Hong Kong today (16th) added 14,903 local infection cases and 823 imported cases, a total of 15,726 new confirmed cases, about 1,300 cases less than the previous day, and 32 more patients died. So far, the cumulative number of deaths in Hong Kong has reached 11 , 107 cases.
Chief Executive Li Jiachao sent reassurance last night. He wrote on Facebook that customs clearance in 2023 is "very realistically possible." , Resuming exchanges between the two places step by step.
Summary of today's epidemic situation:
-15,726 confirmed cases, a drop of 7.9% compared with yesterday's epidemic situation, maintaining the level of over 10,000 cases on the tenth day.
- There were 823 imported cases, accounting for 5.23% of the total cases and 4.55% of the 18,081 inbound tourists.
-Death cases increased by 32, with a cumulative death toll of 11,107, and the cumulative death rate for the whole period remained at 0.48%.
-The number of cases of local new mutant virus strains increased by 11, including 2 more cases of XBB, a total of 136 cases, 1 increase of BF.7, a total of 8 cases, and an increase of 8 cases of BQ.1.1, a total of 163 cases.
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12.15｜An increase of 17,080 confirmed cases and an increase of 19 deaths. The seven-day average death rate dropped slightly
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
The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.41, that is, one patient infects about 1.5 people, showing signs of a plateau.
(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)
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Cancellation of voluntary inspection?
Reporter's actual test was rejected Medical and Health Bureau: Free testing is still available
[23:13] The number of confirmed cases of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is "high and rampant". Recently, it has been rumored that the government has instructed contractors to cancel the "voluntary inspection" category of community testing centers. Tian Beichen, a member of the Legislative Council of the Real Politics Roundtable, is also here today (16th) The social platform pointed out that some contractors have received instructions from the government not to accept free testing for people who are "willing to be tested" and have verified it with the government to find out that it is true.
The reporter called and went to the testing station tonight. A staff member pointed out that only designated categories of people can be tested for free at present, and said that the day before yesterday (14th) they had received a notice from the government to stop the category of "voluntary testing".
However, when the reporter inquired with the responsible persons of the two testing contractors, the responses of the two responsible persons were different, and some responsible persons even pointed out that they had not heard the relevant information.
The Medical and Health Bureau clarified late in the evening that the government has been providing free COVID-19 at community testing centers, community testing stations, and temporary mobile sampling stations for designated groups, including those who voluntarily undergo testing (that is, "willing to test all" people). Nucleic acid testing service.
A government spokesman reiterated that the relevant testing policy has not changed.
Cai Ruolian of the Education Bureau has just been "released from prison" and the deputy director of the close contact Shi Junhui is also required to be quarantined
[20:12] The spokesperson of the Education Bureau said that the Director of the Education Bureau, Cai Ruolian, and the Deputy Director, Shi Junhui, were listed as close contacts of a positive case. They are undergoing home quarantine in accordance with the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, and will work from home during the period.
The spokesperson said that Cai Ruolian and Shi Junhui have been conducting regular nucleic acid tests for COVID-19.
They had undergone rapid antigen tests today and the results were all negative.
▼On December 15, the Education Bureau announced the "Guidelines for Teachers' Professional Ethics" and listed eight categories▼
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Qiangjian Building｜24 buildings on the list involve Shatian Ravana Garden, Tsui Wah Garden, Kingswood Villa, etc.
[19:48] The government is reducing the number of mandatory inspection buildings. The Medical and Health Bureau announced the latest list of mandatory inspection buildings tonight (16th). Only 24 buildings are on the list, and 20 of them have more confirmed cases. Among them, Shatian District and Tun There are the most gate districts, with 3 buildings each on the list, including Shatin Ravana Garden Block 1, Tsui Wah Garden Block B, Tuen Mun Kaifeng Garden Block 4, etc., Tin Shui Wai Kingswood Villa Lok Wu Residence Block 2 is also on the list.
Another 4 buildings involved in sewage samples were positive, 2 buildings in Sha Tin District, 1 building in Tseung Kwan O and 1 building in Tuen Mun District, including Lin Chuan House, Shui Quan O Village, Sha Tin, Xin Xi House, Xin On Estate, Ma On Shan; Building 9 in Jian Garden.
