional mobile sampling stations for people (including foreign domestic helpers) who are subject to compulsory testing in Hing Wah (2) Village, Chai Wan, and extend the service date of the mobile sampling station in Fu Tung Village, Tung Chung to May 5th.
Together with 21 community testing centers, there will be a total of 48 community testing centers/mobile sampling stations in all districts in Hong Kong tomorrow, providing free services for people (including foreign domestic helpers) who need to undergo compulsory testing. The testing volume is sufficient to meet demand.
▼5.3 Evacuation of residents of Meiyuan Building in Tsim Sha Tsui for quarantine▼
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The spokesperson said that once the school receives an outbreak of upper respiratory tract infection and/or influenza-like illness in the school, the school will be required to immediately suspend classes for five days, and a mandatory test order for COVID-19 will be issued to all school staff and students to detect the potential early Patients, thereby reducing the risk of transmission in schools and communities.
On Sunday, 6 people were vaccinated and sent to hospital for 49-year-old woman with heart palpitations and high blood pressure to be hospitalized
[22:33] The government announced yesterday that there were 6 cases of being sent to hospital after vaccination. Five of them have been discharged from the hospital, and one has been hospitalized for observation. All of them have been given the Bita vaccine.
Three people developed heart palpitations and high blood pressure. One of the 49-year-old women who had been vaccinated at the Linstad Gymnasium was treated and stayed in the hospital for observation. Another 42-year-old and 54-year-old women were discharged after treatment; the remaining three developed chest pain, high blood pressure, and dizziness. Dizziness and shortness of breath, and was discharged after all treatments.
[22:30] The government announced that the vaccination plan was officially launched on February 26, and a total of 1,529,500 doses of vaccine have been vaccinated for citizens on the 67th.
Among them, about 971,900 citizens have received the first dose of vaccine, including about 445,800 people who have been vaccinated with Kexing vaccine and about 526,100 people who have been vaccinated with Fubitai vaccine.
About 557,600 citizens have been vaccinated with the second dose, including about 322,600 vaccinated with Kexing vaccine and about 235,000 vaccinated with Fubitai vaccine.
In the past 24 hours as of 8 pm tonight, about 7,000 citizens received the first dose of Coxing vaccine and about 2,500 citizens received the second dose; about 12,700 citizens received the first dose of Fubital at community vaccination centers 15,300 people received the second dose of the vaccine.
The overall vaccination rate of community vaccination centers for Kexing vaccine is about 94%; the overall vaccination rate of community vaccination centers for vaccination for Fubitai is about 97%.
Approximately 4,300 citizens made appointments for the first and second doses of Coxing Vaccine online, and about 17,300 people made appointments for the first and second doses of Fubitai vaccine.
Patients with the 3 variant viruses now share the same points as Tung Chung Filipino domestic helpers, Indian males and Filipino girlfriends to Citygate on 4.11
[21:36] The Centre for Health Protection announced the follow-up of an earlier confirmed local case involving the N501Y variant virus strain (the first imported patient into the community 11643, the female patient 11672 of the Juber Carls Building, and the 11773 Filipino servants in the 11th Block of Yingwan Garden, Tung Chung ), following further investigation by the Case Tracking Office, the center found that the three cases had visited Citygate, Tung Chung on April 11, while cases 11643 and 11672 had visited the ground floor of Tung Chung Seawall on the same day. The restaurant Curry Lounge at Shop S.
The government will issue a mandatory test notice to those who have stayed at the two premises on April 11 (including visitors and employees).
The government reminds relevant people that they must comply with the mandatory testing announcement and accept nucleic acid testing for COVID-19.
40 Indian women who arrived in Hong Kong early last month infected with the variant virus living in Meiyuan Building, Tsim Sha Tsui, evacuated tonight
[21:30] The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced that it is following up on a confirmed imported case of the 2019-nCoV disease involving the N501Y variant strain.
