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epidemic. 6.29|The number of confirmed cases in a single day surpassed 2,000, and the peak period of the University of Hong Kong Medical School has not yet arrived

2022-06-29T16:57:25.530Z


The number of confirmed cases has exceeded 2,000. Today (29th) Hong Kong has added 2,004 cases, including 155 imported cases. There are no new deaths today. Schools reported 217 cases, and some classes in three schools had to be suspended due to the outbreak.


The number of confirmed cases has exceeded 2,000. Today (29th) Hong Kong has added 2,004 cases, including 155 imported cases. There are no new deaths today.

Schools reported 217 cases, and some classes in three schools had to be suspended due to the outbreak.

In addition, there were no local suspected BA.4 or BA.5 cases found in 5 Hongshan Peninsula, a mansion in Tai Tam, Hong Kong Island.


Positive cases in Macau are also on the rise. As of this evening, the Macau Novel Coronavirus Infection Response and Coordination Center stated that there were 119 new nucleic acid positive cases, and the cumulative number of infected cases reached 533.


Overview of yesterday's epidemic:

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6.28|There are 8 cases in 2 housing estates and Mong Kok Jade Garden in the Tuen Mun Harbour Restaurant epidemic expansion area

The immediate effective reproduction rate of the latest local case at the University of Hong Kong Public School dropped to 1.64, that is, each patient transmitted to about 1.64 people.

(Photo of HKU Faculty of Medicine)

Macau Epidemic|Due to machine failure and testing errors, the third round of national testing of 132 people did not result in results

June 30th [00:47] The third round of nationwide COVID-19 testing in Macau ended in the afternoon (28th) the day before.

The Response Coordination Center said that 132 of them failed to detect normal results due to machine failures and testing errors in the relevant testing companies. The Center deeply regrets this.

The Macau Response and Coordination Center stated that this time (9:00 a.m. on June 27th to 6:00 p.m. on 28th) the national nucleic acid test has ended. 652,544 people have been sampled, 652,124 people have tested negative, and a total of 48 mixed samples have been positive. , In addition, there are still 132 people without test results, and all the results have not been detected so far.

▼Announcement of mandatory testing on June 29▼


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Diagnosed Buildings | 1,002 mansions including Yinhua Garden and Jiazhao Terrace were added to the list

[25:53] There were 2,004 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong today (29th), and 1,002 new buildings were added to the latest list of confirmed buildings, a decrease of 71 buildings from yesterday.

Sha Tin District has a total of 107 buildings on the list, ranking first among all districts, followed by Eastern District and Yuen Long District with 87 and 83 buildings respectively.

One of the listed buildings is suspected to be related to the BA.2.12.1 mutated virus case, involving Mei Leung House, Shek Kip Mei Estate.

In addition, many luxury houses are also on the list, including the second phase of Yinhua Garden in Mid-Levels Central, where the artist Xue Jiayan lives, the Cloudridge Tower B on the Peak, the 2 Jia Zhao Terraces in the West Mid-Levels, and the 8 Bel-Air Towers in Pokfulam.

▼Some confirmed buildings on June 29▼


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Compulsory testing|Add 36 locations to the list of Soybean Milk King and Yuen Long Plaza Yoshinoya

[23:28] The Food and Health Bureau announced the announcement of mandatory testing, adding 36 new locations to the list.

Among them, there are five restaurants, including: Hollywood Ice House, Lai Kok Shopping Centre, Sham Shui Po, Soy Milk King, Ngau Tau Kok Amoy Shopping Centre Phase 2, August Tea Room, Un Chau Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Yoshinoya, Yuen Long Plaza, and Ichiban Japan, Yuen Long Education Road cooking.

A 41-year-old male housekeeping supervisor at the Ruxin Hotel in Causeway Bay who was infected with BA.4 or BA.5. He ate at the hotel staff restaurant on the 5th floor for five times. The dates involved were from 07:45 to 08:15 and 13:30 on June 24. ~ 14:30, 26th 13:30 ~ 14:30, 27th 13:30 ~ 14:30 and 28th 13:30 ~ 14:30.