▼December 16, part of the building will be inspected▼
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The courier has posted many times, including smearing safe travel as a black-hearted travel as an act of sedition
[18:36] Couriers posted messages on different social platforms, such as smearing safe travel as "black-hearted travel", calling on citizens to refuse vaccination, encouraging others to "train themselves, organize plans, and inherit the unfinished work of Martyr Liang Jianhui", etc. charged with an act with seditious intent.
He pleaded guilty in the West Kowloon Court today (16th). The facts of the case stated that the remarks involved in the case included insulting the President of the country and his visit to Hong Kong, and accusing the Observatory of being a government department for "money laundering".
Chief Magistrate Su Huide adjourned the case to January 5 next year for sentencing, pending the request for a background report, during which the defendant continued to be remanded in custody.
Customs Clearance｜News: Station staff and security guards have been transferred back to the high-speed rail station Lo Wu Lok Ma Chau Station as well
[17:27] After "Hong Kong 01" first reported that Hong Kong and the mainland are expected to clear customs as soon as early next year, news of customs clearance from various parties has come one after another. Traffic is getting ready.
According to sources, station staff, security guards and other employees are being transferred back to the West Kowloon Station of the High Speed Rail. The Luohu Station and Lok Ma Chau Station, which were also closed due to the epidemic, have also returned to work in succession, suspected to be in preparation for customs clearance.
When MTR responded to the arrangement of customs clearance trains, it said that it depends on the development of the epidemic and the arrangement of relevant government measures.
If there is any further information, the company will announce it in due course.
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Huanran Yiju, Lantian Coast, Longyu and other sewage positive 45,000 people need to be tested quickly
[17:20] The government stated today (15th) that many residential sewage tests in Tsuen Wan District, Kowloon City District and Outlying Islands, such as Huanran Yiju, Lantian Coast, and Long Yu, were positive and the virus load was relatively high. About 45,000 quick test kits were distributed to relevant locations for self-testing by residents, cleaners and property management staff to assist in the identification of infected persons.
▼December 16 Some residences with positive sewage test results▼
15,726 more confirmed cases, 32 more people, the death rate remains at 0.48%, Hong Kong University Goben: The mask order should be canceled
[17:05] The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced that there were 15,726 new confirmed cases.
Among them, 14,903 were local infection cases, including 2,872 positive cases of nucleic acid tests and 12,031 positive cases of rapid tests.
In addition, there were 823 new positive imported cases, of which 457 involved airport test samples, 293 involved samples from the first to third days, and the remaining 73 cases involved samples from the fourth to seventh days.
Customs Clearance｜West Kowloon High Speed Rail and other ports are preparing for the Transportation and Logistics Bureau: arrangements can be made as soon as they are cleared
[15:16] Customs clearance between the mainland and Hong Kong is in sight, and the local ports, including the West Kowloon High Speed Rail, are reported to be deploying personnel for preparations.
Acting Secretary for Transport and Logistics Liao Chun-sun said today (16th) that "we have been making intensive preparations" and arrangements can be made as soon as customs clearance is complete, but we must cooperate with the mainland's announcement.
In addition, Liao Zhenxin inspected the operation of the point-to-point freight transportation mode at Xiangyuanwei Port since it took effect. The transportation time has been shortened from more than ten hours to seven or eight hours. As of the latest statistics yesterday (15th), the average daily cross-border freight volume It has reached more than 9,000 driving times, and has recovered more than 50% compared to before the fifth wave of the epidemic.
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In the elevator lobby of the housing estate, the former district councilor's dispute over non-public places appealed for violating gathering restrictions
[13:54] Former Tuen Mun District Councilor Zhen Peilin, in a housing estate in his constituency the year before last, was accused of violating the gathering restriction order when he supervised the management company to handle the confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia. After the trial, he was convicted and sentenced to 80 The hourly service order.
Zhen appealed against the conviction and disputed that the elevator lobby of the housing estate he was in was not a public place. Judge Qiu Zhili of the High Court handed down his judgment today (16th) and believed that the prosecution had no basis to interpret the elevator lobby of the building involved as a public place. The public places referred to in the regulations also refer to the original magistrate and the Department of Justice claiming that if it is not interpreted in this way, people can gather in the elevator lobby of the housing estate without wearing masks, which will increase the risk of the spread of the epidemic. Qiu Guan bluntly said that it is "unfounded worry." , ruled that Zhen's appeal was allowed and the conviction was revoked.