The case is a 28-year-old housewife who flew to Hong Kong from Delhi, India, on April 4 by flight UK6395 operated by TATA SIA Airlines (Vistara). She was quarantined at Regal Oriental Hotel on April 25 and then returned to Tsim Sha Tsui. She lives in Meiyuan Building, Kimberley Road.
According to the department, she went to Queen Elizabeth Hospital on April 26 and the sample tested negative for the virus.
According to mandatory testing requirements, she went to the community testing center on April 30 for a test on the 26th day after her arrival in Hong Kong. The result was "undefined". She was arranged to be admitted to the hospital for further testing on May 2. The virus test result was confirmed. Initially positive and positive for antibodies.
It is understood that the CT value of the initially confirmed patient is greater than 30, which means that the virus load is low.
Since the case may be contagious during the stay in the community from April 25 to May 2, for the sake of prudence, the center has ordered the units on all floors of the building in accordance with the "Prevention and Control of Disease Regulations" (Chapter 599A) (About 40 units involved) Asymptomatic residents are sent to the quarantine center; if the residents develop symptoms, they will be sent to the hospital for treatment.
These people will undergo a 21-day compulsory quarantine.
[21:20] The police sealed up the Meiyuan Building on Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui at about 9 p.m., preparing to evacuate the residents.
The district councillors of the district received news that residents must be evacuated from quarantine, which is expected to be related to the community variant virus.
There are people wearing protective clothing at the entrance and exit of the building.
A woman told the police officers present that she was a resident of the building, and the police officers then let her go upstairs.
Foreign domestic helpers who sign a new contract must be vaccinated against the new crown and are denounced for discrimination. Lawyer: does not constitute discrimination
[20:07] The government pointed out earlier that the study stipulated that foreign domestic helpers must be vaccinated against the new crown when renewing their contracts. The Philippine authorities criticized the practice as discriminatory. This led to the relevant foreign domestic helper groups to complain to the EOC today (3rd), believing related measures It is of a "compulsory" nature, and foreign domestic helpers have no choice at all.
EOC Chairman Zhu Minjian said on a commercial channel program this morning that if any measures are to protect public health, including epidemic prevention measures, if they are of a reasonable and necessary nature, even if they cause differential treatment, they are not in violation of the Disability Discrimination Ordinance.
The lawyer Leung Wing-keng also stated in an interview that the provisional equal opportunity regulations do not involve identity discrimination clauses, and the government may be able to provide justifications to prove that foreign domestic helpers are at a higher risk, and the decision was made out of consideration of public safety. "I believe it. It will constitute discrimination, but it still depends on the specific court order."
The Hong Kong Employment Center for operating the dormitory for foreign domestic helpers in Tai Po was nailed to the Labour Department: unfit and proper candidates
[18:47] The dormitory for foreign domestic helpers in Fengnian Building, Tai Po, suffered an outbreak in December last year. Several foreign domestic helpers and their employer families were diagnosed.
The Labour Department announced today (3rd) that it revoked the employment agency license of the "Hong Kong Employment Center" operating the foreign domestic helper’s dormitory, alleging that it had not complied with the “Code of Practice for Employment Agency” and had not properly kept the relationship with the foreign domestic helper. Transaction records and service agreements signed with employers do not include all designated items, etc.
An epidemic broke out in the dormitory of Fung Nian Building in Tai Po. A total of 8 foreign domestic helpers were infected in the group, and a total of 4 people with employer families were recruited.
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[17:40] The Indonesian Consulate General in Hong Kong today (3rd) replied to "Hong Kong 01" also "implied" that the Hong Kong government had no prior consultation, and even more bluntly, if vaccination becomes a necessary condition for working in Hong Kong, it should also require all non-locals Employees accept.
(If vaccination becomes a necessity to work in HK, it should be applied also to other non-resident workers as well.)