Those who are in the same venue during the specified period and time period must go for nucleic acid testing tomorrow or the day after (June 30 or July 1).

There are 28 buildings on the list because of patients, and 7 buildings in Shatin District account for the most, including 9 Julong Residences in Tai Wai, Pok Chi House, Pok Hong Estate, Shatin, Hin Yiu House, Hin Yiu Estate, Shatin, Yuen Chau Kok, Chunhui Garden, Shatin Jin Ming. Peak Block D, Ma On Shan Jin Ying Court Jin Yi Court, Ma On Shan Ya King Terrace Block 4.

There are 4 buildings in Tuen Mun, Tuen Mun Tai Hing Village Hing Fai Building, Tuen Mun Town Plaza 4, Tuen Mun Butterfly Village Die Ling Building, Tuen Mun Kin Sang Village Tai Sang Building.

▼Announcement of mandatory testing on June 29▼


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[18:00] The first block of Fuya Garden in Tai Po was closed for inspection this evening. The government's goal is to complete the operation at about 10:00 a.m. tomorrow (30th).

Depending on the test results, the operation may be extended.

HA Chief Executive Ko Bak Seng re-appointed for three-year term until 2025

【17:54】Hospital Authority Chairman Fan Hongling announced today (29th) that Dr. Gao Basheng was re-appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the HA, effective from 1 August this year, for a term of three years. The appointment has been approved by the HA Adopted by the General Assembly and approved by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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[17:22] The Macau Novel Coronavirus Infection Response and Coordination Center announced in the evening that 49 new positive cases were added today, bringing the total number of positive cases in this round to 533.

A total of 280,000 quick test kits were sent to 13 estates and housing estates in three districts including Huangpu Garden and Xinghe Mingju.

[17:02] The government announced today (29th) that a total of 13 housing estates and housing estates in Tai Po, Kowloon City and Wong Tai Sin districts had positive sewage test results and a relatively high amount of virus. The Office will gradually distribute a total of about 280,000 rapid antigen test kits to its residents, cleaners and property managers for their self-testing.

[17:00] Ou Jiarong said that local BA.4 and BA.5 were found, and the previous local cases were related to importation, airport, hotel work, contact with immigrants, or family related.

However, this week, the number of cases could not be related to imported cases. The number has risen in the past two days. About 10 cases have no source. It is very concerned that the community does not know the way of infection.

There is an implicit chain related, and the previous one is passed out.

Genetic analysis will be done, quarantine arrangements will be arranged, and high-risk places will be forced to check.

However, it is still a small part, mainly the popular BA.2 and BA.2.12.12.

Epidemic | 2,004 confirmed cases hit a new high in the past three months, Tianshui Wai Official Middle School, Class 3, Class 4, Class 4, 4 more people infected with BA.4, BA.5 variant virus, unknown source, patients living in various districts (with addresses)

[16:56] Liu Jiaxian, the general administrative manager of the Hospital Authority, said that an 88-year-old female patient in the internal medicine ward of Tseung Kwan O Hospital was found to be positive for screening on June 27, and the follow-up and contact investigation were conducted. Two female patients are positive, two close contacts are to be quarantined, three patients are receiving isolation treatment, and their conditions are stable. The hospital has tested the patients, others are negative, and environmental samples are also negative. Cleaning and disinfection.

Ou Jiarong said that no source BA.4 and BA.5 infection cases were found in the community in the past two days.

On the right is Liu Jiaxian.

(Photo by Ma Weijie)

[16:53] In the pre-7.1 epidemic assessment, Ou Jiarong said that the number of cases had risen in the past week and was at a relatively high level. It gradually increased in early June, with 1,500 to 2,000 cases per day, reflecting a certain chain of transmission. The social distancing was relaxed at the end of May. Life is back to normal. The restaurant has been operating for a long time, which has led to more cases in the community. The epidemic situation is steadily and slowly increasing, not a sudden outbreak. Most of them are mild and asymptomatic. The hospitalization and death are at a stable level. There are many shares, such as the Central and Western District before, there are not many in that area for the time being, and the whole territory is on the rise.

