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New crown pneumonia·5.9|Argentine women arriving in Hong Kong infected with variant virus for 2 consecutive days with zero confirmed local infections

2021-05-12T02:06:55.786Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic continued. Hong Kong added 1 new imported case on Sunday (8th). There were no local confirmed cases for two consecutive days, and there were 5 initial confirmed cases. And earlier, the first Indian man who was infected with the mutant virus in the community (disease


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Written by: Zhang Jiamin, Lin Yingxian, Wang Jieen, Lao Minyi, Yuan Shu, Huang Yongyu, Chen Shuxia, Zhu Haiqi, Huang Weilun, Chen Jiahui, Mai Kaiyin

2021-05-09 21:56

Last update date: 2021-05-10 00:00

The new crown pneumonia epidemic continued. Hong Kong added 1 new imported case on Sunday (8th). There were no local confirmed cases for two consecutive days, and there were 5 initial confirmed cases.

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).

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.

[23:55] Earlier, foreign domestic helpers were infected with the mutant virus. The government required 370,000 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong to undergo compulsory testing on or before Sunday (9th).

The Food and Health Bureau issued a paper in the evening saying that it is grateful to foreign domestic helpers and employers for cooperating with compulsory testing. As of 6 p.m., nearly 340,000 foreign domestic helpers have been tested, and it is estimated that about 40,000 foreign domestic helpers have been vaccinated with two doses of the new crown vaccine. Exemption from mandatory testing.

Compulsory testing | Food and Health Bureau says 340,000 foreign domestic helpers have been tested and 40,000 foreign domestic helpers have been given two doses of vaccinations for exemption

[22:00] The government announced that as of 8 p.m., about 1,071,500 citizens had received the first dose of vaccine, including about 477,000 received Koxing vaccine and about 594,500 received Fubitai vaccine.

As of 0:00 today, there have been 13 hospitalizations in the past 24 hours, of which 10 have been discharged, two have been in hospital for observation, and one has been discharged without following the doctor’s advice.

Among them, two people experienced vasovagal fainting after being vaccinated with Fubitai vaccine.

New Coronary Vaccine | 13 more people feel unwell after injection

[21:50] Block R of Allway Gardens in Tsuen Wan was diagnosed with the N501Y mutant virus. All residents of the building were classified as close contacts. They were sent to the quarantine center on Wednesday (5th), and arrangements were made today (9th) go away.

However, many residents were dissatisfied with the chaotic arrangement of the isolation camp. Some people tore Lam Cheng’s thank-you letter, saying, "I want to say sorry to us with a single letter. Let's open it!" There were also complaints from residents that they "suffered due to meal problems." Three days".

Allway Gardens quarantine residents "released" on Mother's Day. Residents are dissatisfied with the arrangement and tears Lam Cheng's thank-you letter

Mr. Gu, who was dissatisfied with the arrangements made by the authorities, tore up the thank-you letter in angrily, angering that the quarantine arrangements made the residents unable to spend a Mother's Day with peace of mind, "I want to say sorry to us with one letter, let's go!" (Photo by Chen Jiahui)

[20:40] A foreign domestic helper in Block N2 of Kornhill was diagnosed with a variant of the new crown virus. The residents of the same block were originally required to undergo mandatory quarantine on the 21st. In accordance with the government's latest quarantine arrangement, they were allowed to leave the quarantine center this (9th) afternoon.

Some residents bluntly said that the government suddenly changed its standards, and they are like a "white mouse," but they are happy to be able to return home early. The whole family will eat out tonight to celebrate Mother's Day.

Residents of Block N2 of Kornhill end quarantine and sigh to be "white mice" and go out to celebrate Mother's Day tonight

Since 5 pm, coaches have arrived at Kornhill in succession, and those who had been required to be quarantined earlier returned home.

(Photo by Li Zetong)

[20:15] The mutant virus has flowed into the community. The government earlier requested that the same building be sent to quarantine for 21 days in buildings where related cases occurred. However, many people in quarantine complained about improper arrangements and complained of poor quality of meals. Even more suspicious of collective food poisoning incidents.


Looking at the information, the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center was fully opened at the end of December last year, providing a total of 3,500 units. The occupancy rate reached a peak of 42% on May 7 this year. A total of 1,392 units were used and 2,424 people lived.

Although the occupancy rate has reached a record high, according to the design of the quarantine center, it can actually accommodate more people. Why is the quarantine arrangement still being criticized?

Some district councillors said that the management of the quarantine center is chaotic. Although many staff are stationed, “but (staff) don’t know what they are doing.” When residents called the enquiry hotline, the other party could not answer the question and only copied the question to describe the management. The quality is poor, and the opinions of the upper management have not been given. Even if the residents are arranged to end the quarantine and return home early, the staff cannot answer whether they need to be quarantined afterwards.

Quarantine Center | Citizens complaining about poor hygiene and poor meals in recent days expose several crimes in the Hong Kong government's management of quarantine camps

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[19:45] Fosun Pharma, which is responsible for introducing the BioNTech new crown vaccine produced by Germany to the Greater China region for sale, announced today (9th) that its holding subsidiary Fosun Pharmaceutical Industry intends to invest in a joint venture with BioNTech to achieve "Localized production and commercialization" of vaccine products.

