There were 1276 new local and imported confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (18th), of which local cases accounted for 1160 and 116 imported cases.
There were no new deaths.
Two schools have reported intra-school transmission, including one teacher and three students in K3 class of Sunrise Cannes Greenland English International Kindergarten infected, including two students in the morning and one in the afternoon. It is recommended that this class not be suspended for 7 days.
The other is Evangel College Primary School, Chi Sin Street, Tseung Kwan O. A total of four students in Class 1E were infected.
In addition, the police counter-terrorism special team group increased by 2 cases.
A total of 22 cases.
This round of bars is the hardest hit area by the epidemic. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the police have taken strict enforcement actions in all bars/pubs in the past week (10 to 16). A total of 35 bars/pubs were found to have violated prevention regulations and were fined for late suspension. On the 3rd, 7th, or 14th of the city's dine-in restaurants, 4 restaurants and 14th were closed for 7th and 14th respectively. The authorities initiated prosecution proceedings against the person in charge; another 100 customers and employees received fixed penalty notices.
Announcement of mandatory testing on June 18
An overview of yesterday's epidemic news:
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6.17｜Over 1,000 cases for three consecutive days, Carrie Lam rushes to hold a press conference to urge avoid banquets
The latest real-time effective reproduction rate data of the virus from the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong, the latest figure on June 17 ran rampant at an average of 2.05, and the upper limit fell back to 3.067.
(Photo of HKU Faculty of Medicine)
▼On Friday, June 17th at Knutsford Terrace, Tsim Sha Tsui▼
▼On June 16th, before entering the bar, you must show a negative test certificate for the first day▼
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[22:36] The government announced the latest mandatory testing announcement. 28 places were on the list, involving 6 restaurants, including apm Chaoguan, Sham Shui Po Kung and Soybean Factory, while Yiu Chung House, Yiu On Estate, Ma On Shan was positive for sewage, together with the other 21 restaurants. Residential properties on the list include Hang Kei Garden, No. 4 Mount Davis Road, Pokfulam, and Tower 2, Tsing Yi, Ying Chui Peninsula, etc.
The anti-epidemic taxis went to the hospital, but the confirmed cases were "rejected" after being discharged from the hospital. The three departments could not answer the exact way back
[20:43] Anti-epidemic taxis (exclusive taxis) are used to transport mildly ill patients to and from their homes and designated clinics. As the epidemic eased earlier, the fleet was reduced from 400 at the peak to about 32.
Recently, some confirmed citizens reported that they took the anti-epidemic taxi to the designated clinic and then transferred to the hospital for examination by ambulance. After the doctor said that there was no need to stay in the hospital, they were refused when they wanted to take the anti-epidemic taxi home. The driver replied that he could not. The confirmed cases are picked up by the emergency room.
The patient is not only worried that taking other public transportation will infect others, but also worried that it will "break the law" and sigh that it is difficult to find a way back.
Wu Kuncheng, the permanent president and chairman of the Taxi Drivers Association, explained that according to government guidelines, hospitals are not within the service scope of exclusive taxi fleets. Drivers can only pick up patients with mild illnesses to and from designated clinics. As for hospital patients, it depends on the arrangements of relevant government departments. .
"Hong Kong 01" has inquired with the Department of Health, the Hospital Authority and the Transport Department in this regard. The Hospital Authority only pointed out that patients with COVID-19 should use "point-to-point" transportation whenever possible when going to and from public hospitals. The Transport Department only stated that the Government and the taxi trade will continue to closely monitor the actual demand and operation of the dedicated taxi fleet, adjust the number of vehicles and review service arrangements as necessary.
▼2.18 Anti-epidemic taxis operate on the first day▼
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It is said that the Guangzhou Railway will increase the number of West Nine Stations to and from Guangzhou East from 6.20, which is a regular schedule and has nothing to do with customs clearance.
[20:33] The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway is expected to go directly to Guangzhou East after customs clearance!
The Mainland Guangzhou Railway Group announced today (18th) the new schedule to be implemented from June 20th. It mentioned that there will be new trains from Guangzhou East to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station. There will be 6 pairs of trains per day, and the travel time will be between 1 hour. From 38 minutes to 1 hour and 51 minutes, it means that when Hong Kong and the mainland clear customs and the high-speed rail reopens, it may replace the intercity through train that is said to be permanently suspended, and operate the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East Station.
