epidemic. 10.3｜Increased 3,529 confirmed cases, 156 more patients were admitted to hospital, imported cases accounted for 4.2%

The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus continued to decline. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (3rd) that there were 3,529 new confirmed cases, including 343 imported cases, and three more deaths.

The number of imported cases in a single day was the highest since at least mid-June, accounting for about 4.2%.

Some social distancing measures will be relaxed this Thursday (6th), including the increase of the maximum number of people per table in restaurants from 8 to 12 people, the total number of banquets has doubled to 240 people; the maximum number of people per table in bars has also been increased from 4 to 6 people people.

Overview of yesterday's epidemic:

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10.2｜The number of confirmed cases in a single day dropped to at least 3,600 0+3 52,000 people left the country in the first six days

The average immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases remained at 0.7557 on October 1, and the number of infected people was still on a decreasing trend, but there were signs of recovery.

(Photo of HKU Faculty of Medicine)

▼October 3rd List of Mandatory Inspection Buildings▼

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Compulsory testing | More than half of the 68 Buildings on the list are private properties such as Peninsula Mansion, Skyline Peninsula, etc.

[20:46] The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has stabilized, and the authorities maintain the mandatory testing arrangements for buildings.

The Medical and Health Bureau announced the latest list tonight (3rd), a total of 68 buildings were on the list, of which 63 buildings had more confirmed cases, and 5 buildings tested positive for sewage.

Among the 68 buildings, Yuen Long District recorded a total of 7 buildings on the list, making it the top of the 18 districts, including 6 blocks of Qin Park, 8 and 9 blocks of Parkway Plaza, etc.

About half of the list of forcible inspections are private buildings, and there are many luxury and blue-chip housing estates, such as the 11th Metropark Bay, Yinghai.

There are 22 Xingwanyu Towers, 3 Jingxin Terraces, 5 Peninsula Grand Courts, 3 Qingtian Peninsula Towers, and 2 Bel-Air South Bay Towers.

A 20-year-old man was fined 2,000 yuan after being diagnosed with a red code

[19:11] The epidemic in Hong Kong continued. A confirmed 20-year-old man left his residence and attempted to enter a restaurant while his “Vaccine Pass” was displayed as a “red code”, violating the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation ( Cap 599A), was fined $2,000 at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (3rd).

The Hong Kong government reiterated that violating the Regulations would constitute a criminal offence, with a maximum fine of $10,000 and six months in prison, calling on the public to strictly abide by the epidemic prevention regulations to reduce the risk of the virus spreading in the community.

▼ On September 6, 9 patients diagnosed with illegal "red code" were escorted to Penny's Bay for isolation▼

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0+3｜343 imported cases hit a new high for at least three months, and the ratio increased by one percentage point from before the implementation

[16:55] One week after the implementation of "0+3", the number of input cases increased sharply.

The Department of Health announced today (30th) that there were 3,529 new confirmed cases, of which the number of imported cases accounted for 343, a new high in at least three months, accounting for more than 10% of the total cases, and the ratio rose to 4.2%, compared with "0+3" One percentage point more than before.

Leung Tsz-chao, a specialist in respiratory system, believes that this ratio is within a controllable range. He also emphasizes that after two waves of epidemics, the number of infected people in Hong Kong has dropped significantly. He believes that even if the number of imported confirmed cases increases in the future, it will not have a big impact on Hong Kong. .

In addition, after the National Day holiday, the number of schools reported a sharp increase, 921 students and staff were infected with the virus, involving a total of 509 schools, 20 schools, and 23 individual classes had to be suspended.

Sau Mau Ping Village, Kai Ching Village and Beacon Hill luxury residential areas with positive sewage

[16:00] The government said today (3rd) that the sewage of many housing estates or buildings in Kwun Tong and Kowloon Tong districts tested positive, indicating that there may be hidden patients in premises in the area, including Xiu Mao The government will distribute a total of about 150,000 rapid antigen test kits to residents, cleaners and property managers in Ping Village, Kai Ching Village, Kowloon Tong Lung Cheung Villa and surrounding areas, etc. for their own testing to assist in their identification. Infected.

The Director of Buildings, Yu Po-mei.

