The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Live | 52,523 new cases today, 46 residential homes have outbreaks, 72% of residential care homes have people infected with the virus

2022-03-04T08:43:36.504Z


The epidemic in Hong Kong continues to be severe, with 56,827 new confirmed cases on Thursday (3rd), hitting a new single-day high and breaking the 50,000 mark for two consecutive days. Since the fifth wave of the epidemic, more than 280,000 people have been diagnosed, and more than 100 deaths have been reported in a single day


The epidemic in Hong Kong continues to be severe, with 56,827 new confirmed cases on Thursday (3rd), hitting a new single-day high and breaking the 50,000 mark for two consecutive days.

Since the fifth wave of the epidemic, more than 280,000 people have been diagnosed, and more than 100 deaths have been reported in a single day.


Liang Wannian, the head of the expert group of the National Health and Health Commission who went south to assist in the fight against the epidemic, said that Hong Kong's current top priority is to focus anti-epidemic resources and energy on preventing the infection of the elderly and other groups, and to close the loop management of the staff of the institution. "We may need to make further efforts." Government expert adviser Yuan Guoyong estimated that only 20 to 30% of the elderly in residential care homes remained uninfected, and the best time to identify the elderly for injections has passed. Get vaccinated as soon as possible.


About 100 bus lines of several bus companies will be suspended from today, and public transport services will be further reduced.


▼On March 4th, SF Express will suspend the door-to-door delivery service from March 5th▼


+18

News: The first batch of 20 mainland nursing staff will arrive in Hong Kong over the weekend and go to two temporary care centers to work and seal the area | Delang Village Deqi Building and Deshan Building, and Liyuan Village Luquan Building tested positive for sewage this afternoon.

[15:22] The fifth wave of the epidemic was severe, and the outbreaks broke out in institutions one by one. Many institutions were short of manpower.

Starting from the 1st of this month, the government will relax the "Supplementary Labour Scheme" (imported foreign workers) requirements for a limited time. The SWD will also urgently employ 1,000 temporary contract care workers from the Mainland on a trial basis for a period of three months, with an average monthly salary of about 30,000 yuan including allowances. It is known that the first batch of 20 mainland nursing staff will come to Hong Kong on weekends. After the "chicken essence class" training last week, they will be able to set up temporary care centers in two gymnasiums as soon as next weekend. .



In addition to the reinforcements from the mainland, there are also local trained nurses recruited to the respite center at this moment.

Among them, the Shek Kip Mei Park Sports Centre Temporary Care Centre operated by Kowloon Lok Sin Tong has also recruited 30 local caregivers.

[14:54] The fifth wave of the epidemic is severe, and the gathering restriction order is tightened to two people.

The police also stated yesterday (3rd) that in order to prevent the public from gathering in the "screaming and beating the villain" activity, they reached an agreement with the relevant operators that they would not be open during the period, and predicted that the law would be strictly enforced during the shocking period.



The reporter inspected the Gooseneck Bridge area today (4th), and the location of the stall where the villain was played on weekdays has been enclosed by the police with tape, and police officers are standing guard; Ms. Huang, who has been in the stall for more than 30 years, said that it will not be open for business during the convulsion period. A small number of businesses with 10,000 yuan also mentioned that in response to the epidemic, they have transformed into online villain services, helping to make up a lot of business during the epidemic.

▼On March 4th, Gooseneck Bridge will be closed during Jingzhe ▼


+4

[13:09] The government announced that the sewage samples discharged from Deshan House and Deqi House in Delang Village, Kowloon City were positive for the new coronavirus. It is suspected that there are invisible patients in the building. After assessment, the risk of infection in the relevant areas is likely to be higher. , it was decided to enclose the relevant area and enforce the inspection.

The government will set up temporary sampling stations in "restricted areas" and require those tested to be tested before 8 pm today.

Those who are inspected will be arranged to undergo nucleic acid testing at the sampling station, and a combined throat and nasal swab will be collected by a designated person.

The tested persons must remain in the premises until all persons have test results to reduce the risk of cross-infection.

The Government will make arrangements to facilitate sampling for those who have special difficulties.

Deying Building in the same village was listed as a "restricted area" from 5 pm yesterday. The forced inspection operation was completed at about 12 noon today. During this period, about 1,503 people were tested. Among them, 230 preliminary positive test cases and 40 test results were found. For uncertain cases, the CHP will arrange follow-up.

[12:40] Hong Kong's new crown pneumonia epidemic is severe, and many industries have also been hit hard.