Legislative Councilor Lau Kwok-hsun believes that the announcement means that the inter-city through train may be suspended, and he pointed out that in the future, it will be possible to go directly to Guangzhou East Railway Station from West Kowloon Station to the more prosperous areas of Guangzhou, which can increase the attraction of high-speed rail, and even described the new announcement as a good thing. The message, "I hope that customs clearance will become more and more obvious."
Guangzhou Railway Group announced that starting from June 20, 6 new pairs of daily trains will be added between Guangzhou East and Hong Kong West Kowloon Station.
(WeChat public account "Guangzhou Railway Station of Guangzhou Railway Group")
Diagnosed Buildings︱Added 739 mansions involving Aoxiang Bay, Emgrand Court and five disciplined service quarters
[19:20] The Centre for Health Protection updated the list of confirmed buildings. Today, 739 buildings were added to the list, nearly double the 377 buildings yesterday. The East District of Hong Kong Island alone added 70 buildings, followed by 64 buildings in Sha Tin District. Since then, more than 50 new buildings have been added in Kwun Tong, Sai Kung and Yuen Long.
There are many mansions on the list, such as Pride Bayside in Kennedy Town, Tower 2, Mid-Levels Grand Court, and Imperial Court in Mid-Levels West.
In addition, five new quarters were added to the list today, namely, Block 2 of West Kowloon Disciplined Services Quarters, Block B of Tsing Yi Police Married Quarters, Block 4 of Shun Lee Disciplined Services Quarters, Block B of Fire Services Department Wong Tai Sin Officer and Senior Married Officers Quarters and 1 Disciplinary Services Quarters on Fung Shing Street; 5 hotels are also on the list, namely Hong Kong Yin Yue MGallery Collection, Hyatt Regency Hong Kong Sha Tin, Courtyard by Marriott Hong Kong Sha Tin, Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel and Star Network Business Boutique hotel.
[17:30] The second block of Changsha Bay's Blue Sea and Blue Sky was closed for inspection this evening. The government's goal is to complete the operation at about 11:00 a.m. tomorrow (19th).
Depending on the test results, the operation may be extended.
210,000 people in Shatin and Tsz Wan Shan Qi Uk Estate were positive for sewage
[17:13] The outbreak of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong has been repeated, and confirmed cases have also appeared in various districts.
The government announced today (18th) that seven housing estates and housing estates in Shatin and Tsz Wan Shan, including Pok Hong Village, Sha Kok Village, Tsz Lok Village and Tsz Hong Village, had positive sewage test results and relatively high virus levels.
The Housing Department and the local District Offices will successively distribute a total of about 210,000 rapid antigen test kits to its residents, cleaners and property management staff for their self-testing.
Epidemic ｜ 20 to 49-year-old group accounted for 54% of cases in the past week Department of Health: There are large and small outbreaks in the community
[16:55] Ou Jiarong said that there were cases in all districts, and there was no unusual outbreak concentrated in that district. There were increases in cases in different districts, and cases in each group increased. In the past week or two, many cases have been seen concentrated in In the young group, 54% of the cases in the past week affected people aged 20 to 49, and 18% were elderly. This is different from the peak of the fifth wave. This time, fewer elderly people are affected, and more young people are affected. We will closely monitor the epidemiology of the cases. material.
A total of 22 cases have been confirmed by the police counter-terrorism special team. Ou Jiarong: The patient has not been to bars or dinner parties
[16:45] Au Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that the group mentioned yesterday is the unit of the Police Operations Department. So far, 22 cases have been genetically analyzed, and it is believed to be BA.2.2, the fifth wave of Hong Kong. It has always been prevalent. Through the previous investigation on Thursday, it was found that there were clusters. The disease occurred between June 12 and June 16. Most of the cases were found to be positive on June 13, June 15, and June 16, and 2 cases were not found. Symptoms, others had mild symptoms from June 13 to June 15. One case was detected by the building on June 12. The police arranged for colleagues in the same group to do rapid testing. Of the 130 to 140 people, all of them were negative in the rapid test, and most of them were negative in the nucleic acid test, and 2 people are still waiting for the results.
An additional 1276 confirmed cases were confirmed on the Skyline Peninsula, two households and two schools in Tseung Kwan O were recruited and 8 people were infected with the virus
The investigation found that the earliest case was positive on June 12, and one returned to work on the last day of June 11, which may have spread on or before June 11. The police have disinfected, and the meals, changing rooms, and cars have been disinfected.
