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epidemic. 1.21|An increase of 3507 confirmed cases

2023-01-21T17:37:13.598Z


On the last day of the Year of the Tiger, there were 3,507 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (21st), dropping to 3,000 for the second consecutive day, a decrease of 7.44% from yesterday, of which 87 were imported cases, and the number of deaths also dropped significantly. 2


On the last day of the Year of the Tiger, there were 3,507 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (21st), dropping to 3,000 for the second consecutive day, a decrease of 7.44% from yesterday, of which 87 were imported cases, and the number of deaths also dropped significantly. 29 people died, with a total of 13,081 deaths.

The number of new mutated virus strain cases increased by 9, including 1 imported and 8 local cases.


Today (21st) is the 30th night of the New Year, and the Wong Tai Sin Temple resumes burning incense tonight.

The Secretary of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, said that Hong Kong is gradually embarking on the road to return to normal in an orderly and safe manner. "In the future, we will face the epidemic situation in a normal way."


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Summary of today's epidemic situation:

-An increase of 3,507 confirmed cases, a decrease of 7.44% from yesterday.


- Imported cases accounted for 87 cases, accounting for 2.48% of the total cases.


- 29 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate was 1.119%, the overall mortality rate remained at 0.45%, and the cumulative death toll was 13,081.


- There were 8 more local cases with new mutant virus strains, including 3 XBB virus strains (including 2 XBB1.5 cases), 4 BF.7 and 1 BQ.1.1 subline cases, and a total of 196 XBB cases were found ( Including 8 cases of XBB1.5), 43 cases of BF.7 and 215 cases of subtype BQ.1.1.


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1.20|3,789 new confirmed cases of school staff returning to school after the New Year holidays to avoid rapid testing

The immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases compiled by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong has dropped to 0.6, and the daily confirmed cases continue to fall.

(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)

▼On January 21st, the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair got more and more people as the night went on▼


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The Year of the Rabbit is here|Wong Tai Sin Temple is eager to burn incense sticks to pray for everything to go well and good health

[22:28] Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple has not been open to believers to burn incense in the past two years due to the epidemic situation. Recently, the world has entered the road to normalcy, so it will be reopened on the 30th of this year (21st) to let Faithful believers personally go to the top to burn incense.

At 9:00 p.m., the atmosphere of burning incense in Shangtou became more and more lively. About a hundred people lined up in front of Wong Tai Sin Temple to wait for burning incense in Shangtou. The police needed to be present to assist in implementing crowd control measures.

However, apart from burning incense, there are also citizens who just come to pay homage.

Some believers who came here said that last year an elderly person in the family passed away due to the epidemic, and hope that the whole family will be healthy and safe this year. Shunli, "Add more labor, the boss is not easy to fire people."

▼On January 21, believers will go to the Wong Tai Sin Temple to wait for the incense sticks▼


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Huangren moved to Nanfeng Spinning Mill during the Lunar New Year's Eve, and the business was good. "Back to the original"

【21:50】Students from Queen's College moved to Nan Fung Spinning Factory in Tsuen Wan for the first time this year to participate in the Lunar New Year Fair. Today is the last day of the market on Lunar New Year's Eve (21st).

Wu Zhengfeng, chairman of the Lunar New Year Festival Organizing Committee, said that even though it was not as lively as Victoria Park, there were still a lot of people, so the business was good. Many alumni and students came to support the festival, and the profits were finally "recovered".

The school set up stalls again after two years, and many people participated in the preparatory committee for the first time.

For Wu Zhengfeng, this is also the last time he will participate in the preparations for the Lunar New Year Festival. He said frankly that the experience this time is unforgettable, "I am so reluctant to part with it".

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▼January 21st, the restaurant was full for the New Year’s Eve dinner▼


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The Year of the Rabbit|Families from the two places gather for the first New Year’s Eve dinner in 3 years, grandma and grandma are amazed that grandchildren have grown up: They are all taller than me

[21:15] The three-year epidemic is finally coming to an end. Today (21st) on the 30th night of the new year, some restaurants have resumed the old-fashioned reunion dinner scene, and some families have reunited for the first reunion dinner after a three-year absence.

