epidemic. Latest | 7,793 confirmed imported cases accounted for 605 cases and 26 more deaths

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

- 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%

- 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)

[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

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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. Among the daily admitted patients, 10% were in critical or serious condition, and 1.1% of the hospitalized patients were critically ill patients, 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.

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