The survey found that the patient does not need to have contact with the public, nor go to restaurants or bars. It is believed that the main transmission is the working environment. Due to physical training, there is an opportunity to remove masks, and sometimes there is a chance of transmission in the workplace, such as eating and drinking, so it is recommended that every Quick test every day, and some cases are found in time.
Ou Jiarong said that the police group transmission may be related to the removal of masks from physical training.
On the right is Dr. Li Liye.
(Photo by Ma Weijie)
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-Shang Zhen Family Club of Kwun Tong Family Service Center: 4 new cases, all of which involve hospital residents who are in quarantine, a total of 18 residents and 1 employee were infected
-【13 BA.2.12.1 cases】:
- There were 5 cases in a family in Block 5, Sky Peninsula, Tsim Sha Tsui, including parents, two children and workers. There was another case on the other floor of the same building but in the same block.
-The other 4 cases are related to previously announced cases, including 1 case in Changxing Building, and there was a case on another floor a few days ago
-3 Cases Why there are 10 cases in the Central Kowloon Trunk Line site cluster on Fo Guang Street, Mantin, all males aged 39-67 received 2-3 injections, 3 of them were asymptomatic, they became ill from June 12 to 14, and among 10 people 8 people are early shift workers, 2 new cases are overnight shift workers, and a notice has been issued requiring site owners to conduct compulsory inspections
- 2 of them are entered
- Schools reported 797 cases in the past week, a 48% increase from the 538 cases reported in the previous week from June 4 to -10
When entering a bar, a quick test is required. Sheng Zhiwen pointed out that the implementation is difficult, and the government's new management of allergies must change the way of thinking
[14:46] Recently, the number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong and Japan has exceeded 1,000 for several days. The government has required to enter bars, nightclubs and other recreational places from the day before yesterday (16th), and must present a negative certificate of rapid test within 24 hours.
Sheng Zhiwen, chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, believes that the government has overreacted, emphasizing that the number of confirmed cases related to bars is only a small number, and the new arrangement is unfair and pays attention to business in the entrepreneurial sector.
By the end of the month, Luo Zhiguang reported that 93% of the residents had already received the first injection. The manpower challenge in the residential house has decreased compared with the fifth wave.
[11:23] The outbreak of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong has been repeated, and the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 1,000 recently.
Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, said today (18th) that 90% of the residents of the residential care homes have received a dose of the new crown vaccine, and it is believed that it will be close to 93% by the end of the month.
He believes that the government has learned from the fifth wave of the epidemic. He also expects that the number of confirmed cases will hover between 1,000 and 2,000 for a period of time, and there is little chance of a sharp rise. Therefore, the manpower challenge for institutions will not be as great as the fifth wave of the epidemic.
Luo Zhiguang expects the unemployment rate to fall below 4% by the end of the year, or the 6th wave in autumn: the negative impact is smaller than that in February and March
[10:01] The unemployment rate in Hong Kong recently dropped to 5.1%, finally falling after rising for three consecutive months.
Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, described the figures today (18th) as "slightly better than my estimate." He expects the unemployment rate to fall below 4% by the end of the year. Even if the epidemic rebounds slightly, there is no need to worry too much.
▼Long queue of job seekers at the job fair on June 8▼
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[08:40] Qingsong Building, Qinghe Village, Sheung Shui completed the enclosure test this morning. A total of about 1 490 people were tested. Among them, three positive test cases and two cases with indeterminate test results were found.
[08:00] The government recently announced that the eighth round of the first batch of 62 designated quarantine hotels will operate from August 1 to October 31, providing 2,300 rooms.
However, in just one day, the travel website showed on the afternoon of Friday (15th) that the reservations for hotel rooms have been full, and only one hotel will be available as soon as August 11th.
If non-local Hong Kong people want to book a cheaper room, the earliest is the Ramada Hotel on August 13, and the 7-day quarantine fee is 4,767 yuan.
The travel industry estimates that the current supply is still insufficient, and quarantine hotels can only accept up to nearly 70,000 people returning to Hong Kong each month, and there will be more options in September and October.
The industry also believes that hotel rooms are "the core of the problem", emphasizing that only if the government reduces the number of quarantine days, travel agencies can organize more tour groups.
