The new crown pneumonia epidemic has repeatedly occurred. Hong Kong today (29th) newly confirmed 7,547 cases, maintaining a relatively high level.
Lu Chongmao, director of the Medical and Health Bureau, said that the epidemic has shown signs of heating up recently. The number of infected people and the number of deaths have recently increased, and the number of severe cases and deaths have also increased. He also mentioned that the weather has started to cool recently. The number of infections is on the rise, while putting pressure on the healthcare system.
Summary of yesterday's epidemic:
-An increase of 7,793 confirmed cases, a decrease of 2.99% from yesterday.
- There were 605 imported cases, accounting for 7.76% of the overall case rate; compared with 17,736 airport arrivals on the same day, the rate was 3.41%, and the seven-day average rate was 4.08%.
- 26 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate was 0.186%, the overall mortality rate was 0.51%, and the cumulative death toll was 10,718.
- A total of 2,721 people have been hospitalized, of which 322 are new infections, with 9 and 12 new critical and serious cases respectively.
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11.28｜An increase of 7,793 confirmed imported cases accounted for 605 cases and an additional 26 deaths
The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.17, 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)
Compulsory testing｜46 buildings on the list involving Emperor Huating, Haiyi Peninsula, Yingcui Peninsula, etc.
[20:09] The Medical and Health Bureau announced the latest mandatory testing list tonight (29th), with a total of 46 buildings on the list.
It involves middle-class housing estates, including Block 3, Queen's Garden in Sheung Wan, Mei Cheung Court, South Horizons, Ap Lei Chau, Block 2, Ying Tsui Peninsula, Tsing Yi, and Block 5, Junying, Tseung Kwan O, etc.
Among the buildings on the list, there are also 4 housing estates in Tin Shui Wai and Sha Tin, each of which has a building that was included in the mandatory testing announcement due to positive sewage samples.
The announcement states that anyone who has been in a building on the list for more than two hours from November 23 to 29 must go for a nucleic acid test tomorrow or the day after (November 30 or December 1).
▼November 29, part of the building will be inspected▼
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▼On November 28, Lu Chongmao pointed out that the epidemic situation has recently heated up▼
The Youth Association has received more than 20,000 emotional help cases under the epidemic, and more than 40% of the interviewed students have high stress index
[17:20] The epidemic has lasted for nearly three years, and students have been suspended and resumed several times, which has affected their mental health.
From September 2021 to August this year, the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups "Caring for the Frontline 2777 8899" has handled 22,780 emotional-related help-seeking cases, an increase of more than 3,335 cases compared with last year; and another 9,113 help-seeking cases related to campus life Among them, "Advanced Studies", "Study Skills" and "Campus Adaptation" are the most important areas.
"Care for the Frontline 2777 8899" announced today (29th) the survey results of "Secondary School Students' Emotions and Help-Seeking Status". Among them, 46.5% of the middle school students' stress index was at a high level, and 24.2% even showed varying degrees of anxiety tendencies.
Epidemic | 7547 more confirmed cases and 13 more deaths Local XBB, BQ.1.1 increased by 13
[16:55] There were 7547 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, 590 of which were imported cases.
In addition, 13 more patients died in a single day.
The spokesperson of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau stated that Huang Zhizu, the permanent secretary of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, tested positive for the nucleic acid of the new coronavirus and is now being quarantined according to the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health.
The last time Huang Zhizu went to work was last Friday (November 25). He wore a mask and followed relevant epidemic prevention measures at work, and performed rapid antigen tests every day.
He has no recent travel history.
Huang Zhizu was diagnosed with 2 in September this year and has since recovered.
Sewage monitoring in Shenghui, Yuwan Village and other areas and housing estates tested positive for 40,000 residents needing rapid testing
[16:46] The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has been repeated, and the number of confirmed cases has remained around 8,000.
The Hong Kong government announced today (29th) that it was found that the sewage test results in several places in the Outlying Islands District, Wong Tai Sin District and the Eastern District were positive, and the virus load was relatively high, indicating that there may be recessive patients, including Shenghui in the Outlying Islands District, and in the Eastern District. Residential areas near Yu Wan Village and Ngan Fung Street in Wong Tai Sin District.
The government will gradually distribute a total of about 40,000 rapid antigen test kits to residents, local cleaning staff and property management staff for self-testing to assist in the identification of infected persons.
▼The area where the sewage sample was positive on November 29▼
▼On November 28, about 40 people in Central took a blank paper to mourn the victims of the Xinjiang fire▼
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▼On November 28, about 60 people mourned the victims of the Xinjiang fire with blank paper▼
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Compulsory testing｜27 people in Pok Fu Lam Belcher Garden failed to get tested and 20 people were fined and the warehouse earned a total of 200 thousand
【12:25】At about 7:30 am, the District Office of the Central and Western District, together with the Western District Police District and the Department of Health, checked the test certificates of the persons tested at the entrance and exit of Block 2, Belcher Garden, Pok Fu Lam, to confirm whether they had complied with the mandatory The requirements of the test announcement shall be tested.
A total of about 490 persons under investigation were inspected in the operation.
Among them, 27 people were found to have failed to comply with the mandatory testing announcement and have been issued mandatory testing orders.
They were required to undergo testing within a specified period as required, and the government issued fixed penalty notices of $10,000 to 20 of them.
▼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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Lu Chongmao: Medical recovery is especially important Refusing to comment on Mainland anti-epidemic demonstrations: Various factors must be considered Weekly epidemic | 7,000 more deaths were diagnosed last week Over 27% 7-day average death rate increased by 7,793 confirmed cases and 26 more deaths A seven-month high, the seven-day average death rate remains low Epidemic｜New regulations in Xi’an Qujiang New District: Citizens can check the nucleic acid test results of samplers Urumqi resumes operations of public transportation, supermarkets and restaurants in low-risk areas