The number of confirmed cases has increased by 40% compared with the previous 7 days. The Hospital Authority established a response center to accommodate more than 2,000 hospital beds within 48 hours.

[16:49] There are 15 suspected BA.4 or BA.5 cases, including 3 imported cases and 4 unsourced cases, including PARK YOHO Block 25A, where 5 members of a family were confirmed.

In addition, one unsourced case was also recorded at Block 5, Red Hill Peninsula, a luxury residence in Tai Tam, Hong Kong Island.

Another case is a 41-year-old man who works as a housekeeping supervisor at Nina Hotel in Causeway Bay. It is a quarantine hotel. He lives in Oi Tai Building, Fu Tai Estate, Tuen Mun. The test was uncertain on June 26, and the test was positive. On the 27th, it was negative. The quarantine hotel work has regular tests. On the 12th, 15th and 19th, all of them were negative, which may have been infected by the contact with the quarantined guests.

BA.4 has a total of 34 cases, BA.5 has 64 cases, and two cases were found to be transmitted to family members after returning home after quarantine.

[16:41] There were collective outbreaks in individual classes in the three schools. It is recommended that the relevant classes be suspended for a week:

1) There were 31 students in Class 4C of Tin Shui Wai Government Secondary School, and 4 cases were recorded

2) Catholic Our Lady of Lourdes Kindergarten All-day Senior Class Love, 32 students, Morning Senior Class Letter and All-Day Senior Class Love, 3 Cases in Morning Class

3) Heyitang Chen Bohong Memorial Kindergarten, among the 8 students in the afternoon senior class, 2 cases were positive

[16:35] Au Ka-wing, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that there were 2,004 new cases in Hong Kong today (29th), including 155 imported cases, and there were no new deaths today.

Vaccine | 60-year-old Weng and 74-year-old woman had chest pain suspected of myocarditis after injection of 10-year-old child two weeks before their death

[16:24] The government announced today (29th) that in the past week up to Sunday (26th), the Department of Health had received 44 reports of abnormal incidents involving people who had been vaccinated against the new crown virus, two of which were before their death. The death reports of a 60-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman who received the new crown vaccine within 14 days were reported. There is no clinical evidence that the cases were caused by the vaccine.

Anti-epidemic Hotline for Home Safety | Calls will be reduced from Thursday, and the operation will be changed to 7 p.m. and 11. The message function will be added to follow up the next day.

[15:29] The Home Affairs Department announced today (29th) that due to the sharp drop in the number of calls, the "Stay Safe and Anti-epidemic" hotline (1833 019) will be changed from tomorrow (30th) from 24 hours a day to every day It operates from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm.

The hotline will add a call recording function, allowing those who call outside the service hours to leave a message, and the hotline staff will follow up on the next morning.

Epidemic | Guangdong Province requires immediate implementation of "7+3" management measures for close contacts and inbound personnel

[14:22] Today (29th), the Epidemic Prevention and Control Team of the Guangdong Provincial New Coronary Pneumonia Prevention and Control Command Office issued a notice, requiring close contacts and inbound personnel to implement "7-day centralized isolation medical observation + 3-day home health monitoring" from now on ” management measures.

Macau Epidemic | 119 new cases, total 533 cases, public rapid test will be launched today and tomorrow

[11:07] The Macau Novel Coronavirus Infection Response Coordination Center announced that 70 new nucleic acid positive cases were added within 24 hours yesterday (28th), with a total of 484 cases since June 18th; 50 of the new cases belonged to the community Found, 20 cases were found in the control.

As of 8:00 a.m. today (29th), a total of 9,476 people have been followed up through epidemiological investigations, including 1,437 close contacts, 6,258 non-core close contacts (ie people with a common trajectory), and 354 secondary close contacts. There were 294 contacts and 649 escorts.

