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epidemic. Latest|31-month-old infected girl dies by 19,398 cases and 2.5 million people are recruited

2022-12-26T09:56:22.169Z


The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has eased slightly. Today (26th) there were 19,398 new cases, falling below 20,000, including 865 imported cases, 47 more deaths, a total of 11,509 deaths, and an increase of 40 cases of infection in institutions


The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has eased slightly. Today (26th) there were 19,398 new cases, falling below 20,000, including 865 imported cases, 47 more deaths, and a total of 11,509 deaths. Residents and staff were recruited.


Summary of today's epidemic situation:


-An increase of 19,398 confirmed cases, before falling back below 20,000 three days later.

- There were 865 imported cases, accounting for 4.46% of the overall case rate; compared with 19,088 airport arrivals on the same day, the confirmed rate was 4.53%, and the seven-day average rate was 4.96%.

- 47 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate dropped slightly to 0.223%, the overall mortality rate remained at 0.46%, and the cumulative death toll was 11,509.

-A total of 4,665 patients were hospitalized, of which 586 were newly confirmed patients, and 22 critical and 32 serious cases were newly reported.

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12.25|An increase of 21,255 confirmed cases exceeded 20,000 for three consecutive days, and 50 patients died

The immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases in HKU is 1.1756, which means that one patient can infect more than one person.

(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)

▼On December 25, the government's "Customs Clearance Coordination Group" held its first meeting▼


[17:44] 47 more patients died today, including a 31-month-old critically ill girl in Tuen Mun Hospital.

The Hospital Authority received the case last Saturday (24th).

▼December 25, the citizens "return to normal" to celebrate Christmas▼


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Epidemic|An increase of 19,398 cases, the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 2.5 million and 47 more deaths

[17:29] The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. Hong Kong today (26th) added 19,398 confirmed cases, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 2.5 million, reaching 2,502,672 cases2.

Three days later, the number of confirmed cases returned to below 20,000, a slight drop of 8% from yesterday.

As for residential institutions, the number of positive cases reported by residential institutions is still in double digits, with 60 residents and 6 staff members diagnosed.

Bili Pain is out of stock|A box of analgesic and antipyretic medicine is hard to find

[16:32] The epidemic situation in the mainland is severe. Some citizens snapped up painkillers and antipyretics such as Bisaliva in Hong Kong and resold them in the country, causing the shortage of Bisaliva in Hong Kong again. To buy medicines, you must register your ID card to quell the panic buying.



Cui Junming, president of the Hong Kong Society of Hospital Pharmacists, said that after the customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland, the situation of drug snatching may become more serious. In addition to pharmacies, mainlanders are more likely to buy medicines from private doctors, but there are still other brands of paracetamol in stock on the market , thinks that the rush to buy is not as serious as the fifth wave of the epidemic, and there is no need to consider the "drug restriction order" for the time being. "Drugs are life-saving and related to health, and Yijia has not reached this level."

He also questioned the actual effect of the purchase restriction: "To tell the truth, if the mainlanders come here, it will be very easy for them to get a Hong Kong person to help them buy or let them buy a box of medicine, that is, let a few hundred people buy you (help me) a box medicine."

[14:27] Ye Shaojian, Political Assistant to the Deputy Secretary for Administration, tested positive for the 2019 coronavirus rapid antigen test today (26th) and is being quarantined according to the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health.

The last time Ye Shaojian went to work was on December 23. He wore a mask and followed relevant epidemic prevention measures while working, and performed rapid antigen tests every day.

He has no recent travel history.

Zhuo Yongxing, Deputy Secretary for Administration, conducts daily nucleic acid tests or rapid antigen tests, and the results are negative.

Bili Pain is out of stock|It is expected to return early next year. There are pharmacies splitting up and selling 12 capsules and frying it up to 120 yuan

[13:52] As the epidemic situation in the mainland and Hong Kong is severe, Bili Pain has been out of stock again recently. A reporter from "Hong Kong 01" visited many pharmacies and chain drugstores in Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po today (25), and some clerks expressed concern The product has been out of stock for two weeks, and it is expected that the manufacturer will resupply at the earliest early next year.

