The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. The number of confirmed cases in a single day has exceeded the level of 4,000 for 12 consecutive days. Yesterday (1st), 4,254 confirmed cases were added. Deteriorated and passed away, another 35-month-old boy had several cramps and needed to be admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and his condition is temporarily stable.
The Joint Scientific Committee under the Department of Health unanimously agreed to lower the vaccination age for the new crown from 6 months to 3 years old, and the applicable vaccines include Fubitai and Sinovac.
Chief Executive Li Jiachao said that he will soon announce the shortening of the number of quarantine days to reduce the inconvenience to travelers going back and forth, but the exact number of days to be shortened remains to be reviewed.
Ho Pak-leung, director of the Centre for Infection and Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong, believes that overseas returning residents may undergo home quarantine instead of hotel quarantine, but they will be identified with a yellow code during the quarantine period, allowing them to carry out limited outing activities, but they cannot visit the listed premises or need to Covered place.
Summary of yesterday's epidemic reports:
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8.1｜22-month-old baby girl died, 35-month-old boy admitted to ICU, 6 more deaths in a single day
▼On July 25, those returning to Hong Kong from the airport are waiting to take a special bus to the quarantine hotel▼
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▼On July 26, the Security Bureau introduced the Penny's Bay Community Isolation Facility▼
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[08:00] The local epidemic has lasted for more than two years. At the beginning of the fifth wave of the epidemic, there was an infection incident in the tunnel "9 seconds before and after" at Mei Foo MTR Station. The local technology company Avalon SteriTech (Kai Yao Environmental Sanitation Technology) immediately dispatched 10 disinfection robots for disinfection.
Not only the MTR, but also the shopping malls and even the aircraft cabins have disinfection robots. He Weikang, CEO of Kaiyao Environmental Sanitation Technology, said that the people most affected by the epidemic are undoubtedly cleaners. The company has sent robots to share and reduce cleaning. The basic process of the workers, so that they "don't make it so hard", and the robot provides health protection for the cleaners.
He also pointed out that Kai Yao also piloted the experiment of medical and nursing antibacterial work uniforms in public hospitals at the beginning of this year, and is currently in the final testing stage.
The current data shows that even if the clothes are washed many times, the effective antibacterial function of the clothes remains at 99.9% within half a year.
He hopes that the clothes can be used in major hospitals, and the company also plans to use antibacterial fabrics to create uniforms for staff and students in nursing homes.
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New Coronary Pneumonia｜Research indicates that the hospitalization rate for re-positive is three times that of the first infection, Cui Junming calls for three vaccines
[00:01] The outbreak of the new crown pneumonia has been repeated. Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Hospital Pharmacists Association, called for three shots of the vaccine as soon as possible, saying that "infection can replace vaccination is wrong."
He explained that the amount of neutralizing antibodies produced by natural infection is lower than that produced by vaccination, and the level of neutralizing antibodies in the body of the recoveries of the fifth wave of the epidemic will also begin to decline after three months.
In addition, Cui Junming pointed out that compared with the first infection, the risk of death after infection in the re-positive case was 2.14 times, the hospitalization rate was 2.98 times, and the risk of at least one sequelae was 1.82 times.
When asked whether the sixth wave of the epidemic will be more serious than the fifth wave, Cui Junming admitted that "I'm not brave enough to answer", but added that there are still T lymphocytes in the body of those who have been infected, which can relieve symptoms, and those with mild symptoms are infected. People may then only need to take oral medication at home.
As for what standard the society needs to meet in order to have an "immune barrier", he said that the vaccination rate should reach more than 90%.
Experts warn 50 to 59-year-old diagnosed patients are more likely to have serious complications "Death cases have not been reported for diagnosis, no medical treatment, and no medication. The HA has tightened the requirements for accompany childbirth testing for prospective fathers to present a nucleic acid negative certificate within 48 hours. The first school of the sixth grade of St. Stephen's Affiliated Primary School has been suspended for all levels. Shatin Chongzhen Basketball Game outbreak | 22-month-old baby girl dies at noon, 35-month-old boy diagnosed with cramps and hospitalized in ICU
▼On July 25, the government announced the launch of a taxi plan for designated quarantine hotels▼
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Rugby Sevens will resume in November Sports Commissioner: Athletes need to be tested daily and will not enter the community for customs clearance｜Ip Liu Shuyi: I am very supportive of shortening the number of quarantine days on arrival in Hong Kong. Details will be announced shortly Li Jiachao: The shortened quarantine arrangement and overseas and mainland Customs clearance does not exclude the Rugby Sevens match. Rugby plans to pack hotels to allow athletes to isolate overseas spectators. Quarantine is not exempted from customs clearance｜He Bailiang advocates that overseas residents returning to Hong Kong will be quarantined at home, and the entry requirements must be 3 injections
Diagnosed buildings | 2,477 new buildings involved in Repulse Bay South Bay Royal Garden, Hilltop Government Dormitory Cloudridge, etc. Mandatory testing | 65 buildings involved, including Skyline Peninsula and Kaihui Tseung Kwan O, 6 on the list No. 1 Silver Ocean, Longxi and Love Butterfly Bay, etc. 185,000 people in the three districts are tested positive for sewage
▼Compulsory testing announcement from August 1▼
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