Hong Kong's new crown pneumonia epidemic is heating up, with 515 new confirmed cases yesterday, 42 of which are imported cases.
Among the new cases, 3 are suspected to be BA.2.12.1 cases. Among them, a 38-year-old woman lives in Kwun Tak Kwan Shing Court, Sheung Lok Street, Kowloon City. A total of 36 cases were recorded related to the earlier McDonald's group.
Four bar groups continued to break out. Zentral, The Iron Fairies, LINQ and Shuffle bars in Lan Kwai Fong, Central, with a cumulative number of cases exceeding 200. Since dozens of people who had visited the bars were still unable to contact them, the Department of Health The CHP said it will refer relevant cases to relevant departments for legal follow-up.
Overview of yesterday's epidemic:
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6.4｜2 bars closed in violation of epidemic prevention regulations, 7 and 14 days, a bar in Central received beef jerky for 6 guests
11 people were fined 55,000 for one meal by the FEHD for violating the gathering order in Central on Saturday
[23:50] Many bars and restaurants in Hong Kong continue to have outbreaks. A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced tonight (5th) that the department took a joint operation with the police in the Central and Western District on the Dragon Boat Festival yesterday (4th) to deal with Enforcement action by officers, employees and customers of offending bars/pubs, other food and beverage premises and certain other premises.
Among them, a catering establishment in Central issued fixed penalty notices to 11 customers suspected of violating the relevant group gathering regulations, with a fine of $5,000 per person, that is, a total fine of 55,000 yuan. A fixed penalty notice was issued to a customer suspected of violating the requirement to scan the QR code of Safe Travel.
▼Announcement of mandatory testing on June 5▼
Compulsory testing｜43 restaurants in Shalong, Tai Po, including LOHAS Park LP6, Hong Kong University Dormitory, etc., are on the list
[23:00] The Food and Health Bureau announced the mandatory inspection announcement. There are 42 buildings and one restaurant on the list. Those who were in Shalong Restaurant on the ground floor of Tai Po Plaza from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Go to the next day (6th or 7th) for nucleic acid testing; the third student village of the Jockey Club, Nissin College, Shun Hing College, Zhixin College and Lizhi College, located at 9 Lung Wah Street, Kennedy Town, are on the list, such as on 5 Nucleic acid testing is also required if he was in it for more than two hours from June 30 to June 5.
Mandatory nucleic acid testing is required for residents and staff of all four blocks of "The University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Third Student Village" at 9 Lung Wah Street, Kennedy Town.
(File photo/Photo by Zhang Jiahao)
[22:00] A spokesman for the Home Affairs Department said that the "Vaccine Pass" has entered the third stage, and all customers and visitors entering catering premises and related scheduled premises must meet the relevant vaccination requirements.
The Licensing Office under the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau stepped up inspections on the premises where it issued the licenses during the long holiday (ie from June 3 to 5), and inspected a total of 104 club sites, 2 hotels and 25 games licensed by it. No cases of violations of epidemic prevention regulations were found.
▼ June 5th.
Taikoo Shing Cuihu Terrace Poyang Pavilion Enclosure Inspection▼
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Diagnosed Buildings｜Added 294 buildings in the Mid-level Imperial Palace, Clear Water Bay Peninsula, and Emperor Peak.
Palace on the list
[21:12] The epidemic continues. The Center for Health Protection updated the list of buildings with confirmed cases today (5th). Yesterday (4th), 294 new buildings had residents who reported the infection. Among the 18 districts, 25 buildings in the East District were on the list. The most, involving a number of public housing estates such as Yuwan Village and Tsuiwan Village; private buildings include 9 Saixi Lake Buildings.
Kwun Tong still dominates the Kowloon district, with 22 buildings on the list, including many public housing estates such as On Tai Estate and On Tat Estate.
As for the New Territories, Shatin and Yuen Long have the most buildings on the list, with 22 buildings respectively, including 12 and 14 of Xiao Chui Villa in Shatin, 2 of Phase 2 of Tai Wai Station, and 13 of Kingwood Residence in Kingswood Villa, Yuen Long Block 4 and Lihu Residence 4, etc.
