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epidemic. Latest | 16 Schools Outbreak Tiu Keng Ling Kin Ming Nursery School 12 Cases of the First School-wide Suspension

2022-08-02T11:41:45.116Z


A total of 1,536 confirmed patients have been hospitalized in Hong Kong today (2nd), of which 171 are new cases. The 35-month-old boy's condition improved and he was discharged from the intensive care unit. The death toll rose sharply to 11. 4,123 new confirmed cases today


A total of 1,536 confirmed patients have been hospitalized in Hong Kong today (2nd), of which 171 are new cases. The 35-month-old boy's condition improved and he was discharged from the intensive care unit.

The death toll rose sharply to 11.

There were 4,123 new confirmed cases today, including 234 imported cases.

Schools reported 549 cases, and 16 schools had classes suspended.


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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[17:31] The first block of King Fung Garden in Tuen Mun was closed for inspection this evening. The government's goal is to complete the operation at about 9:00 a.m. tomorrow (3rd). Depending on the test results, the operation may be extended.

Tseung Kwan O Center, Tseung Kwan O Plaza and other 10 housing estates with positive sewage sent 220,000 quick test kits for self-testing

[17:30] The epidemic of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong has rebounded, and confirmed cases have also appeared in various districts.

The Hong Kong government said today (2nd) that in response to the positive results of sewage tests in Tseung Kwan O, Tai Po and Wong Tai Sin districts and the relatively high amount of virus, the Housing Department and the local District Offices will successively inform residents and cleaners of the three districts. and property managers, distributed a total of about 220,000 rapid antigen test kits for self-testing.



The affected areas involve a total of 10 housing estates and public housing estates, including Tseung Kwan O Centre, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, Tai Po Fortune Plaza, Emperor Yan Court and Choi Fai Estate.

▼Some housing estates with positive sewage on August 2▼


[17:03] Xu Shuchang, chairman of the New Discovery and Animal Infectious Diseases Scientific Committee under the Center for Health Protection, said that there is currently no data on the dilution of Fubitai vaccine for infant injection, so it is not recommended.

[16:56] There are 199 schools with 2 or more cases in the past 7 days. It is recommended that 14 schools have classes suspended for a week.

1) Zhang Xuanchang School of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni Association: 4 students in class 1A were infected

2) Tai Po Catholic Notre Dame Sacred Heart Primary School: 3 students in class 6A were infected

3) Yau Tong Christian Hong Kong Chung Tsin Association On Kei Nursery School: 2 students in the lower class were infected

4) Kowloon True Light Middle School (Kindergarten Division): 3 students from K3B were infected

5) Wong Tai Sin Po Leung Kuk No. 1 Cheung Wing Hing Middle School: 4 students were infected in 1E

6) Yau Tong Hong Kong Taoist Federation Yuan Xuan College Chen Lv Chung Tak Memorial School: 3 students were infected in 4E

7) Farm Road Government Primary School: 3 students in 4B were infected

8) Wong Tai Sin Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fang Zhaoyi Kindergarten: 3 students in K1 and K2 were infected

9) Sheng Kung Hui Renli Primary School: 3 students in 6B were infected

10) Tuen Mun Sheng Kung Hui Meng En Primary School: 3 students in 3A were infected

11) Hong Kong University Alumni Association Primary School: 20 students took the bus No. 8, 4 students were infected, and the students who took the school bus were suspended for a week

12) Tai Po New Territories Women and Children Welfare Association Christian Ming Yan Primary School: 3 students in Class 2C were infected

13) Anglican Lord's Love Middle School: 4 students in class 6D were infected

14) Zou Zhenyou School in Wuyi, Tuen Mun: 3 students in class 4C were infected

【Classes have been suspended earlier】

1) Tiu Keng Ling Christian Kin Ming Nursery School: 5 students and 1 staff member of the preparatory class were infected. Classes were suspended for a week, and one more student was infected. Today, one more student, one teacher and two students from the junior class were infected. The school has a total of 92 students and 17 staff members, a total of 10 students and two teachers were infected, and it is recommended that the whole school be closed for one week

2) St. Joseph's College in the Central and Western District: Class 4F was previously suspended, and now 3 students in Class 4D are infected, and classes will be suspended again

[16:44] Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that there were 4,123 new confirmed cases today, including 234 imported cases.

Schools reported 549 cases, and 14 schools had classes suspended.

[16:37] Liu Jiaxian said that the increase in the number of deaths is related to the increase in the number of confirmed cases. The number of confirmed cases has increased, and a considerable proportion of patients have become serious and critical patients, and eventually die.

The only way to protect patients is to give injections, because today there are 11 deaths, 9 of them did not get all three injections.

No injection is 15 times higher than the death rate of 3 injections. Once again, we call for quick injections without injections. If one or two injections are not completed, the three injections should be injected quickly to improve the protection ability.

