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epidemic. Live Broadcast | Case Breaks 4,000 Zhang Zhujun: Community Multi-Invisible Propagation Notice Enhanced Inspection

2022-07-21T09:00:17.843Z


The number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong broke through 4,000 in a single day. Today (21st), there were 4,375 new confirmed cases, including 299 imported cases and 3 more deaths. Hong Kong's new crown pneumonia epidemic has rebounded, with more than 3,000 confirmed cases in a single day for eight consecutive days


The number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong broke through 4,000 in a single day. Today (21st), there were 4,375 new confirmed cases, including 299 imported cases and 3 more deaths.


Hong Kong's new crown pneumonia epidemic has rebounded, with more than 3,000 confirmed cases in a single day for eight consecutive days.

Yesterday (20th), there were 3,805 new confirmed cases, including 180 imported cases, and one additional death.


Overview of yesterday's epidemic:

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The latest | 63 buildings were inspected and the government no longer required people who had been to the outbreak restaurant to be tested

▼July 20 Compulsory Testing Announcement▼


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▼On July 19, the Danfeng Building in Caihong Village was closed for inspection▼


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[16:51] Schools reported 414 new cases, involving 335 schools, including 330 students and 84 staff, and 193 schools had 2 or more cases in the past 7 days. It is recommended that individual classes in the following two schools be suspended for one week :

1) Hong Kong Taoist Federation Yunquan Wu Lihe Memorial School: There are 25 students in Class 5A, three of whom are diagnosed

2) Shunde Friendship Association Liang Lixiuyu Shatian Kindergarten: There are 28 students in K3B class, three of whom are diagnosed

[16:50] Zhang Zhujun said that there are more than 4,000 cases today, and there is an upward trend. He is worried that it will put pressure on the medical services of the HA. The proportion of three injections in Hong Kong is not high, only 66%, especially for elderly people aged 70 to 79. 59%, 38% over the age of 85, need to be improved, three injections have not been taken, and the public is urged to take it as soon as possible. At present, there are many cases, and there is a considerable amount of invisible transmission in the community. The government will strengthen the inspection and strengthen the inspection announcement. Testing, I hope early detection, isolation, and treatment can reduce severe illness and mortality. If you feel unwell, you need to be diagnosed and tested to reduce the risk.

At present, the number of cases is all upward, but it is not as fast as the fifth wave in February and March, but it is observed that there is a gradual upward trend, doubling in about two weeks, and there is no downward trend.

[16:42] There were three more deaths, one male and two females, aged between 93 and 99. All three received two injections.

1) A 93-year-old man with high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation, as well as lung disease and brain degeneration, was admitted to the emergency department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital. On July 19, he was admitted to the hospital for screening and the nucleic acid test was positive. The CT value was greater than 30. The situation was like a stroke, the lungs were not spent, the heart was enlarged, the breathing was poor, the blood oxygen fell, and the first aid was invalid. He passed away on July 19.

2) A 93-year-old female with high blood pressure and brain degeneration. She was admitted to the emergency room of Queen Mary Hospital on July 1 due to fever. She tested positive for self-improvement, CT value was 20, shortness of breath, elevated heart enzymes, myocardial infarction, and her condition was stable , transferred to Feng Yaojing Hospital for recuperation on July 13, and died later

3) A 99-year-old female with hypertension, diabetes, and brain degeneration.

He was admitted to the hospital for emergency on July 8, and was referred by a designated clinic. The rapid test was positive on July 3, and he was admitted to the hospital on July 8. The CT value was less than 20. After admission, special drugs were prescribed, and the situation continued to deteriorate.

[16:30] The number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong broke through 4,000 in a single day. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that today (21st), there were 4,375 new confirmed cases, including 299 imported cases and 3 more deaths. .

Lu Chongmao: Before appointing experts, he explained that epidemic prevention should not copy the unified message of internal communication from foreign countries

[14:25] At a special meeting of the Legislative Council Health Affairs Committee today (21st), Legislative Council member Yip Liu Shuyi mentioned that four experts including Professor Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, recently jointly suggested that social distancing measures should be gradually relaxed. "Mixed immunity" is created through natural infection and vaccination.



The director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, responded that the government will continue to communicate with experts, and stressed that it should be fully communicated within the expert committee before explaining it systematically to the public.

He added that the first meeting of the expert committee will be held as soon as possible, and then a unified message will be released so that the public will not receive confusing messages from different sources.

▼On July 21, Sun Yuhan, director of the Labor and Welfare Bureau, talked about the quarantine arrangements in institutions at the Education and Vocational Expo▼


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[14:20] With the recent rebound of the epidemic to the level of more than 3,000 confirmed cases in a single day, the government plans to strengthen epidemic prevention measures in institutions.

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Sun Yuhan, said today (21st) that he will hold a meeting and explain with the industry in person later this week to discuss strengthening arrangements for nucleic acid testing in institutions, including the number of encryptions, etc. He will also tighten epidemic prevention arrangements, and strengthen hospital The relevant arrangements will be announced in due course.

Epidemic|The Bureau of Labor and Welfare held a meeting with institutions this week to study encrypted nucleic acid testing and visitor epidemic prevention

Macau Epidemic | 12 more positive cases, a total of 1,795 cases, more than 410,000 people were negative in 12 rounds of national testing

[11:00] The Macau Novel Coronavirus Infection Response Coordination Center stated this morning (21st) that 12 new positive cases were added within 24 hours yesterday, including 11 cases in the red code area and medical observation hotels, which were found during management and control; close contacts 0 cases were found in the community, 1 case was found in the national nucleic acid and key groups, and 0 cases in other groups were found in the community; a total of 1,795 cases have been accumulated since June 18.

District Closure|Tai Po Plaza Yifu Court completed the closure test, revealing 5 positive and 2 uncertain cases

[07:35] Yifu Court, Tai Po Plaza, Tai Po was lifted this morning (21st), during which 645 people were tested. Among them, five positive test cases and two cases with indeterminate test results were found.

▼On July 15, Shenzhen Bay Port will implement new departure quarantine arrangements▼


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▼Compulsory testing announcement from July 10▼


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Confirmed Buildings|Added 1,812 buildings at No. 37 Repulse Bay Road, and 18 buildings in Sunrise Lhasa City, Arc de Triomphe, on the list for mandatory testing|Added 63 residential buildings and 6 buildings in Mei Foo New Village on the list. Xinglianhai and other housing estates tested positive for sewage, the government sent 300,000 test kits to call for self-inspection vaccines | Two more men had injections in the two weeks before their death, a total of 119 people died, and no cases were related to injections | 3805 new cases were confirmed BA2.12.1 , BA.4/5 cases can be quarantined at home | Lin Baixin Middle School and Santa Cruz School are closed for a week, and a total of 12 people in the North District Hospital have been diagnosed with the epidemic in Macau | This Saturday until 7.30 o'clock, casinos and other operations will resume on Labor Day parade Violation of the gathering order, the Department of Justice pointed out that there was no vaccine at that time and keeping a distance was the best measure. Call for more door-to-door testing He Bailiang advocates shortening the grace period of the "vaccine passport" Suggestions may require three shots at the end of August Macau Epidemic | 18 new positive cases on the 10th relatively static 12th round of national testing to start compulsory testing today | 80 additional locations Haofang Starbucks and Tsim Sha Tsui Gongdelin are on the list

Source: hk1

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