(Photo by the Information Services Department)

[15:00] The Buildings Department said today that the Director of Buildings, Yu Baomei, was listed as a close contact of a positive case of novel coronavirus and is undergoing home quarantine in accordance with the guidelines of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, and will work from home during the period.

Yu Baomei regularly conducts the rapid antigen test of the new coronavirus, and today also conducted the rapid antigen test of the new coronavirus, and the results were all negative.

Compulsory testing｜The government raided Parkview Terrace and Wenming Pavilion and fined 270,000 people for failing to comply with the compulsory inspection

[12:39] Today (3rd), different government departments successively checked the test certificates of the tested persons at the Wenming Court of Chunmin Court, Homantin, and the entrance and exit of Parkview Terrace 1, Tin Hau, to confirm whether the test was completed in accordance with the mandatory test announcement.

During the operation in the Wenming Court of Junmin Court, 138 people were examined, of which 6 people failed to comply with the inspection announcement, and 4 people were fined 10,000 yuan; 475 people were examined at Park View Terrace, 38 people were not tested, and 23 people were fined 10,000 yuan, that is, a total of 44 people in the two operations did not get tested, 27 people were fined, and 270,000 yuan was "tributed" to the warehouse.

He Boliang: October 18 welcomes the "Thousand Days of Anti-epidemic", it is time to cancel safe travel and gathering restrictions

[12:02] The new crown epidemic in Hong Kong started in early 2020. The director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong, Ho Pak-leung, said in a radio program today (3rd) that October 18th this year will be the "Thousand Days of Anti-epidemic", and the public will be "returning to normal". There is a great consensus on the demands. It is suggested that the policy address can be "completely loosened", including the cancellation of safe travel, airport nucleic acid testing, etc. "1,000 days is not a short time."

The 4-person gathering limit is still in place.

He Bailiang said that there is no place to continue the implementation of the 4-person gathering restriction order, and the relevant measures have no scientific basis and actual needs, but if the government has non-scientific considerations, he will also respect the government's administrative decision.

Is the new crown pneumonia flu-like?

Jin Dongyan, an expert from the University of Hong Kong: It is the common cold that is weaker than the flu

[12:00] New coronary pneumonia is becoming endemic. Whether it should be regarded as a common cold, flu, or as the Director of the Medical and Health Bureau Lu Chongmao said: "Omicron is not a flu, so simple", has become a recent controversy.

Recently, he wrote an article together with experts such as Yuan Guoyong, chair professor of the Department of Microbiology of the Hong Kong University School of Medicine, and other experts. Jin Dongyan, a professor of the Department of Biochemistry of the Hong Kong University School of Medicine, who proposed that the new crown has become a local disease It is believed that the new crown will eventually be similar to the other four human coronaviruses that only cause the common cold, with a weaker pathogenicity

. , as long as the virus continues to be prevalent in Hong Kong and vaccination continues, there will be no major outbreaks in Hong Kong. On the contrary, if Hong Kong insists on "clearing", there will be "super spreading soil". "Before the major outbreak occurred in February and March, the It's just "clearing" for a while."

In an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01", Jin Dongyan, a professor at the Department of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, believes that the new coronary pneumonia has been "demonized" in the past, and it is believed that the new coronary pneumonia will eventually be like the other four human coronaviruses that only cause the common cold.

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Jin Dongyan denounced that the new crown pneumonia has been "demonized" in the past, Hong Kong has room to relax epidemic prevention measures

[12:00] It has been nearly three years since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia. Hong Kong has been implementing strict epidemic prevention measures in the past. Before the fifth wave, it was hoped that it would be "cleared" as soon as possible to clear customs with the mainland. It was only recently that the restrictions on entry and social distancing were gradually relaxed.

Jin Dongyan, a professor at the Department of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said that he is happy to see the Hong Kong government gradually relax epidemic prevention measures. He also pointed out that there is definitely room for further relaxation. "Let's move in the right direction."

The Hong Kong government is often worried that relaxing epidemic prevention will increase medical care .

The burden on the system, Jin Dongyan reiterated that hospitals should treat patients with new coronary pneumonia as if they were patients with respiratory virus. Any public or private hospital can treat new coronary patients in outpatient or general inpatient wards, and it is not necessary to put all positive patients in negative pressure isolation wards. .

[11:34] A number of government departments will take enforcement action today (3rd) at Wenming Court, Ho Man Tin Junmin Court, which has been included in the mandatory testing notice.