Foreign domestic helpers need to be vaccinated for renewal. Indonesian consulate in Hong Kong approves no prior consultation: overseas employees should watch together
[17:00] Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology, Hong Kong University, said that preliminary positive samples will be sent to the Department of Health for review, but negative samples will not be reviewed and "false negatives" may appear. It is recommended that the authorities randomly sample outsourcers The number of negative samples for each sample is taken 1 out of 1000, and the number of human cells in the sample is checked. If it is too low, it will reflect the quality of the sample.
BGI's suspected sampling leaks Yuan Guoyong advocates sampling of negative samples to determine the quality of outsourcing testing
[16:30] Two Hong Kong government anti-epidemic expert consultants, Professor Yuan Guoyong of the Department of Microbiology, Hong Kong University, and Professor Xu Shuchang, Chair Professor of Respiratory System, CUHK, attended the annual seminar of the Hospital Authority this (3rd) morning to discuss the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Xu Shuchang pointed out that seven-and-a-half percent of patients with the variant virus entered the country asymptomatic. It is difficult to determine whether the 29-year-old Indian man infected with the variant virus and the 39-year-old Filipino domestic helper are separated by several generations of transmission chain, or involve one to two generations of transmission.
Yuan Guoyong said that the most important thing at this stage is to understand whether there are problems with the airport, transportation, and quarantine hotel, so as to prevent the fifth and sixth waves of the epidemic.
He suggested that the authorities conduct an antibody test for the staff and residents of the quarantine hotel where the Indian man lives, namely the Ramada Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, to find out if there is any leakage.
Variant Virus｜Yuan Guoyong urges people who have been to Ramada Hotel to test the fifth and sixth wave of antibody explosion
[14:45] The "Clinical Information Management System" (CMS) of the Hospital Authority failed again.
It is understood that the CMS broke down at 12 noon today (3rd). As a result, the medical staff failed to check the patient's medical records and were unable to dispense medicines. The current system has been repaired.
Some labor unions criticized that CMS is an ancient system more than 20 years ago. Once it fails, the incomplete records can only be checked by hand. It is also said that after the system failed last year, the authorities did not propose a specific backup plan.
In addition, the vaccination center had a brief breakdown this morning, and some vaccination centers temporarily suspended vaccination, and finally changed to manual registration information.
Ehealth, the computer system of the Hospital Authority, and the hospital stop distributing drugs and vaccination centers to stop injections
▼5.3 Pedestrian Flow at Xiyingpan Inspection Station▼
[14:30] The temporary testing station in the Sai Ying Pun Community Complex will be open for sampling by foreign domestic helpers and other compulsory testing personnel today (3rd) from 12 noon to 8 pm. The flow of people is obviously lower than that on Sunday, with only about 50 people present. The center lined up before the door opened, and the human dragon disappeared 5 minutes after the inspection station started operating.
Some foreign domestic helpers said that the employer specifically allowed her to go out for testing on working days, so that she did not have to wait in long queues, and was happy about this.
Compulsory testing for foreign domestic helpers | Saiyingpan adds temporary foreign domestic helpers: employers are happy to be tested on working days
[14:00] The Centre for Health Protection announced that as of midnight today, there were 2 newly confirmed cases in Hong Kong in the past 24 hours, all of which were imported cases, from Indonesia and Russia.
There have been 11,787 cases in Hong Kong so far.
Two more imported cases have been confirmed in Japan for three consecutive times
▼Long queue at Tung Chung Testing Station on May 2▼
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[13:10] According to the news, there were 2 new imported cases in Hong Kong today, no local cases, and 3 consecutive zero confirmed cases in Japan.
[12:35] Xu Shuchang, an expert consultant on the government’s anti-epidemic and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System of CUHK, said that it is difficult to determine that the Indian man infected with the variant virus and the Filipino domestic helper living in Yingwan Garden have spread more than a few generations apart, but reiterated that at least 75% of patients with variant viruses are asymptomatic.