The youngest son of the 74-year-old Granny Leung lives in Macau. They had a family dinner in Hong Kong tonight. Looking at the long-lost grandson, Granny Leung was surprised that the grandson had grown taller. "All grandchildren are taller than me." The epidemic has separated Guangzhou and Hong Kong. I am very happy to have the first reunion dinner after marriage tonight. "I have been waiting so long for this day!"

The person in charge of the restaurant estimated that the business volume of the reunion dinner market has increased by about 20% compared to 2018, which has perfectly met the standard, and the reservations were fully booked 10 days ago.

▼January 21 Wong Tai Sin Temple reopened on the 30th night to burn incense for devotees▼


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The Year of the Rabbit|Wong Tai Sin Temple has resumed burning incense and believers have arrived at noon.

【20:32】Due to the epidemic situation in the past two years, the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Sik Sik Yuen was not open for believers to burn incense on the 30th night of the new year.

The epidemic has subsided at the end of this year, and the Wong Tai Sin Temple will reopen tonight (21st) for believers to burn incense in person. Some believers have already arrived at 12 noon to take the first place.

The senior artist Huang Xiahui who was named "Xiahui BB" has always been the symbol of Touzhuxiang in the past. This year, she will be absent from "Touzhuxiang" because she has immigrated to the United States. Therefore, two concubines will be appointed to replace her. Pretend to be present at the event of burning incense.

In addition, due to the absence of "Xia Hui BB", some believers specially helped her to line up to offer incense at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, praying for Hong Kong people and wishing Hong Kong people good health. Since she is not here, I hope I can help her do some homework.”

▼January 21, the crowds of people going north at Gaoyi West Kowloon Station▼


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A large number of passengers at the West Kowloon High-Speed ​​Rail Station are waiting to get on the train. Tickets are sold out. Mainland customers feel disappointed.

[18:25] Today (21st) New Year's Eve, many people are still rushing north to go home for the New Year. The West Kowloon High Speed ​​Rail Station is full of people all day long. Many people are rushing to the final sprint to return to their hometown , A family of four mainland tourists planned to buy tickets to go home tomorrow to celebrate the New Year with their families, but the tickets were sold out, so they returned disappointed and had to go north to go home through other land ports.

▼January 20, Li Jiachao went to the night market in Victoria Park▼


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Year of the Rabbit|New Year’s Eve Evening of New Year’s Eve Victoria Park’s Crowd Increase

[17:56] Entering the evening of the New Year’s Eve (21st), the Victoria Park New Year’s Eve Market is getting more and more people. However, since many citizens have a reunion dinner, it is believed that the number of people will increase after nightfall. Ma", because there are a large number of annual flowers that have not been sold, a promotion has been held at 5:30 pm, in order to earn back the cost.

Another stall pointed out that there are more people today than a few days earlier, and the price was also reduced earlier, but the intention is to make it easier for the public to buy New Year flowers and celebrate the New Year happily.

▼January 21st (New Year's Eve) Victoria Park New Year's Eve in the evening, the flow of people increased, and there were stalls with reduced prices and fast sales▼


▼On January 20, Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao visited Cheung Hang Village, Tsing Yi▼


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Year of the Rabbit|Kowloon City’s crowded markets spend more than $3,000 on food for a family of 18

[13:45] This year is the third Lunar New Year under the third epidemic situation, and it is also a year towards normalcy. Today (21st) is New Year’s Eve, and the streets of Kowloon City are crowded with people at 9:00 a.m. , the citizens unanimously said that the atmosphere is good this year, and they "pre-cooked" when buying and cooking reunion dinners.



Because the government has further relaxed the epidemic prevention restrictions recently, some citizens said that they specially went to the market to buy ingredients. Tomorrow (22nd, Lunar New Year’s Day) a family of 18 will gather for an early New Year’s dinner. “This year is very happy, all the elderly can go out Come back, I have never tried for a long time to celebrate the New Year with a large group of people.”

