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epidemic. Live|Li Jiachao's afternoon press conference will announce customs clearance and cancellation of vaccine clearance and restrictions on gatherings

2022-12-28T07:32:12.534Z


Chief Executive Lee Kar-chao held a press conference at 3:30 this afternoon (28th) on the "Guidance and Coordination Group for Epidemic Response", announcing customs clearance matters with the Mainland, and canceling social distancing measures such as vaccine clearance and restrictions on gatherings.


Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao held a press conference at 3:30 this afternoon (28th) on the "Guidance and Coordination Group for Epidemic Response", announcing customs clearance matters with the mainland, and canceling the vaccination and restrictions on gatherings and other social distancing measures. The isolation order and the school quick test will be maintained.


The Department of Health announced yesterday (27th) that there were 18,626 new confirmed cases, about 800 fewer than yesterday; 53 patients died after the rebound, and the total number of cases reached 11,562.


The National Health and Medical Commission announced a major change in prevention and control policies in the middle of the night on Monday (26th). The mainland will be "switched" from January 8th. Chinese and foreign personnel entering the mainland do not need to undergo nucleic acid testing and centralized isolation (quarantine). A negative nucleic acid test result within the previous 48 hours is sufficient.

Li Weizhen, chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Medical Laboratories, predicts that the laboratories in Hong Kong can perform at least 80,000 to 100,000 single-sample nucleic acid tests per day, which is believed to be able to meet the initial demand for customs clearance.


Summary of yesterday's epidemic:


-An increase of 18,626 confirmed cases, the number of confirmed cases has dropped for three consecutive days, a slight drop of 3.98% from yesterday.

- There were 990 imported cases, accounting for 5.32% of the overall case rate; compared with 19,991 airport inbound passengers on the same day, the confirmed rate was 4.95%, and the seven-day average rate was 4.98%.

- 53 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate dropped slightly to 0.232%, the overall mortality rate remained at 0.46%, and the cumulative death toll was 11,562.

- A total of 4,884 patients were hospitalized, of which 661 were newly confirmed patients, and 15 critical and 28 serious cases were newly reported.

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The immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases compiled by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong continues to rise, and the latest is 1.2858, which means that one patient can infect more than one person.

(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)

▼On December 28, the government is expected to announce the cancellation of the vaccine pass▼


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Japanese airport restrictions|Four kinds of mentality fly to Fukuoka, Okinawa

[12:48] The Japanese government suddenly announced on Tuesday (27th) that starting from Friday (30th), passengers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau can only enter from Tokyo's Haneda Airport, Narita Airport, Osaka Kansai Airport and Nagoya's Chubu Airport , Return arrangements for passengers from other destinations are unknown.

This morning (28th), there are still passengers at Hong Kong Airport going to restricted destinations such as Okinawa and Fukuoka. They can be divided into four types of mentality for their itinerary and return arrangements. Some people plan to return to Hong Kong by detouring Taiwan. First flew from Okinawa to Tokyo and then returned to Hong Kong, but also decided to go with the situation, not worried or prepared: "I haven't traveled for three years, even if it's something we really want to go."

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News: Vaccine pass, restrictions on gatherings cancelled, close contacts will not be quarantined Li Jiachao meets reporters in the afternoon

[12:45] Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao will hold a press conference of the "Epidemic Response Guidance and Coordination Group" at 3:30 this afternoon (28th). Director of the Medical and Health Bureau Lu Chongmao and Director of the Center for Health Protection Xu Lejian will also attend.

According to sources, the government plans to cancel some social distancing measures, and close contacts of confirmed cases will no longer need to be quarantined, but measures such as mask orders, quarantine orders for confirmed cases, and rapid school tests will continue to be maintained.

Customs Clearance in the Mainland︱He Boliang’s material to get the same injections Passengers who come to Hong Kong are given priority to follow foreign countries and do not need to quarantine

[10:52] Customs clearance with the mainland is imminent. Regarding the arrangements for personnel exchanges, Ho Pak-liang, director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong, pointed out that the symptoms of all injections are mild, and the chance of severe cases is one in ten thousand. I believe that priority will be given to all three injections For tourists coming to Hong Kong, he believes that there is no need for quarantine after customs clearance, and the role of testing is minimal.

Customs clearance in the mainland︱Jiang Yuhuan pointed out that the national policy is to return to normal and Hong Kong should follow the steps to withdraw some epidemic prevention measures

[09:38] The National Health and Medical Commission announced that new coronary pneumonia will no longer be included in the management of quarantine infectious diseases from January 8 next year, and those who are diagnosed do not need to be quarantined.

Legislative Council member Jiang Yuhuan said today (28th) that the country's prevention and control policies now hope to return to normal, and that Hong Kong should follow the guidelines of the Mainland and that it is necessary to revoke some of the epidemic prevention policies.

At present, a series of regulations made by the government under the "Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance" in Chapter 599 are still in effect. Jiang pointed out that Chapter 599 refers to a public health emergency. However, Hong Kong is now holding large-scale events, and the government should review the policy Is it still relevant.

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


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▼On December 23, the airport reappeared the crowds of tourists▼


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In the first two months of free travel in Japan, 120,000 Hong Kong people "returned to their hometowns"; in November, ten tourists and one Hong Kong resident

【00:44】Since the opening of Japan in June, the number of Hong Kong people traveling to Japan "returning to the countryside" has only been a few hundred per month. However, since Japan resumed independent travel in October, the number of monthly tourists has soared to 36,200 , an increase of about 12 times compared to September.

In November, 83,000 Hong Kong people visited Japan, accounting for 8.9% of the total number of tourists visiting Japan in that month, second only to tourists from South Korea, Taiwan and the United States, and almost one in ten tourists was from Hong Kong; In comparison, there were 199,702 Hong Kong people who visited Japan that month, which means that it has recovered to about 42% before the epidemic last month.

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


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Source: hk1

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