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epidemic. 11.28|An increase of 7,793 confirmed imported cases accounted for 605 cases and an additional 26 deaths

2022-11-28T16:45:43.430Z


The new crown epidemic in Hong Kong has been repeated. The Department of Health announced today (28th) that there were 7,793 new confirmed cases, of which 605 were imported cases. In addition, 26 more patients died, setting a new high in a single day in more than two months. HKU Faculty of Medicine


The new crown epidemic in Hong Kong has been repeated. The Department of Health announced today (28th) that there were 7,793 new confirmed cases, of which 605 were imported cases.

In addition, 26 more patients died, setting a new high in a single day in more than two months.


The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.21, which means that one patient can infect more than one person, and the trend is towards a "plateau period".


Summary of yesterday's epidemic:


-An increase

of 8,033

confirmed cases, a decrease of 9.48% from yesterday.

- There were 503 imported cases, accounting for 6.26% of the total cases; compared with 14,849 airport arrivals on the same day, the ratio was 3.39%, and the seven-day average ratio was 4.12%.

- 20 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate

rose to 0.162%

, the overall mortality rate was 0.51, and the cumulative death rate was 10,692.

- A total of 2,625 people have been hospitalized, of which 301 are new infections, with 14 new critical and 15 serious cases.

Overview of yesterday's epidemic situation:

epidemic.

11.27|An increase of 8,033 confirmed cases and 20 patients died in the past two months, a single-day high

The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.21, which means that one patient can infect more than one person, and the trend is towards a "plateau period".

(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)

Epidemic situation in Macau|Taxi driver recruited a male grandson after carrying a mainland passenger, and the whole class was infected and sent to quarantine

[22:37] The epidemic situation in Macau has been repeated. Today (28th) there are 4 new cases, all of which are temporarily listed as related to imported cases. The patients include a 74-year-old male taxi driver, his 14-year-old grandson who lives with him, and two A relative couple aged 60 and 47 respectively.

According to the preliminary investigation by the authorities, the taxi driver was the first to be infected. He had picked up four mainland tourists last Saturday (26th), and one of them coughed in the car. relatives and friends.

The male grandson of the taxi driver is studying in the third grade of Pui Ching Middle School. The whole class and the class teacher must be sent to quarantine, and the school also has to be tested.

In addition, all taxi drivers in Macau are also required to undergo a daily rapid test.

▼On October 31, there was a long queue at the Qingzhoufang nucleic acid testing station in Macau▼


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[16:45] The Department of Health announced today (28th) that there were 7,793 new confirmed cases, of which 605 were imported cases.

In addition, 26 more patients died, setting a new high in a single day in more than two months.

New crown vaccine: The picture shows a photo released by the Associated Press on August 26, 2022, showing the packaging of a new version of the bivalent new crown vaccine in a Michigan factory in the United States. The vaccine was developed by the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the German biotech company BioNTech. It targets the new crown Virus variant strains Omicron subtypes BA.4 and BA.5, while protecting against the original strain.

(AP)

[09:00] The first batch of approximately 770,000 doses of Fubita bivalent vaccine has arrived in Hong Kong. Online appointments for vaccination have been opened yesterday (27th). price vaccine.

The Secretary of the Civil Service Bureau, Yang He Beiyin, said today (28th) that there are currently about 11,600 people who have made an appointment for vaccination.

Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Society of Hospital Pharmacists, said that compared with the original vaccine, the bivalent vaccine of Fubitai has a 3.2 to 4.8 times higher level of neutralizing antibodies, and can be stored at 30 degrees for 12 hours without dilution.

He believes that the bivalent vaccine can be extended to the outreach of residential care homes, and suggested that the government can relax the third dose of vaccination for the elderly to increase the vaccination rate.

Bivalent Vaccine|Yang He Beiyin pointed out that 11,000 people made appointments for vaccination experts advocated relaxation to the third dose for the elderly

[08:47] The epidemic continues. The Buildings Department announced today (28th) that Yu Baomei, director of the department, tested positive for the new crown virus and is currently in isolation. She has no recent travel history and was last to work last Friday (25th).

The Director of Buildings Yu Baomei quickly tested positive and is in quarantine on the last day of work on Friday

▼Take the first MTR Q Train on November 27th▼


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▼Weekly Epidemic Press Conference on November 24▼


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▼November 23 Chegong Festival Market Booth Bidding▼


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▼November 22, the last day of the Thai tour group visiting Hong Kong, went to Tsuen Wan to play side stove▼


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Weekly Epidemic | More than 7,000 deaths were diagnosed last week, and more than 27% of the 7-day average death rate was similar

[07:00] The recent epidemic situation in Hong Kong is not ideal. Last week (November 21-27) a total of 57,414 local and imported cases were recorded, an increase of nearly 14% from the previous week (November 14-20); The weekly average total number of hospitalized patients rose by 8.3% to 2,576. Of the daily admitted patients, 10% were critically ill or seriously ill, and 1.1% of the hospitalized patients were critically ill, a weekly increase of 0.3 percentage points.

Last week, 93 patients died, an increase of 27% week-on-week. The 7-day average death rate compared with the number of patients increased by 0.01 percentage point to 0.16% last week, and the change was not significant.

▼November 19 EGL Parade Talent Recruitment Day▼


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▼From November 20th to 21st, hundreds of fans will watch the World Cup opening match▼


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▼On September 22, Lu Chongmao and officials received the fourth dose of Sinovac vaccine and influenza vaccine▼


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Epidemic|Beijing New International Exhibition Square cabin can accept express parcels 20 ambulances are on call 24 hours People with yellow codes enter the "group in and group out" restaurant epidemic|20 more patients died after 9.18, a single-day high and seven-day average death rate remained low Epidemic|8878 cases increased and returned to 8000

Source: hk1

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