A Mannings in Sham Shui Po was sold for sale this morning, but it was sold out within about an hour.

There is a pharmacy in Mong Kok that still has a small amount of stock in stock. The staff split a box into several rows for sale. A row of 12 pills is fried up to 120 yuan.

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Customs clearance in the Mainland|Tan Yaozong: It is expected to fully clear the customs in the second half of next year

[12:01] Tan Yaozong, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in Beijing, said that it is "the best news" that customs clearance is expected before the Lunar New Year, and it is expected that Hong Kong and the mainland will be able to complete customs clearance in the middle of next year.

Macau Epidemic|Member predicts that half of the population will be recruited, the market will be short of medicine supply, and the hospital will become a purgatory on earth

【10:18】Macao opened and closed to the outside world last Friday (23rd), but the local epidemic has become more and more serious. Macau Legislative Council member Lin Yutao said on a radio program today (26th) that many friends around him have been "recruited". , Even after testing positive, he still has to continue to work. It is believed that half of Macau has been infected. He believes that the government's estimate that one in six people are infected is an underestimation of the current epidemic situation.

He continued to point out that Macau's epidemic prevention policy has changed from "dynamic clearing" to "coexisting with the virus" suddenly, but he was unprepared and there is not enough drug supply in the market. He even described the hospital as a "purgatory on earth", worrying that the government will not be able to effectively respond to the peak of the epidemic in the next few days.

▼December 25, when the epidemic situation in Macau was severe, many shops were closed▼


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▼On December 25th, social assistance to promote the separation of single mothers and children from Hong Kong and China▼


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▼On December 24, the Hong Kong-Macau direct bus "Hong Kong-Macau Express Line" will resume service▼


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▼On Christmas Eve, December 24, citizens welcome Christmas outside Harbor City▼


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Weekly Epidemic|130,000 Confirmed Cases Last Week

[07:00] The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong rose to a high of 20,000. Looking back at the epidemic last week (announced from December 19 to 25), a total of 129,892 local and imported cases were recorded, which is higher than the previous week (December 12) To be announced on the 18th) an increase of 20%.

Last week, the average total number of patients in hospital rose by 12.3% to 4,251, and the average number of critically ill patients increased by 41.6% to 296, while 291 patients died last week, an increase of 37.3% week-on-week.

The 7-day average death rate, which compares the number of patients, rose slightly by 0.03 percentage points to 0.226% last week.

▼On December 24, Li Jiachao announced that he will clear customs with the mainland▼


▼December 24th, a direct look at the market situation in Macau under the epidemic▼


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Customs clearance in the Mainland|The "Customs Clearance Coordination Group" first meeting Chen Guoji: As soon as possible to formulate a safe plan for customs clearance in the Mainland|The Government Coordination Group meets for the first time The Security Bureau and the Disciplined Forces discuss preparations for customs clearance|MTR said it expects cross-boundary trains to resume service during the suspension period. There will always be maintenance during Christmas |Families separated from China and Hong Kong hope to obtain the right of abode to be self-reliant. A family once went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger and pass customs in the mainland|Member proposed to give priority to opening up quotas for four types of people to gradually increase customs clearance quotas. 93-year-old bad mother-in-law Yuxing took the stairlift down the stairs to swim in the taxi river for the first time in a year. Chen Maobo said that the economic recovery process will inevitably have ups and downs. He is full of expectations for next year: the prospects are very bright. More than half of the shops are closed, the bakery business has plummeted by 90%, and Hong Kong and Macau customs clearance is directly hit|Pharmacies are closed, doctors are not available, and supermarkets sell Pocari. Lam Ching-choi: It is expected that the land port will be the first and the quota system will be adopted to pass through the mainland|Yip Liu Shuyi: The central government will give Hong Kong people the biggest Christmas gift

Source: hk1

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