CLP Power announced today (4th) that it has launched the "Small and Medium Enterprises Deferred Electricity Bill Payment Scheme" to allow SME customers in the catering and retail industries to defer payment of electricity bills for two months.

Small and medium-sized enterprises can apply online for extension of electricity bill payment from March 7, and after successful approval, they can defer the payment of electricity bills for up to 3 instalments for two months. Paid from July to July.

CLP's quasi-catering and retail businesses will defer payment of electricity bills, see the application method, and distribute food stamps to the grassroots

[11:55] The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong is raging, and confirmed cases have also appeared in various districts.

The Yiu Tai Building in Tin Yiu Village, Tin Shui Wai, was closed for inspection yesterday (3rd). The Hong Kong government announced today (4th) that the closure was completed at 10:15 this morning.

The authorities said that about 1,320 people in the buildings were tested during the operation. Among them, 232 cases with preliminary positive test results and 23 cases with indeterminate test results were found, that is, the preliminary positive rate of households was about 17.6%.

[11:51] The fifth wave of the epidemic has not yet peaked. The government announced earlier that it has selected 9 sites to build temporary community isolation and treatment facilities.

The government said today (4th) that the temporary medical and isolation facilities in the Lok Ma Chau Loop can provide a total of 11,000 beds. In order to complete the relevant projects as soon as possible, the Chief Secretary for Administration, Li Jiachao, exercised an emergency law to build a temporary bridge in the Loop to connect Shenzhen. Border, so that materials can be transported to the construction site in the shortest time point-to-point, so that the project can be completed as soon as possible.

Construction of 11,000 beds in Hetao District Government uses emergency method to build a temporary bridge between Hong Kong and Shenzhen in Lok Ma Chau to seal the area | 1016 cases of Chuyang, Tianyao Village, Yaotai Building, Chuyang ratio, nearly 17.6%, were found after the fifth building was unsealed

[11:12] The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (4th) that the "Baoshan Carnival 2022" event originally scheduled to be held at Cheung Chau Pak Tai Temple Playground Football Stadium from April to May will be cancelled.

The event was co-organized by the Cheung Chau Tai Ping Ching Sans Association (Cheung Chau) and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. After detailed deliberation, the organizing committee decided to cancel the event to avoid crowds and reduce social contact and the risk of community transmission of COVID-19.

The canceled activities include training for the mountain scramble, trials for the mountain snatch, climbing carnival and competition for the mountain snatch.

+9

The person in charge of the nursing home said that the epidemic situation was unacceptable for several weeks after He Bailiang approved the doctor's visit to the house. |Cheung Chau Baoshan Carnival 2022 Cancels the Taiping Qingjiao No Baoshan Competition for 3 consecutive years

+4

[10:47] Yuan Guoyong, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, estimates that 70 to 80% of the elderly in residential institutions in Hong Kong may have been infected with the new crown virus.

Li Hui, member of the Elderly Commission and operator of a residential care home, said that the outbreak of the epidemic in the residential care home industry is almost "annihilated", and there is a shortage of manpower. Some employees who are diagnosed but with mild symptoms even automatically ask Ying to return to the residential home to take care of the elderly.

Epidemic|Liu Yulong pointed out that confirmed cases cannot be injected without scientific basis, no need to test negative for vaccination | The first vaccination rate breaks 90% and the government plans to give injections to all elderly homes in Hong Kong within two weeks

[10:19] Hong Kong recorded a new high of 56,827 confirmed cases yesterday, and the number of deaths under the fifth wave exceeded 1,000.

Liu Yulong, chairman of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, said that there is no scientific basis to show that confirmed patients cannot be injected.

Epidemic | Under the panic buying tide, the grassroots "food" struggle to go to work, and they have to buy quick test kits at their own expense to add to the burden of panic buying | Parknshop and Watsons limit the purchase of rice, canned food and antipyretics, etc.

[09:44] ParknShop Supermarket and Hong Kong Watsons announced that they will restrict the purchase of some products and drugs from now on.

Parknshop said that from now on, it will impose purchase restrictions on some products, including rice, canned food, pasta, boxed eggs, toilet paper and medicines, and each customer is limited to five items per product category in a single transaction.

As for Watsons, the purchase of all products for pain relief and fever reduction, as well as colds and colds will be restricted from now on, and each customer is limited to five pieces of each product category in a single transaction.