[12:30] According to the news, the computer system of all community vaccination centers in Hong Kong is suspected of malfunctioning, and some vaccination centers have to manually input data.
[12:11] Yuan Guoyong, chair professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong and one of the government’s anti-epidemic expert consultants, said that it is still unknown why the mutant virus was leaked into the community, but the most important thing at the moment is to quickly track people who have contact with the patient.
He also believes that the hotels where patients with the mutant virus have stayed can be retrieved. As long as they have stayed or worked, they must be tested and even tested for antibodies.
[12:10] According to the news, there are no local cases of unknown origin in Hong Kong today, and there is no news conference on the epidemic.
[12:00] The new crown pneumonia variant virus has emerged in the local community. The government plans to require newly hired or renewed foreign domestic helpers to be vaccinated against the new crown. The Secretary for Labor and Welfare, Luo Zhiguang, even pointed out that foreign domestic helpers are reluctant to get an injection. .
The chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Human Resources Intermediaries and the managing director of Decheng Employment Center criticized the remarks on the radio today (3rd) as offensive, saying that if 10,000 foreign domestic helpers refuse to get an injection and want to leave, she "returns thousands of people". It refers to the fact that the newly hired foreign domestic helper refused to give the injection, which caused friction after receiving help from the employer in the past. In addition, he was worried that the employer would bear the responsibility of the accident after the domestic helper's injection. I hope the government will review it.
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[11:45] In an interview, Michael Moriarty, CEO of Hong Kong Disneyland, said that the park will remain open five days a week, and the appointment flow will also maintain about half of the highest flow, hoping to maintain social distancing. , Visitors can have a better playing experience.
A few days ago the government announced the relaxation measures for restaurants based on the "vaccine bubble" criteria. Mok Weiting said that the park decided to maintain only option B, that is, "four people per table" in the restaurant, open until 10:30 pm and weddings and other banquets. The measure of only 20 people will be maintained. He said that this decision is to balance the number of people entering the kindergarten and the flow of dining in the restaurant, and will maintain a program that encourages employees to get vaccinated, and will not force injections.
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▼5.2 A large number of foreign domestic helpers line up for mandatory inspection at Victoria Park▼
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[11:30] Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor attended the annual seminar of the Hospital Authority this (3rd) morning.
She said at the opening ceremony that the anti-amendment incident in 2019 had not subsided, and the new crown pneumonia epidemic appeared, and some people discredited national testing and domestic vaccines; some medical staff politicized the anti-epidemic work, launched a strike, and distributed false information, yes This is disappointed.
She also said that there is a shortage of doctors in Hong Kong, and it is advocating the introduction of overseas doctors to work in Hong Kong. The relevant bill will be submitted to the Legislative Council for deliberation later this month, hoping to gain support from the healthcare sector.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said there is a shortage of doctors. This month, the draft for the introduction of overseas doctors will be submitted to the medical care sector
[10:30] The director of the Infection and Infectious Diseases Center of the University of Hong Kong, He Boliang, said on the radio today (3rd) that the emergence of the mutant virus in the community was caused by the lack of external protection and insufficient upstream interception. Only now is the downstream remedy.
He believes that the Hong Kong government has banned flights too late, and the circuit breaker mechanism only took into account those arriving in Hong Kong for quarantine. It is recommended that the inspection of quarantine personnel should be encrypted to prevent the outbreak of imported cases in the community.
Variant Virus | He Boliang: Community Infection Caused by Failure to Import Foreign Defenses
[10:00] Associate Professor Hsiao Kit-hang of the Department of Medical Technology and Information Sciences of PolyU pointed out in a radio program today (3rd) that after genetic sequencing, the team found that the Jordanian Indians are 100% similar to the foreign domestic helpers of Tung Chung Caribbean Coast. Reflecting that the two have a communicative relationship, they may have been separated by two to three generations, but the place of infection is unknown. It depends on whether the compulsory testing of 370,000 foreign domestic helpers can be found to be connected, emphasizing: "One case can cause a community outbreak."