[16:30] The Chief Administrative Manager of the Hospital Authority, Liu Jiaxian, said that a total of 1,536 confirmed patients were hospitalized, of which 171 were new cases. The 35-month-old boy's condition improved and left the intensive care unit.

【16:19】Children between the ages of six months and three years old can be vaccinated against the new crown vaccine of Köshingklef from Thursday (4th).

In addition, people aged 50 to 59 who have been vaccinated with three doses of Sinovac or Forbix can, starting from August 4, receive the fourth dose at least three months after the last dose.

Parents or guardians are requested to make an appointment for their children to be vaccinated with the Sinovac vaccine at the Community Vaccination Center or the General Out-patient Clinic designated by the Hospital Authority through the online reservation system from 9:00 am on Thursday, and accompany them to the vaccination in person.

Parents can also choose to make an appointment for free Sinovac vaccines through over 1,000 private doctors or clinics participating in the vaccination program.

The appointment system will also be updated simultaneously. Starting from 9:00 am on Thursday, eligible persons aged 50 to 59 can make online appointments for the fourth dose of Sinovac or Fubitai vaccine.

The Medical and Health Bureau lowered the injection age of Kexing to 6 months old and announced the vaccination schedule this week

[15:53] The Joint Scientific Committee of the Center for Health Protection held a meeting yesterday (1st) and agreed to lower the age limit for vaccination of the new crown vaccine to 6-month-old infants. One tenth of the adult dose must be taken.

The Government announced today (June 2) that, after considering expert advice, the Secretary for Medical and Health has approved the minimum age for vaccination of Sinovac vaccine from three years to six months.

The authorities have the relevant vaccines in stock, and the vaccination schedule will be announced within this week.

The authorities are also negotiating with the relevant pharmaceutical companies to purchase a specific Fubitx vaccine for children.

Macau Legislative Council members approve that the government missed the golden period of anti-epidemic for 7 months, the gaming industry revenue is only 26.6 billion yuan

[12:54] Macau has no new positive cases of new crown for 3 consecutive days, while the community has zero confirmed cases for 9 consecutive days, and the number of cases remains at 1,821.

The Macau government announced that the closure of beauty salons, fitness centers, bars and other places will be lifted from today (2nd), and dining establishments will resume dine-in.

Macau Legislative Council member Lin Yutao said on a radio program today (2nd) that the Macau government missed the golden period of the first three weeks of the outbreak and could not fight the epidemic quickly, ruthlessly, or quasi-ly. In the deepest period, many companies are "unbearable". In the first seven months of this year, Macau's gaming industry revenue was only 26.6 billion yuan, not to mention the one-month revenue during the peak period before the epidemic.

▼On July 23, Macau will resume work and market with a limited amount of time▼


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Experts recommend that people aged 50 or over get four injections. Citizens call it "to save their lives" and they need to be injected for fear of side effects.

[12:27] The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has rebounded. The Joint Scientific Committee under the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health recently recommended that people aged 50 or above should receive the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine at least three months after the third dose.

Not many citizens went to the Yuen Long Sports Centre Community Vaccination Center this morning (2nd), and a 50-year-old lady came to the scene to get the fourth shot. She admitted that she did not pay attention to the expert advice reported in the news, but felt that the epidemic was not over, even if the injection was given. Later, there were side effects such as chills and nausea, and I still wanted to "save my life" through injections.

New crown vaccine | 6 months to 3 years old children can be vaccinated, experts say that it is difficult to dilute the BB version of Fubitai

[09:49] The Joint Scientific Committee of the Center for Health Protection held a meeting yesterday (1st) and agreed to lower the age limit for vaccination of the new crown vaccine to 6-month-old infants, that is, children from 6 months to three years old can be vaccinated at present vaccine.

The Kexing vaccine can be used as an adult dose, but for Fubitx, one tenth of an adult dose must be taken.



Liu Yulong, chairman of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases, said in a radio program today (2nd) that if you cannot order the "Forbidden BB version", you will have to dilute it at the local main bank, but the dilution to ten-tenths of a dose is unprecedented and will be related to the Departments and pharmacists seek to overcome the difficulty of dilution at the technical level. If they find that they cannot be diluted after review, they will choose to "accept their fate" and can only use Sinovac vaccines for the time being.

▼2.17 Vaccination status of children's community vaccination center in Yuanzhoujiao Stadium▼


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[08:27] Kunming Court, Yuk Ming Court, Tseung Kwan O was lifted this morning, during which about 1,450 people were tested. Among them, 17 positive test cases and 5 cases with indeterminate test results were found.

▼On July 26, the Security Bureau introduced the Penny's Bay Community Isolation Facility▼


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Hong Kong's science and technology company researches disinfection robots to help reduce the burden of cleaners: don't make it so hard

[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|Studies show 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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Source: hk1

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