▼Some newly reported buildings involving confirmed patients▼
Closed Area｜Poyang Pavilion in Taikoo Shing Encloses a Group of BA.2.12.1 Cases of McDonald's Related to Recruits
[18:41] A number of residents were infected with the Poyang Pavilion, Cuihu Terrace, Taikoo Shing, Taikoo Shing Branch BA.2.12.1. At night, they were enclosed for mandatory testing. The government will set up a temporary sampling station in the area, and asked the people to be tested today. Take the test before 11:30 pm. The goal is to complete the operation at about 11:00 am tomorrow (6th). Depending on the test results, the operation may be extended.
The earliest sick student at Taikoo Desiqi Canadian International School and a 67-year-old male patient who had been to McDonald's in Cityplaza both lived in Poyang Pavilion.
The government said that after reviewing a basket of factors, including the amount of virus detected in sewage, the situation of related confirmed cases, and other environmental factors, through risk assessment, it decided to make restrictions and test announcements on relevant areas.
Frequent outbreaks of DJ performances in bars cause controversy FEHD: DJs are prohibited from communicating with customers
[18:34] According to the epidemic prevention regulations, it is stipulated that bars cannot have live performances and dancing activities. However, recently, many bars have exploded, and there has been controversy over whether DJs are illegal to play discs.
The FEHD recently confirmed that DJs interact with people in the seats in any form or constitute a "live performance".
In response to the enquiry, the FEHD stated that according to the relevant instructions, the person in charge of the bar or pub must ensure that the staff and customers in the venue do not engage in dancing activities.
A DJ who plays background music alone in a room other than the seating room and has no physical interaction with the people in the seating room will not be considered a live performance.
▼ June 5th.
Mansions in Repulse Bay and Park Island Sewage were positive▼
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[17:40] The government stated that some parts of Tsuen Wan District, Southern District, and Central and Western District had positive results in sewage tests, and the virus load was relatively high. Therefore, about 190,000 rapid test kits will be distributed to relevant areas for them Self-inspection, including Park Island and several housing estates in Repulse Bay, such as Regency Garden, Repulse Bay Garden Building, Grosvenor Place, Yingwan Garden Sham Wan Xuan, etc.
Repulse Bay luxury homes tested positive for sewage including Regency Garden, Shadow Bay Garden, Grosvenor Place
▼The opening ceremony of Shatoujiao Market in Shatoujiao Restricted Area on June 3▼
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Epidemic | 515 confirmed virus reproduction rates hit a three-month high, 20% of rapid test cases were re-tested negative
[17:25] Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that even after subtracting the number of confirmed cases that were negative after re-examination, the current actual number is still high. For example, the immediate effective reproduction rate of the University of Hong Kong is 1.353. , again higher than 1, showing that the epidemic situation in Hong Kong seems to be on the rise, of course, it may be related to the adjustment of social distancing measures.
She said that although most people in the community have been infected, some have not been out before, and some people have not been vaccinated, so there is a chance to be infected in the community now. She reiterated that vaccination can definitely effectively prevent severe illness and death, and suggested that if there are activities If attendance cannot be avoided, strict epidemic prevention measures should be maintained at all times.
The immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong rose to 1.353, the highest since early March.
(Screenshot of the website of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong)
▼ June 3rd.
Admiralty Pacific Place Triple O's and Central Café Crêpe are open as usual▼
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[17:05] The Hospital Authority announced that a registered nurse in the Orthopedic and Traumatology Ward of Queen Mary Hospital has been diagnosed. After tracking, all 24 patients have been tested. One patient was positive, and the virus load was low. We are still investigating whether there are other infections and whether the tracing is related to the infection of nurses. Now the relevant wards have received new cases, transfer and discharge arrangements have been made, visits will be suspended, and family members will be contacted to see how to arrange visits, quarantine and discharge arrangements have been made. disinfect.
In addition, three doctors in the ICU of North District Hospital have tested positive for rapid testing and are waiting for further test results. The last working time of the three people was June 2, and they had not been in contact with confirmed patients in the past 14 days.
Wear protective equipment during work to prevent relevant colleagues and patients from being tested, and arrange thorough cleaning and disinfection at the workplace immediately.
The three had a dinner party with three other doctors outside the hospital earlier. The other three doctors are asymptomatic and are waiting for further arrangements for virus testing.
Remind all doctors and nurses to avoid participating in large gatherings during the epidemic, and to obey the rules even when attending to reduce the risk of infection
Dozens of people in ZENTRAL and The Iron Fairies continue to explode in bar
[16:52] Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that there were dozens of cases in the Central Bar Zentral and The Iron Fairies that had not been contacted or tested before, and had been referred to the relevant authorities for legal follow-up. The cases found today may be found after a few re-examinations; LINQ has just completed the forced inspection, and some of them may still be tight, and only a few 10 cases have not been done; as for Shuffle, it should expire today, so the number may be Variety.