The PolyU team said that Jordan Indian merchants and Tung Chung foreign domestic helpers have the same genetic sequence, which may have been two to three generations apart
▼5.2 Inspection of long queues in Lai Chi Kok Park for foreign domestic helpers▼
Fraud cases rise by 8% in the first two months, "Guangzhou Hospital" calls Hong Kong residents, accusing them of obtaining personal data
[00:02] The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has continued for more than a year, and many electrical fraud cases have arisen at the historic moment.
The police found a fake staff of the Department of Health calling the public, claiming that they had been in an "affected area" and required isolation and quarantine to obtain personal information; there were also "Guangzhou Hospitals" who called Hong Kong residents to inform them that they had contracted new coronary pneumonia and that they had to provide personal data for verification .
The police reminded members of the public not to answer suspicious calls and to hand over personal bank information.
▼Starting from April 29, the social distancing measures will be relaxed with the vaccine bubble frame▼
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▼Mobile sampling stations that provide services to the public in each district▼
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Yesterday's Overview: New Coronary Pneumonia·5.2｜Long queue of foreign domestic helpers for testing
Compulsory testing for foreign domestic helpers | Philippine domestic helpers start sampling within 6 hours at Lai Chi Kok Park: Employers are not allowed to test on weekdays
Compulsory testing for foreign domestic helpers｜Thousands of Victoria Park people queued up for 5 hours to complete the exposure
113,000 people sampled less than half of them on Labor Day, and the test results are all negative. Threat of exploding later
Tung Chung Test｜Seventy-year-old Weng yesterday rowed outside Citygate City for nearly 5 hours and waited until he was dizzy and still not detected
The Consul General of the Philippines in Hong Kong urges the Hong Kong government not to force foreign domestic helpers to vaccinate, saying that they have never consulted beforehand
Obesity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease middle-aged man fainted on the street early in the morning and died suddenly 6 days ago
10 people were sent to hospital after being vaccinated on Saturday
New crown pneumonia｜Institution staff who have received two doses of vaccine 14 days ago will be exempted from regular testing tomorrow
75% of the patients with the variant virus attacking Hong Kong are asymptomatic experts: due to the frequent testing of arrivals, they are younger
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The Department of Health has banned Turkish flights from coming to Hong Kong on the 14th. Last week, the circuit breaker mechanism has been broken, but the implementation was delayed for 6 days.
Variant virus | Department of Health issued a document stating that households with a long incubation period are quarantined for 21 days to stop the spread
The utilization rate of 4,000 quarantine units of the mutant virus into the community is nearly 30%. It is not ruled out that other centers will be opened
Variant Virus | Citizens take photos to Tung Chung Staycation and Outlet: Are there any surprises around the virus?
The Travel Council expects that there will be a Singapore tour group on Mother’s Day during the peak summer vacation
NWFB and Citybus lost 90% of passengers at airports and land ports in a three-month eclipse of 221 million yuan
▼On Labor Day on May 1, foreign domestic helpers forced Tamar Park and Chater Road to explode ▼
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▼On May 1, a large number of foreign domestic helpers were waiting for inspection due to the mandatory inspection requirements of the bureau▼
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▼On May 1st Labor Day holiday, the bus terminal at Tung Chung Station is going to explode ▼
▼May 1st Labor Day holiday, the situation of Saigon during the Eastern Labor Day▼
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▼Details of Singapore Tourism Bubble in 2021▼
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▼See the details of the scheduled vaccination and side effects of Kexing and BioNTech in the three pictures▼
New crown pneumonia｜Institution staff who have received two doses of vaccine 14 days ago will be exempted from regular testing tomorrow
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New crown pneumonia·5.2｜Long queue of foreign domestic helpers to detect Philippine Consul General's mandatory vaccination involving discrimination
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