A total of 138 persons were inspected during the operation. Six of them were found to have failed to comply with the mandatory testing notice and were issued with mandatory testing orders. They were required to undergo testing within a specified period of time as required. The government also issued a quota of $10,000 to four of them. Penalty Notice.

The operation was jointly carried out by the Education Bureau, the Kowloon City Police District and the Department of Health, starting at about 8 am and ending at about 11 am.

Many Asian countries cancel on-board testing to grab passengers Tian Beichen: Hong Kong government will announce "0+0" as soon as this week

[11:14] The government announced earlier that the in-person quarantine for those arriving in Hong Kong from overseas and Taiwan will be changed from "3+4" to "0+3".

Tian Beichen, a member of the Legislative Council of the Roundtable on Real Politics, said on the radio program today (3rd) that "0+0" is imperative, and that the government will announce it as early as this week, and at the latest in the third week of October.

Tian also pointed out that in order to restore Hong Kong's former competitiveness, it is believed that Hong Kong's testing procedures will become a decisive factor for business travelers or tourists to consider coming to Hong Kong.

He said that no passengers would want to be quarantined for 7 days after arriving in Hong Kong after testing positive, so it is recommended that they can use a quick test instead of a nucleic acid test after landing.

Restrictions on restaurants are eased in the past few days. The catering industry said that it is welcome but not satisfied, but it is still difficult to meet the banquet of associations

[10:09] The government will relax a series of social distancing measures from Thursday (6th), including the increase in restaurants from 8 people to 12 people, and the doubling of banquets to a maximum of 240 people.

Zhang Jiahao, chairman of Yu Yan Group, pointed out in a radio program today (3rd) that although the government welcomes the relaxation of measures, he bluntly said that he is "not satisfied" and hopes to fully relax in the future, including extending business hours.

Zhang Jiahao also said that 240 people are still difficult to meet most of the banquets. Because of the banquets of associations, including hometown associations, celebrations of the return of the country or National Day, the number of people can reach 300 to 400 people at any time.

The circuit breaker mechanism for high seas tours has been cancelled since Thursday.

[09:57] The government announced earlier that it will cancel the circuit breaker mechanism for cruises on high seas this Thursday (6th).

However, the cruise company Royal Caribbean, which has participated in high seas cruises in Hong Kong, has earlier transferred the cruise ship Spectrum of the Seas from Hong Kong to Singapore.

Ye Qingning, president of the Hong Kong Travel Agency Owners Association, pointed out in a radio program today (3rd) that the arrangement did not meet the expectations of the industry, and frankly stated that "the circuit breaker mechanism should be lifted early in the morning", but the announcement was delayed until now, bluntly saying that many things cannot be saved.

He also pointed out that it is difficult to deploy ships suddenly, because it takes time for cruise ships to return to Hong Kong, and it will take several months to set up offices and recruit staff. Therefore, he is not optimistic that cruise activities can be resumed before the end of this year.

▼The second phase of consumption coupons will be issued on October 1, and the travel agency of Mong Kok Bank Center will reproduce the crowd▼

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▼The second phase of consumer coupons will be issued on October 1, and some citizens will go to the Apple Store to buy electronic products▼

0+3｜Six days recorded 52,000 departures from Hong Kong 9.30 Airports over 9,000 departures hit a two-and-a-half-year high increase of 3,569 confirmed cases, 6 more deaths and more than 1,600 hospitalized patients in four institutions. Chen Maobo: Consumer coupons have a significant effect in boosting the economy

▼October 2nd, before the Double Ninth Festival, the filial son and grandson pay tribute to the ancestors in Chaiwan▼

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Compulsory testing | 76 buildings are listed in Shatin District, at most about half of them are private buildings, including Baguio Bay and other luxury residences such as Wah Fu Village, Zhuyuan South Village, and Baihui Haoyuan, etc. The government sent 160,000 sets of rapid test kits for the Chung Yeung Festival｜ Even the holiday cool autumn is suitable for climbing the heights of the epidemic to stabilize the filial sons and grandsons

▼Compulsory testing announcement from October 1▼

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▼On October 1, the National Day and National Day Horse Racing Day, the betting amount of nearly 1.6 billion has been the second highest in history▼

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