New Crown Vaccine|Fosun intends to establish a joint venture with BioNTech to produce vaccines in the Mainland in the future

Residents of Block R in Allway Gardens left the quarantine center and returned home on May 9

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Residents of Block N2 of Kornhill Gardens left the quarantine center and returned home on Mother's Day, May 9

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[16:45] Variant new coronavirus has a strong spreading power, and French virus strains can evade detection and have the opportunity to leak confirmed patients.

Some scholars said that the variants of the French virus strains are different from those of the British, Indian and South African variants seen in Hong Kong.

Yu Changhai, chairman of the Bureau of Testing and Certification, is worried that the current nucleic acid testing reagents may not be able to detect variant viruses or lead to false negative cases.

Some test companies say that the reagents will keep pace with the changes of the variant virus.

The French variant of the new coronavirus can avoid the detection of the science university: it may require multiple gene sequencing to find out

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[15:50] A person in charge of a restaurant said that the market is almost full tonight. However, due to the limit of the number of seats and the absence of a price increase, it is estimated that the business volume will be less than half before the epidemic.

He also pointed out that under the current actual operation, only six people can be provided one, and a lot of large-scale business is lost.



Some diners said that they made a special trip to the restaurant to drink tea with their families. The three generations shared two tables to celebrate Mother’s Day, but tonight they would stay at home and enjoy the restaurant’s takeaway. It’s hard to sit in too many people, and it’s hard to book a table."

Mother's Day|The restaurant is booked for a 6-person table in Area C, over 80% of the table is fully booked, and the person in charge points out that the market is not prosperous

May 9th was the second Mother's Day under the new crown pneumonia epidemic. Some citizens went to Tsuen Wan Choi Long Golden Pavilion Restaurant to drink tea.

(Photo by Zheng Zifeng)

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[15:30] The mutant virus has flowed into local communities and the chain of transmission has gradually become clear. Residents of Tung Chung were still in panic last week. There were long queues for testing under the scorching sun. Today (9th) there were no more people tested on Mother’s Day. Said that because the infected group has not seen a large-scale spread, so feel relieved and dare to go out for an outing to spend the festive season with their children.


At the request of his mother, a filial boy served as a "handrail stick" to accompany him to the Po Lin Monastery to eat a fast. Mom said that it would be a pity that there were no more families to have dinner this year.

Variant Virus | Tung Chung residents go out to celebrate Mother's Day due to the easing of the epidemic, and mothers sigh for not having a meal together

Today is Mother's Day, and many families in Tung Chung go out to celebrate.

(Photo by Zhang Haowei)

There is one more imported case today. Argentine returning to Hong Kong women carrying variant virus has no local cases for 2 consecutive days

[14:20] The Center for Health Protection announced that there was only one new imported case today, increasing to 11,808 in total, and there were no confirmed cases in two consecutive places in Japan.

The patient was a 52-year-old woman who was diagnosed after arriving in Hong Kong from Argentina. She was asymptomatic. She was infected with the variant virus N501Y.

There were fewer than 5 preliminary diagnoses today.

On the last day of compulsory testing of foreign domestic helpers, some people line up 3 hours in advance, worrying about the infection and no holiday for a year

[14:06] The mandatory detection period for foreign domestic helpers expires today (9th). It is estimated that about 50,000 people still have to be tested before the "dead line" today.

The Chater Gardens Testing Station in Central, which is specially designed for foreign domestic workers, was relatively deserted in the morning. Foreign domestic workers who had been vaccinated came for testing. They were worried about the long queues as they did last Sunday, so they queued up 3 hours before the sampling station opened today.

The government changes the quarantine guidelines of the epidemic building, Chen Zhaoshi denies worry that the quarantine camp is full of changes due to science and experience

[13:53] There have been many cases of variant new crown virus in the community. The government sent residents of relevant residential buildings to the quarantine center on the 21st.

However, the people have repeatedly criticized the government for having no scientific basis. The authorities no longer list the residents concerned as close contacts, and they can leave after testing negative.

Regarding whether the arrangement was adjusted because the quarantine center had been exposed to fire, Chen Zhaoshi, Director of the Bureau of Food and Health, denied that the quarantine center still had capacity, but if the mutant virus broke out in the community, it would not be ruled out that close contacts would be transferred to home quarantine.

In addition, residents of Block R of Allway Gardens and Block N2 of Kornhill can leave the isolation camp today (9th).

▼The quarantine order for 11 residences in Yingwan Garden, Tung Chung, is lifted and free to go out for Mother's Day▼

[13:10] Eastern District Councillor Wei Zhihao revealed that residents of Block N2 of Taikoo Kornhill, who had been forcing quarantine earlier, were allowed to leave the quarantine center in the afternoon.

Tsuen Wan District Councillor Zhao Enlai said that residents of Block R of Allway Gardens were also allowed to leave the quarantine center one after another today.

As for the residents of Kennedy Terrace, the luxury house at No. 8 Kennedy Road, it is reported that they have been released and returned home last Friday (7th) night.

▼The last day of mandatory testing for foreign domestic helpers on May 9▼

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[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 13th.

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 from Indonesia

Variant virus | Diagnosed Indian male and girlfriend involved in concealing their whereabouts: Two people 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 miraculous

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

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

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

Compulsory testing for foreign domestic helpers | 100,000 people have not sampled the testing station and some people are 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 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 from Indonesia

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 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 miraculous

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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