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New Coronary Pneumonia·News|News: One more imported case of foreign domestic helpers’ compulsory testing expires today

2021-05-11T08:24:37.600Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic continued. Hong Kong added 5 new imported cases on Saturday (8th). One day later, zero confirmed cases were recorded locally. And the first Indian man who was infected with the mutant virus in the community earlier (patient number #11643) and


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2021-05-09 07:00

Last update date: 2021-05-09 12:02

The new crown pneumonia epidemic continued. Hong Kong added 5 new imported cases on Saturday (8th). One day later, zero confirmed cases were recorded locally.

Earlier, the first Indian man (patient number #11643) and his Filipino girlfriend (#11672) who were infected with the mutant virus in the community were arrested for concealing their whereabouts. The case was brought to court on Monday (10th).

In addition, there were fewer than 5 initial confirmed cases in Hong Kong yesterday.

According to the news, none of them belonged to the group of Indian men with the variant virus. In other words, the brother's family of the 11672th case (a Filipino nurse) has not yet been diagnosed.

It is understood that after the elder brother of a Filipino nurse entered the quarantine center, the result of the virus test was negative, and the authorities will arrange them for antibody testing.

The mandatory test period for foreign domestic helpers expired today. The Hong Kong government stated that more than 280,000 foreign domestic helpers have been sampled for testing between May 1 and 7.

The spokesperson reminded foreign domestic helpers who have not yet undergone the test to complete the test today.

[12:00] According to the news, there is a new input case today, and there is no local case for 2 consecutive days.

Zhang Jianzong said the progress of the vaccine was not as expected

[09:26] The government earlier required all domestic domestic helpers who have not been vaccinated against the new crown vaccine to undergo compulsory testing today (9th) or before.

The Chief Secretary for Administration Zhang Jianzong published a blog stating that all community testing centers and mobile sampling stations in Hong Kong have already sampled more than 280,000 foreign domestic helpers, and more than 50,000 foreign domestic helpers have made appointments to accept them at the testing centers from May 8th to 9th. Detection.



Zhang also pointed out that Hong Kong has enough vaccines to meet the needs of the overall population, but the vaccination schedule is not satisfactory. He also described some people as "careless" and some people holding a wait-and-see attitude, urging the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

▼May 8th, the situation of Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay▼

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▼Comparison of residents before and after "epidemic surveillance" at Block 11 of Yuetaoxuan in Yingwan Garden▼

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[00:01] Due to the outbreak of upper respiratory tract infection and/or influenza-like illness in two schools, and the related disease is similar to the COVID-19 disease, the two schools were included in the mandatory testing announcement for the sake of caution.

Anyone who has been in any of the following specified places for more than two hours between April 25 and May 8 (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and substitute employees, students and visitors) must be on May 11 or Before being tested.

If the person under inspection chooses to use the sample bottle distributed by the Center for Health Protection for testing, he must return the test sample collection bottle that has been sampled on or before May 13.

If the person under inspection has been tested between May 6th and 8th, they will be deemed to have complied with the requirements of the mandatory testing announcement.

(1) Yan Chai Hospital Mountain View Kindergarten/Child Care Centre (Address: Next to the Community Hall, Phase 1, Mountain View Village, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong)

(2) Hong Kong Christian Service Shek Kip Mei Nursery School (Address: No. 201-218, 1st Floor, Block 23, Shek Kip Mei Village, Wo Tsai Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

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

▼On May 8th, residents of Berjas Building will go home after completing the 21st quarantine▼

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▼The last two days of foreign domestic helper testing on May 8▼

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▼The patient's residence and whereabouts in the past 14 days▼

▼Starting from April 29th, relax social distancing measures with the vaccine bubble frame▼

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Yesterday's overview: New crown pneumonia · 5.8 | 5 more confirmed cases of Indian male and girlfriend arrested for hiding their whereabouts

New crown pneumonia | 5 confirmed cases in a single day, all imported 4 people from Indonesia, zero confirmed

Variant virus | Diagnosed Indian male and girlfriend involved in concealing their whereabouts: two were arrested this morning

Variant virus | The patient's family has been to Deep Water Bay to swimmers and transferred to Repulse Bay: they are all shocked in quarantine

[Multiple photos] Thousand people quarantine at Yuetaoxuan in Yingwan Garden, Tung Chung

Variant Virus|Thousands of residents in Block 11 of Yingwan Garden were released from quarantine and returned home early: I feel there is a miracle

Variant Virus | Quarantine Residents of Yingwan Garden Received Lam Cheng’s Signature of Thank You Card for Residents to Get Vaccination

Compulsory quarantine|CSL: Customers enter the quarantine center to quarantine and send 100GB of local mobile data

Variant Virus | Residents of Berjas Building, returning home after the 21st quarantine period expires, denounces chaotic arrangements

Compulsory testing of foreign domestic helpers | 100,000 people did not sample the testing station and some people were deserted after several twists and turns and finally completed

The MTR sample package is now crowded at 6 a.m., all citizens will be dispatched before 9 a.m., or they will be dispatched again tomorrow morning

Two more people were suspected of dying after being vaccinated. There is no evidence that the vaccine was caused by the injection 2 and 7 days before their death.

▼May 6th, Xinghua (2) Village, Chaiwan Fengxing Building closed area inspection▼

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▼At nearly midnight on May 5th, residents of Block N2 of Kornhill were evacuated for quarantine▼

New crown pneumonia | 5 confirmed cases in a single day, all imported 4 people from Indonesia, zero confirmed

New crown pneumonia·5.8 | 5 more confirmed cases of Indian male and girlfriend arrested for hiding their whereabouts

Two more people were suspected of dying after being vaccinated. There is no evidence that the vaccine was caused by the injection 2 and 7 days before their death.

Medical ethics scholar: the promotion of vaccine policy must build public trust and should not restrict personal freedom too much

Diagnosed Indian male and girlfriend involved in concealing their whereabouts and two persons have been arrested and brought to court on Monday

Variant Virus|Thousands of residents in Block 11 of Yingwan Garden were released from quarantine and returned home early: I feel there is a miracle

Variant virus | The patient's family has been to Deep Water Bay to swimmers and transferred to Repulse Bay: they are all shocked in quarantine

Variant Virus | The Authorities Define the Source as an Indian Male News: Formal Investigation involves concealment of whereabouts

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