▼January 21st, New Year's Eve, Dragon City's streets are full of people▼


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▼On January 18, the opening ceremony of the "Rabbit Leaping in Hong Kong to Welcome Chinese New Year" by the HKTB▼


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▼January 20th, the maple street stadium testing station in Sham Shuipo has a big discount for citizens waiting for testing▼


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Epidemic in Hong Kong|3,507 more confirmed cases, 29 more deaths, 2 more infected with XBB.1.5 mutant virus strain

[17:21] The new crown pneumonia epidemic continued to decline. Today (21st) there were 3,507 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, a new low in nearly half a year since July 20 last year, and a decrease of 7.44% from yesterday.

The number of local cases with new mutant strains increased by 8, two of which were XBB.1.5 cases, bringing the total number of local cases to 8.

Year of the Rabbit|Hong Kong people’s outbound trips at the airport and their trips northward to celebrate the Chinese New Year surged to a total of 400,000 in 5 days

[15:36] Under the epidemic, many Hong Kong people have not returned to their hometowns or traveled abroad for the New Year for three years. The Year of the Rabbit is approaching. The total number of people going north at each control point more than doubled from 33,000 to 81,000.

The cumulative number of Hong Kong people leaving Hong Kong northward in the five days reached 282,000, among which the cumulative number of Hong Kong people leaving the country via the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line was about 133,000, the most among all control points.

Yesterday was also the peak period for airport departures, with 31,647 people. A total of 110,000 people took advantage of the New Year holidays to take advantage of the 5-day flight to leave Hong Kong. The total number of departures exceeded 400,000. Yesterday alone, more than 113,000 people passed through various ports leave the country.

Customs Clearance|Lok Ma Chau Hundreds of people beat snake cakes at noon and waited for the exit. Citizens returned home eager to get out of the gate

[15:01] The epidemic has been cleared at the end of three years. Today is the 30th day of the new year (21st), and a large number of citizens rushed north to visit relatives and celebrate the new year.

The Lok Ma Chau Port was crowded with people this afternoon. At least hundreds of people were queuing up to "beat snake cakes" to pass the border. The situation was similar to yesterday's.

Some citizens originally expected to complete the customs clearance in half an hour, but they were shocked when they learned that it took at least an hour, thinking that the waiting time was too long.

In addition, at Sheung Shui Station, a large number of Hong Kong people were preparing to transfer to the East Rail Line to go north. Some even tripped while rushing into the gate, and their luggage was scattered all over the place. The scene was a mess.

▼January 21 Sunset Mazhou Port has a lot of people crossing the border▼


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Customs has accumulated 28 new crown oral drug cases this month, three mainland ports reveal suspected antipyretic drug smuggling cases

[14:13] The epidemic in the Mainland and Hong Kong has heated up earlier, making it difficult to find antipyretic and painkillers in Hong Kong.

Wu Jiezhen, Assistant Commissioner of the Customs, said in an interview with the media that 28 cases related to the smuggling and illegal distribution of new crown oral medicines were discovered this month, and a total of 17 people were arrested. Oral medicines entered the country with a value of more than 6 million yuan.

In addition, the authorities also intercepted four cases of controlled drugs suspected of being smuggled into the mainland at ports such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and Shenzhen Bay. Parallel importers.

Wu Jiezhen, Assistant Commissioner of Customs.

(File photo/photo by Wu Zhongkun)

The government pointed out that a total of 177,000 test appointments will be made today and tomorrow, and 7 test sites are full today

[11:55] A government spokesman said today (21st) that as of 10:30 a.m., there are about 77,000 and 100,000 testing appointments in community testing centers and testing stations in Hong Kong today and tomorrow.

There are 7 community testing centers and testing stations that are full of testing places today. Citizens can choose to go to 17 community testing centers and testing stations with less flow of people, including Hong Kong Island Siu Sai Wan Community Hall and To Kwa Wan Sports Center.

▼On January 20, a large number of passengers waited at the Lok Ma Chau Port to pass the border and go north▼


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▼On January 20, there were a lot of people crossing the border at Futian Port▼


Japan's restrictions on Hong Kong flights are expected to solve Lin Shixiong: preliminary understanding that the restrictions will be lifted in February

[09:49] Japan has restricted the number of flights in Hong Kong, causing airlines to cut flights in the first half of February.

The Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Lam Sai-hung, said this morning (21st) that the airlines of Hong Kong and Japan have close ties and hope that the other party will cancel the restrictions on flights from Hong Kong; and the Japanese authorities have a preliminary understanding that the relevant restrictions will be lifted next month and they will strive to increase flights quantity.

He predicted that the Easter holiday would be the peak period for Hong Kong people to travel abroad, and he hoped that the Japanese side would notify them as soon as possible so that the industry could make arrangements.

Xu Shuchang: The local mixed immune barrier is strong and there is no need to set too many restrictions on positive and asymptomatic people

[09:49] The Hong Kong government announced on the 19th that starting from the 30th of this month, the arrangements for issuing quarantine orders for people diagnosed with the new crown will be revoked, and asymptomatic infected people can go out to work.

Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System at CUHK, said this morning (21st) that the local COVID-19 vaccination rate is high and many people have been diagnosed. Too many restrictions, it doesn't matter if they don't report.



The epidemic is about to reach its 3rd anniversary. Xu Shuchang’s biggest feeling is that he did not expect it to become a pandemic. However, due to the advancement of science and technology, there will be a vaccine in a short period of time. He did not expect that there will be a mutation, and he will have to get four injections. He also pointed out that the negative air pressure in Hong Kong The proportion of housing is the highest in the world, but the medical system is also collapsing, which is completely unexpected. In addition, the measures to prevent the epidemic have a great impact on the psychology and economy of the citizens, which makes him feel a lot.

▼On January 19, Lu Chongmao and other officials attended the epidemic press conference▼


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New Year’s Eve traffic |

[08:00] Entering the Year of the Rabbit, Hong Kong is also gradually returning to normal. There are many festivals in Hong Kong this year, including the incense burning at the Wong Tai Sin Temple and the Lam Tsuen Wishing Festival, which were affected by the epidemic and have been absent for two years. "Hong Kong 01》Inventory of relevant information and special traffic arrangements on the eve of and during the Lunar New Year, so that everyone can get ready to welcome the new year with good luck.

Year of the Rabbit|Wong Tai Sin Temple resumes touzhuxiang police to implement crowd control from tonight to the 16th day of the first lunar month

[00:01] The Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple has been closed for the past two years due to the epidemic situation for believers to burn incense. As the epidemic situation subsides and returns to normal, it will be reopened on the 30th night of this year for believers to come to the Wong Tai Sin Temple in person There is a stick of incense on it.

The Wong Tai Sin Temple will be open all night until the first day of the Chinese New Year (22nd), and will be open at 9:00 pm for devotees to wait for the "burning incense" at midnight.

In order to facilitate the public to offer incense and worship at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, the police will implement crowd safety management measures and traffic control arrangements from 7:00 p.m. Safe and smooth traffic.

▼On January 18, the "Silver Spirit" entered Victoria Harbor and docked at Tsim Sha Tsui Ocean Terminal▼


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▼On January 18, there was a long queue at the MacPherson Testing Station in Mong Kok▼


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▼On January 17, there was a long queue at the Tsuen Wan Park Testing Station▼


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▼On January 17, the police implemented traffic control at Flower Market in Mong Kok▼


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▼On January 17, the number of high-speed rail tickets increased to 14,000 to attract passengers to buy▼


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The government has fine-tuned the mask order to allow exhibition booths, catering and catering premises to toast on the stage, antipyretic and painkillers|Consumer Council launched a paracetamol drug search engine and received 20 complaints, half of which involved online shopping at Tung Chung Seawall Bayside, Shatin Hillside Bayside, and other housing estates were positive for sewage The government called on 35,000 people to pass the rapid test at the Lok Ma Chau Port. It took nearly an hour to pass through the self-service channel. Hong Kong mothers failed to pass the self-service channel and had to queue up again at the Maple Street inspection station.

Customs Clearance︱Survey: More than 4 Adults Say Customs Clearance Increases Shopping Desire by Nearly 60%

Source: hk1

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