Director-General of the Centre for Health Protection Xu Lejian said today (30th) that the epidemic situation has been stable in the past week, with about 3,500 to 4,020 local cases per day, with an average of about 3,700 cases, and 117 to 245 imported cases in the past few weeks, with an average of 180 cases per day , imported cases account for 3% to 5% of daily cases, and about 75% of imported cases have been found about 3 days after entry.
The Hospital Authority stated that from today, the AsiaWorld-Expo will be put into a standby state, and North Lantau Hospital will gradually resume its original hospital services. The non-emergency services that have been reduced earlier will be resumed gradually. Currently, non-emergency services have been restored to 80%. The number of specialist outpatient clinics will be increased. , the suspended general services will resume.
The epidemic in Hong Kong has gradually subsided, with 4,269 new confirmed cases and five more deaths on Thursday (29th).
The immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases has been on a downward trend, and it recently dropped to 0.7446, that is, one patient infects less than one person.
The vaccine pass has been extended to children aged five to 11 from today, that is, the relevant children must have at least one injection in the first stage before they are eligible to visit designated places such as restaurants and libraries.
The "Lai Chi Kok Park Community Vaccination Station" located in the open space opposite the swimming pool in Lai Chi Kok Park opened on the same day.
Overview of yesterday's epidemic:
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9.29｜Confirmed cases remain at 4,000, 66 buildings are subject to mandatory testing
The average immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases remained at 0.7446 on September 27, and the number of infected people showed a decreasing trend.
(Photo of HKU Faculty of Medicine)
▼On September 30, the vaccine pass will be reduced to 5 years old and apply on the first day▼
▼The list of mandatory testing buildings on September 29▼
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▼September 29th, Yang He Beiyin inspected Lai Chi Kok Park Community Vaccination Center▼
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[15:15] Dr. Li Xiayin, deputy director of the Medical and Health Bureau, said that the following relaxations will be made in the next cycle from October 6 to 19:
- Catering premises and scheduled premises regulated by 599F, the maximum number of persons per table is increased from 8 to 12 persons
- The upper limit of the number of people in each group of listed premises has been relaxed from 8 to 12 people, including fitness centers, playgrounds, beauty salons, massage parlors, karaoke, etc.
- The bar is relaxed from 4 to 6 people per table
- Catering premises banquets are relaxed from 120 to 240 people
- Cancellation of the high sea travel disconnection mechanism
Including those participating in bars and banquets, the requirements for rapid testing remain unchanged, in order to implement the measures smoothly, and to communicate with other departments on other measures.
[15:10] The Hospital Authority’s Network Services Director, Deng Yiu-keng, said that the Hospital Authority said that the AsiaWorld-Expo will be turned into a standby state from today, and North Lantau Hospital will gradually resume its original hospital services. Non-emergency services have been restored to 80%; the number of specialist outpatient clinics will be increased, and suspended general services will be resumed.
[15:00] CHP Director Xu Lejian said that the CHP Director Xu Lejian said today (30th) that the epidemic situation has been stable in the past week, with about 3,500 to 4,020 local cases per day, with an average of about 3,700 cases. There are 117 to 245 cases per week, with an average of 180 cases per day. Imported cases account for 3% to 5% of daily cases. Regarding imported cases, about 75% of the cases have been found about 3 days after entry.
[12:53] The government sent staff today (30th) to check the test certificates of the persons under inspection at the entrance and exit of Block 1, Yuehai Garden, Ap Lei Chau, to confirm whether they have been tested according to the requirements of the mandatory testing announcement.
The operation started at about 8:30 am today and ended at about 11:30 am.
A total of 253 persons were examined during the operation.
Among them, nine people were found to have failed to comply with the mandatory testing announcement, and a mandatory testing order has been issued accordingly.
They were required to undergo testing within a specified period, and the Government issued fixed penalty notices of $10,000 to three of them.
The use of vaccines can be reduced to 5 years old. The food industry expects business to fall again, and the zero banquet on National Day promotes relaxation of restrictions
[10:43] The applicable age of the vaccine pass has been lowered to 5-year-old children from today (30th), and the catering industry said earlier that it would further dampen business.
Leung Chun-wah, chairman of the Hong Kong Catering Management Association, said on the radio program in the morning that after the tightening of the vaccine pass arrangement, the business of restaurants will be affected, but now more than 70% of children have received at least one injection, and it will take a week or two to judge the impact. serious.
Restricted by social distancing measures, the industry's National Day banquet "gets nothing", urging the government to relax the regulations on restaurant business restrictions as soon as possible.
The deputy bureau has been infected with the epidemic one after another. Zhang Manli of the Innovation and Technology Bureau quickly tested positive and still went to work as usual yesterday
[10:21] A spokesman for the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau said today (30th) that Zhang Manli, the Deputy Director of the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau, tested positive for a rapid antigen test and is currently being quarantined in accordance with the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health.
Zhang Manli's last work date was yesterday (29th). She wears a mask and complies with relevant epidemic prevention measures at work, including daily rapid antigen tests.
She has no recent travel history.
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