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Epidemic live broadcast | Epidemic prevention measures will not be relaxed or tightened for the time being Li Xiayin: The new crown virus is very cunning

2022-12-01T08:56:27.724Z


The epidemic in Hong Kong broke through 10,000 again! The Center for Health Protection is investigating 9,531 new local infection cases and 7 601 positive rapid test cases in the past 24 hours today (1st), as well as 606 new positive imported cases.


The epidemic in Hong Kong broke through 10,000 again!

The Center for Health Protection today (1st) is investigating 9,531 new local infection cases and 7 601 positive rapid test cases in the past 24 hours. At the same time, 606 new positive imported cases were detected, and 15 more confirmed patients passed away.

Li Xiayin, deputy director of the Medical and Health Bureau, held a briefing on the latest situation of the epidemic at the Government Headquarters at 4 pm.

"Hong Kong 01" live broadcast.


Summary of today's epidemic situation:

-An increase of 10,137 confirmed cases, an increase of 15.2% from the previous day.


- There were 606 imported cases, accounting for 5.98% of the overall case rate; compared with 15,422 airport arrivals on the same day, the rate was 3.93%, and the seven-day average rate was 3.89%.


- 15 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate remained at 0.191%, the overall mortality rate remained at 0.51%, and the cumulative death toll was 10,762.


- Local cases with new variant virus strains increased by 10, including XBB increased by 3 and accumulated 97 cases, XBD increased by 1 and accumulated 18 cases, BF.7 increased by 1 and accumulated 4 cases, BQ.1.1 increased by 5 and accumulated 113 cases .


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The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.13, which means that one patient can infect more than one person.

(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)

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[16:28] Li Xiayin, deputy director of the Medical and Health Bureau, said that the current epidemic is heating up, and the government hopes to strengthen the ability of citizens to prevent epidemics, especially the elderly and young.

She also pointed out that the Hong Kong government will fight the epidemic accurately and scientifically. The epidemic prevention measures will not be relaxed at the moment, but they have not yet reached the point of tightening: "The (epidemic) trend has not seen a downward trend, and no one can see whether it will rise again. Because the new crown virus is very cunning and highly contagious.”

[16:25] Shao Jiajia, Deputy Consultant Doctor (Children and Adolescents Department) of the Hong Kong Island West Hospital Cluster of the Hospital Authority, said that there are currently two children who have become seriously ill after being infected with the new crown and are in critical condition, including a healthy 5-year-old boy and another A 3-year-old child became seriously ill after contracting the flu, and his condition continued to deteriorate, requiring ventilator and cardiotonic drugs.

[16:13] Li Liye, Chief Administrative Manager (Comprehensive Clinical Services) of the Hospital Authority (HA) pointed out that the number of hospitalizations has increased in the past week. Recently, 2,700 people were admitted to the hospital, with an average of 340 new admissions per day. The number of people also increased, accounting for 18.6%, a significant increase from 11% at the beginning of last month.

[16:10] Ou Jiarong said that the virus content monitored in sewage began to rise rapidly in mid-November, and the increase has been much higher in the past two days. The numbers close to the beginning of March and mid-March show that there are many cases in the community.

[16:03] Ou Jiarong, Chief Doctor of the Infectious Disease Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that from 11.25 to 12.1, there were an average of 8,882 confirmed cases per day, an increase of 8.4% from the previous week.

Textbook|Han Rong Bookstore closes on New Year’s Eve, the person in charge of the store: the epidemic has destroyed the supply and reluctantly put it down

[15:46] Hanrong Bookstore, which opened in 1970, announced today that it will close its stores on December 31. It once pointed out that there are no textbooks that cannot be bought in Hanrong, and the six people in charge of Hanrong said that this decision is really helpless. It is heavy, but knowing that it will no longer be able to provide satisfactory services to the academic community in the future, "now I have to let go of the pain" and choose to close the store.

The six persons in charge said that they have all "landed in Yueqi" this year. They have worked for more than 40 to 60 years. The long-term hard work has caused varying degrees of damage to the body. Coupled with the continuous impact of the epidemic, the supply chain of textbooks in Hong Kong has been destroyed. The sales period of textbooks has been greatly reduced by half.

▼Hanrong Bookstore▼


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[12:45] The Housing Department, together with the Sha Tin Police District (Tin Sum Division) and the Department of Health, is checking the test certificates of the people tested at the entrance and exit of Shi Jing Building, Qin Shek Village, Sha Tin, to confirm whether they have carried out the test in accordance with the requirements of the mandatory test announcement detection.

A total of 287 persons under investigation were inspected in the operation.

Among them, five persons were found to have failed to comply with the mandatory testing announcement and were issued mandatory testing orders accordingly.

They were required to undergo testing within a specified period as required, and the government also issued a fixed penalty notice of 10,000 yuan to two of them.

Bivalent Vaccine|Eligible persons can get the first day of vaccination today Citizens want to improve protection

[12:40] Today, Ho Pak-liang, director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong, also posted on social media that he has received the bivalent vaccine. The hour finger feels good after the injection.

He Boliang also predicted that it would be difficult for the mainland to return to normal in a short period of time like Hong Kong, because the mainland has not yet started the fourth dose of vaccination, and children under the age of three have never been vaccinated. It is suggested that the Hong Kong government can refer to the Vaccine passports to encourage citizens to get shots.

【11:27】Eligible persons can receive Fubitai bivalent vaccine as the fourth dose of vaccine or the third dose of vaccine after recovery from today (1st).

At the Lai Chi Kok Park Gymnasium Community Vaccination Station this morning, not many people came to get vaccinated. Citizens who had been vaccinated with the bivalent vaccine of Fubitai said they had confidence in the vaccine and hoped to protect themselves through vaccination, but some citizens expressed that they had no intention of choosing the second vaccine price vaccine.

▼November 9th, BB version of Fubitai started today Parents take their children to Children's Hospital for injection▼


▼Tsim Sha Tsui East Christmas Lights on November 29▼


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▼On November 29, about 20 HKU mourned the victims of the Urumqi fire at HKU▼


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▼On November 28, Lu Chongmao pointed out that the epidemic situation has recently heated up▼


▼On November 28, about 40 people in Central took blank papers to mourn the victims of the Xinjiang fire▼


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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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Lu Chongmao: Medical recovery is especially important Refusal to comment on Mainland anti-epidemic demonstrations: Multiple factors must be considered Weekly epidemic | 7,000 more deaths were diagnosed last week More than 27% 7-day average death rate is similar to the only urban snail powder that does not use nucleic acid testing institutions Hometown: There has been no large-scale outbreak of the epidemic in three years|An increase of 7,547 confirmed cases and an increase of 13 people died. Local XBB and BQ.1.1 increased 13 epidemics|Urumqi: A one-time living assistance of 300 yuan is given to low-income and no-income earners

Source: hk1

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