The fifth wave of the epidemic has not yet ended, but the sixth wave is about to come. After the new confirmed cases in Hong Kong remained at the level of 200 to 300 for ten consecutive days, today (17th), there were 328 new confirmed cases and 300 new cases. level, 39 were imported cases.
The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, announced before the Executive Council this morning that the second phase of relaxation of social distancing measures will be implemented on Thursday (19th) as scheduled, including extending dine-in meals to 12 pm and bars to be open until 2 am.
However, she predicts that the immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases may rise to 1 within a day, and every time the social distancing is relaxed, there is an increasing risk of cases, so she urges the public to wear masks outside of eating and exercising.
Summary of yesterday's epidemic reports:
Epidemic・5.16｜The mystery of Yushan's private kitchen outbreak is still unsolved, Tung Chung Tanzai Yunnan rice noodle has become a new hot spot
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong updated the "Real-time Effective Reproduction Rate" on Tuesday (17th), and the value finally rose above 1, indicating that the epidemic is still expanding.
Epidemic ｜ Immediate effective reproduction rate exceeds 1, the epidemic is controlled and the defense line is lost or there is a risk of outbreak
[00:56] Entering the sixth wave of the new coronavirus epidemic?
On the eve of the relaxation of the second phase of social distancing measures such as the reopening of bars and karaoke, the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is now "double lost" on Tuesday (17th). Zongguan fell to a new high in a single day this month; the "Real-time Effective Reproduction Rate of Local Cases" compiled by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, the latest value exceeded 1 late on Tuesday, rising to 1.0159, which means that one patient will infect more than one person, and the number of confirmed cases in the future It will rise, and it is the first time since March 5 that the defense line of epidemic control has been lost.
Au Ka-wing, chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, also pointed out at a press conference on the outbreak on Tuesday that the current immediate reproduction rate is 1; careful.
▼May 17 Compulsory Testing Announcement▼
Compulsory testing｜Involving 40 buildings in the central and western districts, including Jiahui Terrace and Jiahui Garden
[00:10] On May 18th, the Food and Health Bureau announced the announcement of mandatory testing. There were 40 buildings on the list, but no restaurants; 26 private buildings accounted for the most, while public housing and HOS accounted for 10 and 4 buildings respectively.
There are 16 buildings on Hong Kong Island, two-thirds of which are in the Western District, involving buildings in Kennedy Town, Sai Ying Pun and Shek Tong Tsui, including: Blocks 1 and 2 of Ka Wai Terrace, Xian Shi Xi Wan Building, Jun Sheng Hua Ting, and Wo Yick Building etc.
Other buildings on the list include Tower 1 LOHAS Park, Tseung Kwan O, Tower 9, Park Wai Mansion, Tin Shui Wai, Tower 7, San Tuen Mun Centre, Tower 8, Sham Tseng, Green Bay, Tower C, Luk Yeung New Village, Tsuen Wan, Tower 7, Lily Court, Whampoa Garden, Ka Yin Residence, Yau Tong and Mei Xuan Court, South Horizons, Ap Lei Chau.
Anyone who has been in one of the above buildings for more than two hours between May 11 and 17 will be required to undergo a nucleic acid test on Wednesday or Thursday (18 or 19) instead of a rapid antigen test.
The government will reopen the mobile sampling stations on Wednesday at Sham Tseng's Peti Peninsula and On Yam Estate in Kwai Chung, while the mobile sampling station at Lei Muk Shue Estate in Tsuen Wan will extend its service until Thursday.
Vaccine | UK report: The third dose of vaccination effectively restores antibodies to prevent morbidity, hospitalization and death
[23:12] The UK Health and Safety Agency published the latest "Vaccine Monitoring Report", which concluded that although the vaccine against Omicron is less effective than Delta, the protection of the vaccine is still high, especially the third dose of the vaccine is more effective.
The report also pointed out that in terms of preventing symptoms, preventing severe hospitalization and preventing death, the third dose of foot liters maintained a high vaccine effectiveness (VE).
Confirmed Buildings | 169 new houses in Tuen Mun The Carmel and Genting Peak in Sha Tin added to the list in a single day
[21:20] The epidemic continues. The Department of Health announced the list of confirmed buildings today (17th). The latest 169 new cases were recorded. The New Territories accounted for 102 buildings. Among them, there were two luxury houses, namely The Carmel House in Tuen Mun and Sha Tin. Genting Peak; Kowloon District has 37 buildings, including Kowloon City Kai An and Tai Kok Tsui Langcheng Bay; Hong Kong Island District has 30 buildings, namely No. 1 Infore in Central and Western District, and No. 2 Jiahui Terrace.
