There were 13,721 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong yesterday (13th), a decrease of about 1,000 cases or 6.77% from the previous day; 37 more elderly patients died, a record high in a single day in nearly half a year.
Although more than 10,000 new cases have been added for six consecutive days, it has not affected the progress of Hong Kong's return to normal.
The government announced yesterday that starting from today (14th), the requirement to scan and travel at listed premises will be revoked. However, when entering restaurants and other active verification premises, a vaccine pass inspection is still required.
Starting today, the number of people entering Hong Kong via the airport will no longer be issued a "yellow code" for three days. As long as the nucleic acid test is negative when they arrive in Hong Kong, they can move around freely like ordinary citizens, and only need to take the nucleic acid test again on the second day.
List of relaxed epidemic prevention measures:
1. Citizens no longer need to scan the "Travel with Peace of Mind", but they will still be "anti-scanned" when entering designated places, that is, they still need to use Vaccine Pass 2. The "
yellow code" will be cancelled, and citizens can enter designated places after entering the country
. Nucleic acid testing for people from the Mainland and Macao at ports
4. Adjust the local nucleic acid testing strategy and gradually reduce the number of testing announcements issued to residential buildings
5. Cancel the requirement for electronic wristbands for people in home quarantine
Summary of yesterday's epidemic:
- 13,721 confirmed cases, a slight decrease of 6.77% compared with yesterday's cases, maintaining the level of 10,000 cases on the seventh day.
- 791 imported cases hit a record high, accounting for 4.36% of the overall case rate; compared with the 18,156 airport arrivals on the same day, the confirmed rate was 4.36%, and the seven-day average rate was 4.11%.
- 37 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate slightly increased to 0.183%, the overall mortality rate decreased slightly by 0.48%, and the cumulative death toll was 11,021.
- Local XBB cases increased by 8 to a total of 131 cases, and local BQ.1.1 cases increased by 2 to a total of 143 cases.
- The number of cases in institutions remains high. Today, 35 institutions have reported cases, and 66 residents and staff have been infected.
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12.13｜An increase of 13,721 confirmed cases Cancel safe travel from Wednesday Cancel entry yellow code
The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.4637, that is, one patient infects about 1.5 people, which has not yet peaked.
(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)
▼On December 13th, the government announced the cancellation of sweeping and traveling with peace of mind▼
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▼On December 13th, the government announced the cancellation of sweeping and traveling with peace of mind▼
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▼On December 13, the government announced the abolition of the Scan Safe Travel and Yellow Code system▼
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▼On December 13, the Medical and Health Bureau announced the latest epidemic prevention arrangements▼
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Travel with peace of mind is canceled｜Lu Chongmao urges not to delete the program and continue to use Vaccine Pass to encourage injections: the epidemic has not passed
[11:15] The spokesman for the Office of the Chief Secretary for Administration said today (14th) that the senior personal assistant of the Chief Secretary for Administration, Chen Guoji, tested positive for the rapid antigen test of the new coronavirus disease.
Chen Guoji undergoes rapid antigen tests for the new coronavirus every day, and the results are all negative.
The spokesman said that the employee wore a mask and followed the relevant epidemic prevention measures at work. He had no recent travel history and the last time he went to work was yesterday (13th).
The Office of the Chief Secretary for Administration has thoroughly cleaned and disinfected the relevant offices, and will continue to strictly implement various anti-epidemic measures.
[11:00] The spokesperson of the Auxiliary Medical Service said today (14th) that the chief staff officer of the Auxiliary Medical Service, Huang Yingqiang, tested positive for the rapid antigen test of the new coronavirus disease, and is now being quarantined according to the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health.
The last time Huang Yingqiang went to work was yesterday (13th). The spokesman pointed out that he wore a mask and complied with relevant epidemic prevention measures at work, and regularly underwent rapid antigen tests. He has no recent travel history.
The Auxiliary Medical Service will thoroughly clean and disinfect the relevant offices, and will continue to strictly implement various anti-epidemic measures.
[09:26] The Hong Kong government has revoked the mandatory scanning of the QR code for safe travel starting today. The Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, said on a radio program this morning that the function of safe travel has been adjusted more than 40 times since it was launched, and nucleic acid testing can now be registered And show the vaccine pass, etc., emphasizing that this time is not canceling the entire safe travel app, and appealing to the public: "Qianqi is not good to take away with the mobile phone (safe travel)."
Regarding the renewal of the vaccine pass, Lu Chongmao emphasized that the vaccine pass is an important measure to promote the vaccination of citizens, and reiterated that if the elderly are seriously infected, the introduction of the vaccine pass is to encourage citizens to get vaccinated: "The (government) is to encourage everyone to get vaccinated, not necessarily to implement it Vaccine passport, I hope everyone will not make the wrong target and enemy."
Travel with peace of mind｜Entering correctional institutions from now on does not need to scan again and still needs to show the vaccine pass
[07:28] The Correctional Services Department stated that visitors entering correctional institutions for visits do not need to use the "Safe Travel" mobile application to register, but they must continue to present the "Vaccination Pass" QR code (indicated by "Safe Travel", " "Smart Convenience" or "Yijiantong" apps, or use paper records, mobile phone screenshots are acceptable), "red code" persons are not allowed to enter correctional institutions for visits.
In order to reduce the risk of the virus entering the institution, visitors are still required to conduct a rapid antigen test on the day of their visit and obtain a negative result, and report the test result through the "Health Declaration Form" after arriving at the correctional institution.
▼On December 13, Chief Executive Li Jiachao announced the abolition of the system of scanning safe travel and yellow codes▼
▼On December 10, citizens snapped up rapid testing kits▼
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Multiple measures to be relaxed within 6 days One article to see the latest requirements of immigrants, confirmed cases and students Cancel travel with peace of mind｜Yellow codes will be canceled simultaneously from tomorrow Zeng Qiyin believes that the epidemic will not worsen rapidly and travel with peace of mind will be canceled｜Jielong Huang described the historic situation as 0+0 Leave a small amount of QR codes to scan the vaccine pass to travel with peace of mind｜Education Bureau: No need to scan again to enter the school from Wednesday and still need to show the vaccine pass. The following children are exempted from mandatory building inspections. 11 groups cancel regular nucleic acid testing. Strong building inspections｜Government reduces mandatory inspections of buildings and falls to 26 buildings. You can free download for the last night of travel with peace of mind｜From voluntary to compulsory use, the scene of citizens queuing up and scanning codes has become a history An 80-year-old woman died of illness and a long-term patient who was not vaccinated traveled abroad｜Cathay Pacific will resume flights to Phuket and Nagoya next month, and Hong Kong Express will resume flights to Jeju and Busan ports. Customs clearance too early｜Requirements for nucleic acid testing at mainland ports will be revoked tomorrow Lu Chongmao: Looking forward to clearing customs and confirming that Han left the temporary care center on Cairong Road without authorization and found it in one day. SWD asked the center to submit a report to strengthen security
Councilor Chen Zhenying was confirmed to have attended several events today and removed the mask to take a group photo to clear customs｜Mainland and Hong Kong to resume customs clearance Sources: Guangdong and Fujian Provinces may be used as pilots The yellow code is equal to 0+0. The liberation of the mainland remains to be seen: next year, there will be a great chance of customs clearance in the mainland |
Customs Clearance｜News: Returning to the Mainland at the earliest beginning of next month will be exempted from quarantine and will only be subject to home inspection for 3 days
▼December 13 under the first cold weather of this winter
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