When asked whether the bar group would be defined as having reached a serious level, the Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Zhang Zhujun, did not respond positively, but said that the patient concerned was relatively young and therefore had mild symptoms such as fever, sore throat and runny nose. ; Zentral and The Iron Fairies, the gene sequence is BA.2.2, which is similar to the local epidemic, and there are no serious cases, while LINQ and Shuffle have no ranking results for the time being.
The cumulative number of infected people in the four epidemic bars.
▼On May 28, the Zentral Bar on D'Aguilar Street, Central, broke out ▼
[16:40] The bar group increased again, with 27 more cases in the Shuffle bar. A total of 69 people were infected, aged 18 to 41, 40 females and 29 males, who felt unwell at the earliest on May 29.
There are a total of 9 employees in the bar, of which 4 people tested positive, but the employee's onset date is not too early, it is estimated to be between June 2 and June 4, and they may have been infected at that time.
[16:33] There were 515 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong yesterday, 42 of which were imported cases.
Among the new cases, 3 are suspected to be BA.2.12.1 cases. Among them, a 38-year-old woman lives in Kwun Tak Kwan Shing Court, Sheung Lok Street, Kowloon City. A total of 36 cases were recorded related to the McDonald's group.
The fifth wave accumulated 1,202,522 cases, of which 753,389 were positive for nucleic acid tests and 452,133 were positive for rapid tests.
Those who are positive in the rapid test may need to review Liang Zichao: the high false positive rate is not due to false reports due to the slowdown of the epidemic
[16:04] As the epidemic continues, the government announced earlier the results of a sample survey on the quick-testing platform, requiring some notifiers to undergo a nucleic acid review test.
The government said today (5th) that the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health will require all notifying persons to undergo a nucleic acid review test if the testing capacity permits.
Respiratory system expert Liang Zichao believes that during the fifth wave of the outbreak, the authorities were unable to conduct re-examinations, but now that the number of community cases has declined, it is believed that the authorities are absolutely capable of conducting re-examinations for every reported case.
He emphasized that the main reason for false positives is not that the public falsely reported results, but that the current level of disease in the community is low, the frequency of true positives has decreased, and the proportion of false positives has naturally increased.
The government intends to require all citizens who report positive for the rapid test to undergo a nucleic acid test review
[12:35] The fifth wave of the epidemic continues. The government stated today (5th) that if citizens report cases through the “2019 Coronavirus Rapid Antigen Test Positive Person Reporting System”, the Centre for Health Protection will, if the testing capacity permits, All notifying persons will be required to undergo a nucleic acid review test.
The authorities also pointed out that as of June 3, three people who provided false rapid test information had been arrested.
Resumption of suicide cases hits a new high for 3 years, director of high suicide prevention center calls for additional mental health courses
[12:19] The epidemic has lasted for more than two years, and schools have been closed many times.
Ip Siu-fai, director of the Centre for Suicide Prevention Research at the University of Hong Kong, said in a radio program this morning (5th) that after the school officially resumed classes in April this year, there were four cases of suicide among students, and the number rose to seven in May, a three-year high. , the situation is worrying.
Entering the examination season this month, all parties should pay more attention to the mental health of students.
Ye also believes that students from low-income families are more stressed and therefore need more support, hoping to give them hope for tomorrow and avoid suicidal tendencies and mental problems.
He also suggested that a mental health course should be set up on top of the existing regular curriculum, so that people from all walks of life should pay attention to the mental health of students, and "don't think it's an extra."
▼ June 3rd.
Admiralty Pacific Place Triple O's and Central Café Crêpe are open as usual▼
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[10:45] The government announced that the compulsory inspection of Block 6 of Regent Gardens in Kowloon Bay has been completed. A total of 565 people were tested in the operation, and it was corrected that one positive test case was found, not the two mentioned earlier. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health will arrange follow-up.
Starting from about 9:30 am today, those who have taken the test can leave the designated exit after providing their personal information to the prescribed officer if they can produce a negative test result via SMS and wear a wristband to prove their acceptance of the compulsory test , and has been lifted at about ten o'clock today.