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Quarantine Hotels | Six hotels including Tsim Sha Tsui Empire Hotel and Royal View Hotel have added an additional 2,000 rooms
[18:56] The government announced today (17th) that six new designated quarantine hotels, including Empire Hotel Tsim Sha Tsui, Alexandra Hotel, Royal View Hotel, etc., will start accepting room reservations this week, and will be available from the end of this month. When it is put into service, it is expected to provide about 2,000 additional rooms.
The 66-year-old woman beat Fubitai before her death and won 2 million compensation for Kong Fanyi to personally solve the cause of death
[17:04] The fifth wave of the epidemic continues, and more than 90% of Hong Kong residents have received at least one shot of the vaccine.
The government's Vaccine Unusual Events Protection Fund has awarded $2 million for the first time to an "uncertain" death.
The case involved a 66-year-old woman who had been vaccinated with Forpidium 16 days before her death.
Kong Fanyi, co-convener of the Expert Committee on the Evaluation of Clinical Events of the New Crown Vaccine and clinical professor of the Department of Internal Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said in an interview with Hong Kong 01 that the parvovirus gene and antibody were found in the female deceased after an autopsy. There are very few cases of abnormal events, so it is believed that there is no direct relationship with the vaccine, but the relationship with the vaccine cannot be completely ruled out.
He reiterated that the benefits of vaccination for the elderly far outweigh the side effects of the vaccine itself, and called on the elderly to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Five clusters of cases that broke out in May.
Epidemic ｜ After the resumption of classes, the first outbreak of intra-school transmission
[17:00] An additional 20 schools reported positive cases, involving 2 students from 2 kindergartens, 6 students and 1 staff from 7 primary schools, 9 students and 1 staff from 9 secondary schools, and 1 special school staff.
Among them, a confirmed middle school student was in the same class as another confirmed student announced yesterday. The two had eaten and had contact in the same room. They finally went to school on May 12, and other students in the same class tested negative for the time being.
[16:53] Among the three confirmed diners at Tung Chung Fu Tung shopping mall, one of them had symptoms when he visited on May 11. Au Jiarong pointed out that he may be the source patient.
[16:50] A ward service assistant in Xiaolan Hospital was diagnosed, and new cases and visits were suspended. All patients and staff must be tested.
Yushan Private Kitchen increased to 20 people infected
[16:49] Kwun Tong Yushan private kitchen group case, Au Jiarong pointed out that he had asked the patient about the activities at Yushan private kitchen that day. Some of them reported that it was a gathering between friends, a work meeting, and an exchange with business partners. Some cases revealed that they had eaten , There was a celebration and tasting meeting that night, and people inside took off their masks to eat and drink, which is believed to be the cause of the outbreak.
[16:48] Ou Jiarong pointed out that there were 8 more cases in Xingyue Building, Sheung Wan, including 3 employees and 5 diners, one of whom was a chef. A total of 64 people in the group were diagnosed, involving 55 diners and 9 employees. Genetic analysis confirmed a locally prevalent Omicron case.
As for Xinwanghui, one more confirmed case involves a 56-year-old customer. During the forced inspection, it was found that a total of 15 people in the group were diagnosed, involving 13 diners and 2 employees.
[16:45] There are 9 new cases in the Kwun Tong Yushan Private Kitchen Group, including 1 staff member. There are currently 20 cases in the group, involving 19 customers and 1 staff member.
Tung Chung Fu Tung Plaza Tanzai Outbreak Three diners were diagnosed with a suspected patient zero 200 diners forcibly tested
[16:43] Three people who did not know each other in Tan Tsai, Fu Tung Shopping Centre, Tung Chung, were diagnosed after eating at the same time on May 11, including a 32-year-old woman, a 40-year-old man and a 33-year-old man.
[16:40] There were no new deaths in Hong Kong yesterday, and there were no new deaths for two consecutive days.
As for today's 39 imported cases, 4 are related to the Omicron BA.4 variant virus. So far, there are 7 BA.4 cases in Hong Kong.
Epidemic rebounded, 328 new cases hit a new high this month
[16:35] Au Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, pointed out that two patients who arrived in Hong Kong from the United States on the 12th of this month and were tested positive after visiting Xinwanghui confirmed that the virus they carried was a prevalent virus in Hong Kong. The virus strain was infected in Xinwanghui after completing the quarantine, so the two cases will be reclassified as local cases.
[16:31] There were 328 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, returning to the level of 300, with 39 imported cases.