+2

▼On March 3, the mandatory inspection of the enclosure of Deying Building, Delang Village, Kowloon City▼


+4

▼On March 3rd, Yuan Guoyong, an expert from the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, visited Xinwanfu Nursing Home in Xihuan▼


▼The construction site of Kai Tak isolation facility on March 3▼


+14

▼The operation of the Tsing Yi isolation facility on March 3▼


+4

▼On March 3, the caritas hospital parking lot set up a freezer to display the remains▼


+1

▼MTR service will be affected gradually on March 3▼


+3

▼On March 2, the 11th block of Tsing Yi Scenic Garden will be closed for inspection▼


+6

More than 20 housing estates in eight districts have positive sewage samples. The government sends free rapid test packages to residents. An additional 155 MTR employees are infected or the train schedules are readjusted epidemic

Epidemic|Vegetable shortage slows down the price of vegetables, some people buy tomatoes and potatoes for 10 days: less to go out to avoid the epidemic, together with anti-epidemic insurance to escort Bank of China Group Insurance to launch a series of "Anti-epidemic" protection series Epidemic|Continue to push the emergency room bed congestion Family members of the Accident and Emergency Department Registration Office of Manyi Hospital are taking care of the epidemic | 56,000 new diagnoses have hit a new daily high The fifth wave of nearly 338,000 confirmed cases reported 186 deaths in a single day, the first 250 deaths, and 90% of the cases did not receive two injections. 100 metric tons is 1.9 times the daily rapid test | The Jockey Club donated 500,000 sets of rapid test kits to NGOs to support the installation of high-efficiency air purifier vaccine passports in the hospital | The recovered patients can adjust the injections in a timely manner with the doctor’s handwritten waiver. The day when the last family member who lived with him was positive was counted as the "0th day". Yuan Guoyong estimated that only 20 to 30% of the residents in Hong Kong's institutions were free of the infection. The time for injections has passed, and the mortality rate is high. The Association of Hospitals and Private Hospitals: Attending non-diagnosed patients, but referrals are less likely to hit the villain on Saturday. The police warns of severe enforcement and fines "Little Lady" will not be open for public testing|Yuan Guoyong points out that it is difficult for Hong Kong to copy the mainland effect This measure is difficult to clear. Huang Jiahe expects that nearly 10,000 restaurants will close or close next month, and promote the re-launch of the employment guarantee plan: there is no way for help. SF Express will suspend the door-to-door delivery service on Saturday, and 1,000 outlets and self-delivery and self-pickup services are available.

Epidemic | MTR adjusts train services on 8 routes from Friday, the waiting time is extended by about 1 to 4 minutes, the market is panic buying, and the canned business association points to a 3 to 5 times increase in sales, emphasizing the super stable supply Opening of the first stop, Tai Hing Village in Tuen Mun and Tai Yuen Village in Tai Po are now rushing to buy. Chen Fan stressed that the food supply to Hong Kong from the mainland is stable and the whole people must consider necessities. Brand closures|The five buildings have completed testing and released 907 cases of Chuyang, Tianyao Village, Yaosheng Building, 15.5%, MTR union expects 2,000 employees to be infected or quarantined and stop work, if the situation worsens, it will affect train services and two more ferry lines in the port Suspension of all scheduled routes at North Point, Hung Hom, and Kai Tak. Lin Shun-chio advocates sending quick test kits to the whole people to force injections for the elderly and those with high levels of the virus, and then push for nationwide testing and panic buying | Some shelves of Kornhill AEON supermarket continue to be "cleared" Citizens Approved by the Hong Kong government to instruct the chaotic Zhongda Hospital to apply for additional wards for confirmed patients to be opened as soon as this month to temporarily set up 24 beds to receive the new crown vaccine for mild patients | Only $102.9 per day Frontline: Unable to reflect hard work MTR's manpower shortage News: Station closure plans are prepared Individual station customer service centers or designated hospitals in Ruttonjee, Feng Yaojing and Spiritual Change will receive 1,000 sheets of confirmed cases as soon as the middle of this month Bed Epidemic | Thousands of inmates infected with the disease quadruple in one week Correctional Services Department extended the suspension of visits to 3.20 Tin Yiu Village, Yi Ming Village, Shek Lei Village and Tak Long Village. 3 key points to prevent cross-infection rapid test kits as low as $17 Epidemic|Vegetable shortage slows down the price of vegetables, someone buys 10-day servings of tomatoes and potatoes: less to go out of the street to avoid the epidemic, concentric anti-epidemic insurance escort BOC Group Insurance to launch "Anti-epidemic with peace of mind" "Protection Series

Source: hk1

All news articles on 2022-03-04

You may like

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.