The epidemic in Hong Kong is hovering at a high of 4,000-5,000 cases per day. The "District Matters Coordination Working Group" chaired by the Deputy Secretary for Administration, Cheuk Wing-hing, today (14th) launched the first phase of the government's plan to combat health blackspots, which will last for 3 months The planned work includes cleaning up sanitation blackspots and rodent blackspots on streets and back alleys, as well as removing dangerous or abandoned signboards. Until October, efforts will be made to clean up more than 600 sanitation and street management blackspots in Hong Kong.
This morning, Zhuo Yongxing will inspect the cleanliness of the back alleys in the Prince Edward area with the Secretary for the Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan.
In terms of the epidemic, the number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong exceeded 5,000 in a single day yesterday (13th), with 5,308 new confirmed cases, including 160 imported cases.
At the same time, there were 19 more hospitalized cases of children under the age of 3 yesterday, while Tuen Mun Hospital received a critical case of a 5-year-old 9-month-old girl. The girl had not received any injections and had normal past health. After that, it deteriorated rapidly and was admitted to the hospital in critical condition yesterday. He is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit for children.
Overview of yesterday's epidemic:
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[16:45] Zhang Zhujun pointed out that about 1% of the patients had a confirmed record, which is believed to be a case of secondary infection.
She also mentioned that 22 imported cases were discovered 4 to 7 days after arriving in Hong Kong, and they were expected to belong to Huang Que.
[16:40] Zhang Zhujun pointed out that there were 4,979 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, of which imported cases accounted for 215.
She also pointed out that among the local cases yesterday, 25 were imported cases after verification.
She also pointed out that the data as of August 11, suspected BA.4/5 variant strain branches accounted for 23.1%, suspected BA.2.12.1 accounted for 7.3%, and the rest were the remaining BA.2.2.
Guan Huimin pointed out that the 5-year-old girl in critical condition still needs to investigate the source of infection, and there is no result yet, while her sister's condition is still stable, but she has a little sore throat.
[16:30] Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, and Guan Huimin, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority attended the press conference on the epidemic and explained the latest situation.
Guan Huimin pointed out that there are currently 1,690 patients hospitalized, and 4 more patients are in critical condition, bringing the total to 31 patients in critical condition.
As for the 5-year-old girl in critical condition announced yesterday, her condition remains unchanged at Tuen Mun Hospital.
Her 11-year-old sister has also been diagnosed and is also in the hospital and is in stable condition.
In addition, 3 new patients died, aged between 80 and 89, of which 2 were elderly people who had never received injections.
One of them, an 89-year-old man who received all three injections, had diabetes, blood pressure, and abnormal heart rhythm. He fainted at home on August 11 and had no signs of life in the emergency room. He was confirmed dead in the afternoon, and the coroner of the case followed up.
That night, the hospital received a phone call from his family to inform his wife that his wife was also diagnosed, so the police and the public mortuary have been notified. The CT value is around 21, but there is no record of why it was tested.
[11:00] Zhuo Yongxing said that CCTV can help monitor and combat hygiene black spots. There are currently more than 300 surveillance TVs, and the number will be increased as needed.
He also pointed out that many health laws have been enacted for a long time. For example, it has been nearly 20 years since the fixed fine of 1,500 yuan for littering was enacted. Some citizens proposed to raise it to 10,000 yuan. force.
Regarding the "doing a show" in the inspection of health black spots, Zhuo Yongxing said that these adjectives have the meaning of "doing it", but the government's action will continue.
Repeated cleaning of hygienic black spots and accumulations
[10:40] Accompanied by a group of officials, Zhuo Yongxing inspected the accumulation of garbage in the back alley, and found that the abandoned motorcycles were "melted and rotten," and they were handed over to the front-line cleaning staff to remove.
He emphasized that the government is duty-bound to keep Hong Kong clean, but if citizens keep throwing away their rubbish while the government is cleaning, they will only keep reincarnating in the nightmare of "you clean me up", and a beautiful and clean Hong Kong will not appear.
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[10:30] After inspecting the area of Prince Edward, Deputy Chief of the Political Department, Zhuo Yongxing, said that the situation of littering in the back alley is unbearable. If the government cleans up while the citizens throw away the litter, this nightmare of "you clean me up" will continue. reincarnation.
He later transferred to Kowloon City to inspect the situation of the "three no buildings" in the district together with the Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs, Mak Mei-juan, and at noon, inspected the issue of illegal signboards in Sham Shui Po with the Secretary for Development, Ning Hon-ho.
[10:20] Deputy Secretary for Administration Zhuo Yongxing and Environment and Ecology Bureau Director Xie Zhanhuan met with the media today (14th) after inspecting the sanitation black spot in the back alley.
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▼The work of the plan to combat sanitation blackspots includes cleaning up sanitation blackspots and rodent blackspots in streets and back alleys▼
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