▼On May 16th, the East Rail Line and Tsuen Wan Line of Admiralty Station will release workers' tide▼
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More than 40 housing estates tested positive for sewage, involving 300,000 people in Yingwan Garden in Tung Chung and Tai Hing Garden in Tuen Mun to be tested quickly
[16:30] The authorities said that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Drainage Services Department are collecting sewage samples in various districts for coronavirus testing, and positive results have been detected in the sewage in some areas, indicating that there may be hidden patients on premises in the area.
The sewage test results of several housing estates in Tuen Mun, North District and Islands District were positive and the virus load was relatively high. The housing estates and buildings involved include:
• Tuen Mun District - Tsui Ming Terrace, Tai Hing Garden Phases 1 and 2, Kangde Garden, Greenwood Garden, Zhuoerju, Wu King Village, Butterfly Village, Namlang Bay, Fu Jian Garden and Joyful Peninsula
• North District - Tin Ping Estate, Hop Fung Building, Wo Fung Tang Building, Jia Wo Xuan, Ho King Building, Fu Ho Court, Fu Yan Building, Bao On Building, Po Cheong Building, Po Lian Building, Kin Fung Building, New China Bank Building, Cheong Wah Building, Lok Fung Building, Tai Cheong Building, Bin Yuan, Meilun Building, Lianhe Centre, Luen Cheong Building, Lianfa Building, Fengjing Building, Jinlai Building, Kam Fook Building, You Hing Building, 41-53 Wo Tai Street , 53-55 Wo Fung Street, 53-55 Luen Wo Road, 2-4, 14-16 and 17-35B Luen Cheong Street and 18-36B Luen Shing Street
• Outlying Islands District (Tung Chung) - Ying Wan Garden (Ying Tao, Yue Tao, Hai Po Mansion, Sang Tao and Ting Tao), Blue Sky Coast ((i) Blue Sky Coast, (ii) Water and Blue Sky, ( iii) Shadow Shore Red and (iv) Water Blue. Sky Shore) and Seawall
▼ On January 1, the compulsory inspection of the closed area of Yingwan Park in Tung Chung▼
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Tung Chung Tan Tsai suspects the outbreak of the epidemic, and diners are worried about the three injections of Café Lok: I know I can't eat
[13:55] Tung Chung Fudong Shopping Center Tanzai Yunnan Rice Noodles is suspected to have an outbreak. The reporter inspected the store this morning. The store was not open this morning, and company staff were also present to put up notices to inform diners of the store. Some people who have been initially diagnosed have visited and said that a cleaning company has been arranged for disinfection.
Some diners who patronized the neighboring Café de la Café admitted that they did not know that there was a suspected outbreak of the epidemic in Tan Zai, otherwise they would not have eaten at Café Café. Got a third shot, but still worried.
Vaccine Pass｜5.31 Implementation of the third phase of the implementation of three injections in restaurants
[13:00] Tung Chung Fudong Shopping Center Tanzai Yunnan Rice Noodles is suspected to have an outbreak. The reporter inspected the store this morning. The store was not open this morning, and company staff were also present to put up notices to inform diners of the store. Some people who have been initially diagnosed have visited and said that a cleaning company has been arranged for disinfection.
A diner who patronized the next door admitted that he did not know that Tan Zai was suspected of having a case, otherwise he would not even help the nearby restaurant: "It's a shock, the dead man is a big boss"; he said that he had never been infected with the epidemic, so although he had already played the first time Three needles, but still worried.
▼List of vaccine passes▼
The government will pay 2 million to the vaccination case before death. The expert committee has commented that the cause of death is uncertain
[11:25] More than 90% of Hong Kong residents have received at least one shot of the vaccine, with a total of 16.48 million vaccine doses.
The Vaccine Unusual Events Protection Fund, set up with a government grant of $1 billion, has awarded a compensation of $2 million for a death case for the first time.
The case involved a 66-year-old woman who had been vaccinated with Fubitai 16 days before her death.
This case is the only one for the time being that was rated as "indeterminate" as the cause of death by the Expert Committee on Clinical Event Assessment and whether it was related to the vaccine, and was finally approved for the protection fund.
Epidemic ｜ Disagreement on the storage and abolition of vaccine passes Xu Shuchang: Good words have no impact on the medical system
[10:45] Experts disagree on whether the vaccine pass policy should continue to be implemented!
Gao Benn, Chair Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, and Chen Deguang, Honorary Assistant Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, published a commentary in the newspaper yesterday (16th), suggesting that the policy of compulsory use of vaccine passports for adults under the age of 60 should be abolished.
Xu Shuchang, an expert advisor to the government and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at CUHK, responded on a radio program this morning that he believed that the government would not agree with the two's speech, and stressed that "it doesn't matter if a place coexists with the virus", and Hong Kong still adopts a dynamic reset.