Quarantine Hotel｜The 8th round just announced that it was full, the earliest 8.11 had a room for 7-day quarantine and charged $12,000
There are bars in multiple districts, at least 69 people who violated the rules, received summonses or fined many drinkers without a quick test certificate
[02:41] Tsuen Wan Police District Miscellaneous Investigation Team, Tsuen Wan Police District Auxiliary Police, and FEHD officers took a joint operation last night (17th) to inspect 11 catering premises and bars in the district, respectively at Limulus Plaza and 3 male and 3 female customers (aged 21 to 43) were found in 2 bars in Zhong An Street who did not use SafeTravel and failed to show negative results of rapid antigen test within 24 hours, suspected of violating the "Prevention and Control of Diseases (Regulations and Instructions)" (Business and Premises) Regulations (Cap. 599F).
All six were fined, and the FEHD issued summonses to the two responsible persons.
Tsuen Wan Police District and FEHD officers launched a joint operation to inspect catering premises and bars in the district.
(provided by the police)
Police FEHD inspected 4,507 bars and restaurants in one week, prosecuted 54 persons in charge, 111 persons were fined
[01:11] The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has shown signs of rebound recently. Yesterday (17th), there were 1,145 new cases, breaking the thousand for three consecutive days.
In view of successive outbreaks in restaurants and bars and multiple chains of transmission, the Police and the FEHD have recently stepped up inspections at the relevant premises to check whether customers are complying with regulations including vaccination, group gatherings and wearing masks.
A total of 4,507 bars, pubs and other dining premises were inspected by law enforcement officers in the past week (10-16), prosecution proceedings were initiated against 54 persons in charge of premises, and fixed penalty notices were issued to 111 customers or employees, the spokesman said. Book.
Epidemic｜For 3 consecutive days, the number of confirmed cases exceeded 1,000. 20 people from the anti-terrorist special team were recruited in the bar group. There were more than 1,000 confirmed cases in the same source. Lin Zheng admitted that the epidemic has rebounded. Consciousness Lam Cheng: I hope that the return to normal state can be maintained until July 1st and contact with the public, etc. Civil servants must do regular quick tests. Daily tests of civil servants reach 106,000 people. When entering bars, quick tests are required. The industry criticized that the regulations on the need for a quick test to enter the bar are not clear. Liquor-licensed restaurants are not restricted. The Director of Civil Aviation, Liao Zhiyong, lives with his family.
▼June 17 Chief Executive Carrie Lam's press conference▼
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Epidemic ｜ Teachers and students of all schools in Hong Kong will maintain daily rapid testing until the end of the school year. Residential staff must have 3 injections. 145 school cases have been added. Furong Garden, Canaan, a total of four classes have been suspended, and four schools are now infected. The Education Bureau calls for shortening the graduation ceremony Students who have not received two injections at the dinner party cannot participate in the mask-removing performance of Fubitai｜The scientific committee advocates extending the interval between the first injection and the second injection to 8 weeks: the risk of myocarditis is low. Fubitai︱The interval between the first injection and the second injection is extended to 8 weeks Re-booking at CUHK from 22nd: Antibodies in breast milk disappear within 5-6 months after injection, mother gets third injection to reduce baby's risk of infection Prisoners' farewell banquets in 31 months cancelled and supplementary meals after the Legislative Council?
Carrie Lam: I have no special words to talk to members about the Legislative Council cancellation of the Chief Executive's farewell lunch next Tuesday due to the rebound of the epidemic and the diagnosis of members
▼Disney Star Dream Light and Shadow Tour will have a media preemption on June 14▼
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Mandatory testing︱40 establishments are on the list, restaurants account for 9, and Wildfire Pizzabar is on the list of confirmed buildings on the Avenue of Stars Waiting for 250,000 people in 10 housing estates to be positive for sewage. Thailand reports the first "cat-to-human" new coronary pneumonia case. Veterinary infection expert: overall risk is low
▼Compulsory testing announcement from June 10▼
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Consumption Voucher｜Octopus failed to receive the last $1000, the next deadline is 6.30, check whether it is eligible for the 8th round of quarantine Hotels Reinterpretation of collections can be dark and touchable treasures The opening of the Forbidden City in Hong Kong｜The White Glazed Baby Pillow of the Northern Song Dynasty loved by Emperor Qianlong was exhibited in only 3 months to see the 25th anniversary of the handover｜LCSD congratulations on the Handover Science Museum, Space Museum 7.1 Free admission
▼The first batch of designated quarantine hotels in the eighth round▼