In response to the epidemic, the Response Coordination Center requires all Australians to take rapid antigen tests for 2 consecutive days today and tomorrow, and upload the results by themselves.

The University of Hong Kong estimates that the epidemic will peak in July, the Hospital Authority said that the public hospital is sufficient to cope with "bed waiting for people"

[10:45] The number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong continues to hover in the four-digit range. Huang Liji, Chief Administrative Manager (Network Operation) of the Hospital Authority, said today that according to the data of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, the current wave of the epidemic will peak in July, and it is estimated that the authorities will occupy the More than 2,000 hospital beds, equivalent to the use of first- and second-line isolation wards and beds in the Hong Kong Infection Control Center, are believed to be sufficient for public hospitals.

The air exchange rate of the Tuen Mun Harbour Restaurant is lower than the standard expected by experts, or it may be related to the change of the ventilation system

[10:10] The group of the harbour restaurant in Zall Plaza, Tuen Mun, involved in the outbreak of the mutated virus strain Omicron BA.2.12.1 expanded, and the CHP stated that the restaurant had insufficient ventilation.

Yuan Bailiang, chairman of the Working Group on Ventilation Volume or Air Purification Equipment in Catering Premises, said that the lack of ventilation in the Harbour Restaurant may be due to the failure of the ventilation system, for example, the belt reel of the fan is damaged, the rotation speed is insufficient, or the dust filter is blocked. There is also a chance It is related to the change in the ventilation system of the restaurant.

The group of harbour restaurants in Zall Plaza, Tuen Mun, involving the variant virus strain Omicron BA.2.12.1 was expanded.

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▼The final preview of the special edition of A Symphony of Lights on June 28▼


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[08:35] The closure of Deya Court in Tai Po was lifted. During the operation, 1852 people were tested. Among them, eight positive test cases and one case with indeterminate test results were found. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health will arrange follow-up.

[07:30] The closure of Kam Ying Court, Kam Ying Court, Shatin was lifted, during which about 890 people were tested. Among them, six positive test cases were found. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health will arrange follow-up.

▼The outbreak of the Jade Garden on June 28 is suspected to be related to the Tuen Mun Harbour Restaurant group▼


▼On June 28, the third round of compulsory testing for all people in Macau▼


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Another 70-year-old male diner in the Harbour Restaurant was recruited, a total of 42 people were diagnosed and suspected to spread to the Mong Kok Jade Garden outbreak, Tuen Mun Harbour Restaurant, ventilated, fat, and fat, and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today inspected and "urged" the closure of the Harbour Restaurant. Experts are expected to close due to insufficient ventilation. Two or three days to repair the FEHD said that it has prosecuted restaurants and bars successive outbreaks of the catering premises The working group said that the ventilation of individual premises was not satisfactory and did not meet the standards.

▼On June 23, the second phase of consumption coupons will accept transfer applications▼


Epidemic | 1,533 more cases of 88-year-old women died of illness in institutions, Ma'anshan Lingliang Primary School and other 3 schools were closed due to epidemic outbreak The second-generation vaccine will arrive in Hong Kong in the third quarter as soon as possible To "7+3", Hong Kong businessmen are excited and hope that the authorities will increase the appointment quota and the outbreak of the epidemic in the hospital | The geriatrician agrees that the elderly will be sent to the hospital after the in-situ quarantine performance pulls relationship

▼Compulsory testing announcement from June 20▼


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Confirmed Buildings | 1,073 new buildings in Tuen Mun accounted for the most, including the Aegean Coast, Yincui Mansion Mandatory Testing The government of Yu and Shang Yue sent 280,000 quick test kits to Macau for the outbreak of the epidemic ︱ 57 people infected, a total of 414 cases, 7.1 cases of negative test required to enter the casino Macau epidemic | 57 cases added, the authorities announced that the risk will be determined after the results of the national test

▼On June 28th, the Hong Kong Celebration Committee held the launching ceremony of the celebration of the return of China▼


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▼On June 28th, 250 taxis lined up in "25" to celebrate their return▼


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Source: hk1

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