Macau Switch︱From 12.17, there is no need for hotel quarantine to change to 5 days of home quarantine: In response to the new ten regulations, optimize the opening and closing of the mainland?
Macau quasi-home quarantine Tam Yaozong said that the two places are exempt from inspection: the mainland may relax
[13:05] The Macao Special Administrative Region Government announced that starting from 00:00 tomorrow (17th), it will relax the epidemic prevention measures for Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign immigrants. The current "5+3" measures include centralized isolation medical observation and 3-day home isolation Medical observation will be changed to "optimized 5+3" from midnight, which means 5 days of home isolation medical observation and 3 days of departure restrictions.
When boarding a plane, boarding a ship or boarding a car to come to Macau, you must have a negative nucleic acid test report within 48 hours of the sampling date and prepare an appropriate amount of quick test kits for each person, but you do not need to book a medical observation hotel in Macau, nor do you need to prepay the nucleic acid test fee.
After entering the country, the health code is changed to a red code, and a nucleic acid test sample must be taken on arrival, and you cannot go to the mainland through Macau until 00:00 on the ninth day from the day after your entry.
If the nucleic acid test result is negative at the time of entry, for 3 consecutive days from the next day of entry, a quick test is performed and the results are uploaded every day, and the code will be changed to a yellow code on the 3rd day.
On the 4th and 5th day counting from the next day of entry, the rapid test must continue to be carried out every day; after the rapid test is negative for 2 consecutive days, it will be converted to a green code.
▼December 14, the restaurant situation on the first day of the cancellation of the safe travel program▼
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▼On December 14, there will be no "yellow code" restrictions for those entering Taiwan and other places▼
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Liu Liqun, Permanent Secretary of the Environmental Bureau, tested negative quickly because his family members were infected with the epidemic.
[12:30] The spokesperson of the Bureau of Environment and Ecology said today (16th) that a family member of Liu Liqun, Permanent Secretary (Food) of the Bureau of Environment and Ecology, was diagnosed with the new crown virus disease. She is now undergoing home quarantine according to the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection. Will work from home during quarantine.
Liu Liqun has regularly undergone new coronavirus nucleic acid tests and rapid antigen tests, and the results are all negative. She wears a mask and abides by relevant epidemic prevention measures when she is working.
[12:20] The government continued to conduct surprise inspections on two mandatory inspection buildings this morning (16th).
Among them, the Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Office and the Secretariat of the University Grants Committee, together with the Kwai Tsing Police District and the Department of Health, went to Block 3, Haixin Garden, Tsing Yi, which was included in the mandatory testing announcement earlier, to conduct law enforcement operations, and checked a total of 185 people. Among them, 11 people were found to have failed to comply with the mandatory testing announcement, so they were issued a mandatory testing order, and the government issued a fixed penalty notice of 10,000 yuan to 8 of them.
The action starts at 8:30pm and ends at 11:30am.
In addition, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, together with the Sau Mau Ping Police District and the Department of Health, carried out law enforcement operations at Kai Hong Court, Kai Tai Court, Kowloon Bay, which was earlier included in the mandatory testing announcement. A total of 155 people were inspected, and all of them were tested in accordance with the regulations.
The operation started at about 8:00 am and ended at about 11:30 am.
▼On December 14, the HKTB received about 60 representatives of the tourism industry in Southeast Asia to visit Hong Kong in person▼
▼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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An increase of 17,080 confirmed cases, an increase of more than 15% from yesterday, 19 people died, and the seven-day mortality rate dropped slightly. The Shatian District on the list is the most polluted for positive sewage in Fortress City, Cuiyong Huating and other Yundie Gardens, Deya Garden, Yufeng Garden, and Yufeng Garden. Hurry up on Friday to get 4 tricks to check if you are eligible. The Hospital Authority is short of manpower and has not stopped the bleeding.
▼On December 13, the Medical and Health Bureau announced the latest epidemic prevention arrangements▼
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Li Jiachao: The media should beware of someone using the name of freedom of the press to undermine the reality of freedom of the press Those asymptomatic will canvass votes online
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▼December 14 Macau’s Epidemic Prevention and Anti-epidemic Situation▼
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