▼On June 3, the Shuffle outbreak at Lan Kwai Fong bar in Central▼
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▼ June 2nd.
Some customers go to the travel agency to inquire▼
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[10:30] The government calls on the public to continue to adhere to the anti-epidemic measures.
The government said that the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong continued to run rampant at the level of 400 to 500. After the resumption of bars, there have been four clusters so far, Zentral, The Iron Fairies, LINQ and Shuffle bars in Lan Kwai Fong, Central, with a total of 195 cases. Today ( 5) or surpassed the level of 200. Hong Kong added 446 confirmed cases yesterday (4th). Among them, a 70-year-old woman was suspected of being infected with BA.2.12.1. The source is unknown. Bento, Wanchai Beihai Central Restaurant and other places were included in the mandatory inspection announcement yesterday. At the same time, outbreaks occurred in many schools, and individual classes were required to suspend classes, including Tseung Kwan O Christian and Missionary Association Xuan Kei Primary School.
The Government solemnly appeals to the public not to relax and to continue to adhere to the anti-epidemic measures.
A government spokesman said that although the fifth wave of the epidemic has been clearly contained and the number of new daily cases has dropped sharply from the tens of thousands at the peak in early March this year to the hundreds recently, with the gradual resumption of social and economic activities However, the risk of a resurgence of the epidemic still exists, and the public should not take it lightly.
Among them, the FEHD and the Police inspected more than 1 200 catering premises (including bars/pubs) and other premises from June 2 to 3, and instituted prosecutions for suspected violations of directions.
The government reminds the heads of catering establishments and bars/pubs to post notices as required by the "Vaccine Pass" and use the latest version of the "Verified QR Code Scanner" mobile application to scan the customer's electronic injection card, medical exemption certificate or Rehabilitation record QR code.
All customers (except those who only buy takeaway) are also required to scan the QR code of the "Safe Mobility" premises using the "Safe Mobility" mobile app on their mobile phones/other mobile devices before entering the premises.
▼On June 2, the Central Bar LinQ broke out▼
2 bars were fined and closed for violations, food ring interpretation bar DJ performance: interacting with seat customers or banned
[00:12] The new crown epidemic continues, and new cases have been reported in the Lan Kwai Fong bar group.
The FEHD said on Saturday night (4th) that it will step up inspections on catering premises on June 2 and 3, and conduct joint operations with the police.
In the end, the heads of 6 restaurants and 4 bars were punished for violations, including closing at night and early in the morning, and the maximum of 2 people per table must be observed during the day.
In addition, 1 diners and employees were issued a penalty notice for allegedly violating the regulations of "Safe Travel" and "Vaccine Pass".
Live performances are prohibited in bars, but groups have appeared in 4 bars in Central recently. Some bars have DJ performances. Some groups say that the epidemic prevention regulations do not specify whether DJ performances are live performances.
The FEHD has pointed out that the "Bar/Pub FAQ" on its thematic website explains what "live performance" means, which means that if the disc jockey (commonly known as DJ) operating the audio equipment is alone in the DJ room other than the seating area If background music is played inside the venue and there is no physical contact with the people between the seats, it is generally not regarded as a live performance.
Conversely, if the DJ is present and interacts with the people in the seats in any form, it may constitute a "live performance".
▼On June 2, the inspection of the closed area of Lirong Building in To Kwa Wan▼
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An overview of yesterday's epidemic news:
Diagnosed Buildings | 330 new buildings were added to the Mid-level Imperial Palace and Haimingshan Houses on the list accounted for 3 buildings in Xinghua Village, an additional 446 confirmed cases of Taikoo Shing's 70-year-old woman infected with the variant BA.2.12.1 During the infectious period, I visited many restaurants and bars and the epidemic broke out｜Lan Kwai Fong The group increased by 76 people in a single day LINQ surged 44 cases, Shuffle added 28 cases of positive sewage samples from Shun Tin Village and Tung Tau No. 2 Village The government sent 100,000 rapid test kits for self-test 5 students of Hui Xuan Kei Primary School must be closed for class 1. It is reported that Hong Kong and Macau will be exempted from quarantine in August. Macau Tourism Office clarifies: No relevant news has been released. Coordinating more than 110 housing blockade operations per month
▼Compulsory testing announcement from June 1▼
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▼ June 3rd.
Stanley held the event of "Stanley Dragon Boat Celebrating Duanyang"▼
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