Hong Kong today (15th) announced 946 new positive cases of the new coronavirus, the first time in more than two months that the number of cases fell below 1,000 and fell to triple digits.
The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, had previously announced that the number of confirmed cases had dropped to triple digits, and that there would no longer be an anti-epidemic press conference. It is expected that at 11 am tomorrow, Carrie Lam will not be seen.
Since the outbreak of the fifth wave, there have been more than 1,183,653 cases.
Among the new cases today, 11 are imported cases, of which 8 are from people who arrived in Hong Kong yesterday and 3 are from people who arrived in Hong Kong earlier.
946 new cases dropped to triple digits after more than two months
946 new cases were announced today. After more than two months, the number of new cases finally fell back to triple digits.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said there were 471 nucleic acid positive cases and 475 rapid test positive cases today.
▼April 15 Epidemic Press Conference▼
The fifth wave of the epidemic has accumulated more than 1.18 million cases
Since the outbreak of the fifth wave, there have been more than 1,183,653 cases, of which 741,708 were positive for nucleic acid tests and 441,945 were positive for rapid tests.
▼On the first day of the Easter holiday on April 15th, citizens went outdoors to enjoy the sun▼
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11 additional imported cases, flight QR818 must be disconnected
Zhang Zhujun continued to point out that among the new cases today, there are 11 imported cases, including 8 people who arrived in Hong Kong yesterday, involving 5 flights, and 3 people who arrived in Hong Kong earlier.
Zhang said that on the QR818 flight operated by Qatar Airways and arrived in Hong Kong from Doha, 4 people have been diagnosed, and they have touched the fuse mechanism and must be blown off from April 16 to 22.
▼The epidemic lasted for more than two years, and the airport was full of passenger planes▼
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Zhang Zhujun also reminded the public that during the long Easter holiday, there will be a certain risk of crowds in the market. I hope that the public should be as careful as possible and wear masks when going out, but he admits that wearing masks also has a chance to spread, "(vaccine) will always have a chance to rebound." If you have been to high-risk places, you should do more testing.
▼4.15 Market situation on the first day of the Easter holiday▼
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Zengliu housing estate was positive for sewage, the severe disaster in Tuen Mun involved Yuwan Bay, and the Jiayue Peninsula sent 150,000 quick test kits everywhere on the first day of the Easter holiday. There are 4 million people in Hong Kong who are worried about the rebound of the epidemic after the Easter holiday. It is predicted that the diagnosis may fall to three digits today. Xing 90% vaccination rate for people over 3 years old