Chen Deguang also expressed his own views on the same program this morning. He believes that the purpose of the vaccine barrier is to prevent the virus from spreading, but neither Fubita nor Kexing could prevent the fifth wave, and the fifth wave ends because most people have naturally Therefore, it is not believed that the vaccine can prevent the sixth and seventh waves, and it is emphasized that everyone is encouraged to get injections. It is just that the proportion of young people who are seriously ill or die is low, and it will not put pressure on the medical system.
▼On April 14, Chief Executive Carrie Lam received the fourth dose of Sinovac vaccine▼
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[10:42] The closure of Sau Lam House, Tsui Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O was lifted. About 980 people were tested during the enclosure. Nine positive test cases and one case with indeterminate test results were found. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health will arrange for follow-up.
Epidemic︱Social restrictions are eased as scheduled on May 19, Lin Zheng admits that the fifth wave of stalemate is at a low level: but the risk is controllable and epidemic prevention restrictions continue to be relaxed.
[09:47] Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor described that the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is at a stalemate, and the number of cases has not increased or decreased significantly. However, there are groups of outbreaks in places with high-risk people, such as Xingyuelou, Sheung Wan, etc., and appeals to the public to relax social distancing while enjoying At the same time, wear a mask and don't take it lightly.
She emphasized that every time social distancing measures are relaxed, there is a risk of an increase in cases, and she expects that the immediate effective reproduction rate of the virus may rise above the "1" level in the next few days.
[09:45] The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, announced before the Executive Council that the second phase of relaxing social distancing measures will be implemented on Thursday (19th) as scheduled, including extending dine-in meals to 12:00 p.m. and bars open until 2:00 a.m.
▼On May 15, the "Yu Shan Private Kitchen" in Kwun Tong Industrial Building exploded ▼
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The real-time effective reproduction rate of local cases from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong has risen to 0.9932 late on the 16th, which means that one patient infects another.
(Screenshot of the website of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong)
Epidemic | The sixth wave of the outbreak is in the upcoming fifth wave. Big data in Hong Kong shows that the epidemic is worsening
[07:00] Although the fifth wave of the epidemic has passed the peak in March, the current epidemic is still hovering at the level of 200 to 300 cases per day. After the relaxation of social distancing measures, multiple clusters broke out.
Leung Cheuk-wai, an expert advisor to the government and dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, infers with a virus calculation model that if one is not careful, there will be a sixth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong in two weeks, which will arouse the attention of the whole city.
Kwok Kin-an, an assistant professor at the School of Public Health and Primary Care at CUHK, believes that the peak of the outbreak is expected in autumn and winter, and stressed that the sixth wave will only occur when a new variant of the virus hits Hong Kong, and now it is only the fifth wave.
Will the sixth wave break out in the short term?
The "Real-time Effective Reproduction Rate of Local Cases" compiled by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong rose to 0.9932, a two-month high.
Epidemic ｜ A total of 11 people from Kwun Tong Yu Shan’s private kitchen were recruited by CCTV and 40 people visited the epidemic on the day of the outbreak ｜ He Pak Leung pointed out that the outbreak group in the restaurant was expected: it is not good that minor cases will affect the normal vaccine ｜ Research reveals that there is no injection of anti-epidemic antibodies Vaccine passport for low-injection is 6 times higher and can resist other variant viruses | Experts recommend that only the elderly can use the vaccine Department of Health: the basic vaccine passport must be established to resume normal vaccines | The University of Hong Kong experts recommend that the use of the vaccine is limited to the elderly due to the low risk of severe illness in young adults
Frozen shrimp packaged in Indonesia detected new coronavirus in Macau, Hong Kong's PARKnSHOP is available for sale, Food Safety Center urges to stop eating Lady MacLehose Resort and Cao Gong Tam Outdoor Recreation Center from 5.27 to accept reservations for your tour | 150 itineraries are released, the first to promote paid upgrades tomorrow morning 10 Time travel agency snapped up
▼From May 11, the mandatory inspection announcement will be listed on the list▼
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Mandatory testing｜40 buildings suspected of outbreak of the epidemic in the Tung Chung Fu Tung Plaza branch of Tanzai Yunnan Rice Noodles were listed on the list of Tai Po, Tai Wai, Kwai Tsing and other housing estates that tested positive for sewage. The government sent 160,000 quick test kits to diagnose the buildings｜ An increase of 173 detached houses at Marina Cove in Sai Kung in a single day and No. 1 Shatin Genting is listed in the list of closed areas｜Enclosure of Sau Lam House, Tsui Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O, the target of forced inspection, completed the operation at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. Strong inspection announcement
▼On May 15, three new station platforms of the MTR East Rail Line crossing the sea▼
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