was diagnosed after returning to Hong Kong
There was good news and bad news today.
The good news is that Hong Kong compatriots stranded in Japan on the cruise ship "Diamond Princess" have been taken flights arranged by the Hong Kong government to return to Hong Kong one after another in the past few days.
According to the Hong Kong Security Bureau Secretary Li Jiachao, 84 cruise passengers arrived in Hong Kong at the morning of this morning, of which 82 were Hong Kong residents and 2 were Macau residents. All 82 Hong Kong people have been sent to Junyang Estate for quarantine, while two Macau people have been taken back by Macau.
Li Jiachao said that the Hong Kong government has arranged a third charter flight, which will take off at 1:45 am tomorrow, and will carry all Hong Kong cruise passengers who are not in close contact. There are still more than 100 Hong Kong people stranded in Japan, of which 32 are close contacts, and dozens of other are close contacts. According to the Hong Kong people who took the flight, they were satisfied with the efforts made by the central government and the SAR government in this incident and expressed their understanding of the practice of quarantine for 14 days after returning to Hong Kong.
The bus to pick up and drop off passengers from cruise ships returning to Hong Kong is taken to Junyang Estate for isolation and quarantine
In addition, the Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong, Chen Zhaoshi, who attended the press conference, introduced that so far, 208 passengers returning to Hong Kong have checked in Junyang Estate in Futan. A total of 68 Hong Kong people on the Diamond Princess were diagnosed with the new coronavirus pneumonia and will stay in Japan for treatment. Chen Zhaoshi emphasized that only close contacts who have received nucleic acid test and who have no symptoms of pneumonia can take a flight back to Hong Kong.
Li Jiachao and Chen Zhaoshi held a press conference today to introduce the situation of passengers returning to Hong Kong from the "Diamond Princess"
It is worth noting that among the 208 cruise passengers returning to Hong Kong who checked in Junyang Estate, a 68-year-old man was diagnosed with COVID-19 this afternoon, and he also became the first confirmed case among the "Diamond Princess" passengers returning to Hong Kong. With the emergence of this case, Hong Kong has the same situation as the United States: confirmed cases have appeared among the government’s chartered flights. This almost means that there is a large number of "missing diagnosis rates" in the nucleic acid tests conducted by Japan on the Diamond Princess.
In fact, since the living environment and congenital design of the cruise ship did not consider the large-scale infection of malignant infectious diseases, such a "miss diagnosis rate" has been predicted by all parties. Theoretically, Japan's nucleic acid testing has always lagged behind the speed of infection on the ship, which means that if stranded passengers on the cruise ship are not arranged to land and further quarantine and observation, then most people on the ship may be infected with the new coronavirus in the end.
Therefore, the Japanese side made the decision to disembark by passengers not long ago. However, tourists who have no symptoms when disembarking the ship will be quarantined at home by themselves, which will bring new risks of "human transmission" and even lead to the risk of cluster infections nationwide in Japan.
There are confirmed cases of passengers taking government chartered flights, which is bad news for Hong Kong and the United States. However, this may be even greater bad news for Japan in the end, and Japanese friends must not take it lightly.
Police officers were infected with
Hong Kong first confirmed case of new coronavirus pneumonia on February 20. The 48-year-old male police officer was transferred to the second tier of the East District riot team some time ago. Recently, he has been patrolling and working in the North Point and near Chai Wan. During his work, he mainly lived in the dormitory of married police officers in Chai Wan.
The policeman developed fever and cough symptoms on February 18 and went to the Social Health Center in Kwun Tong Community for treatment the next day. The deep throat saliva sample was tested positive for the new coronavirus and was immediately sent to the Christian Union Hospital for isolation treatment. The patient is currently in a stable condition.
According to epidemiological investigation, the police officer went to the West Ring Star Seafood Roast Goose Store on the evening of February 18 to attend a colleague's retirement dinner, and the party lasted for 4 and a half hours. Due to the long contact time and a large number of people, all 59 people attending the party have been listed as close contacts and need to be sent to the quarantine center for quarantine observation.
The restaurant where police officers participated in the dinner has been closed urgently
The infection case of this police officer reminds us again that it is very necessary to reduce crowd gatherings during the epidemic prevention and control period.
Hubei Candidate Scholarship Fund
Hong Kong University announced today that considering that Hubei students are greatly affected by the epidemic, Hong Kong University will make special arrangements for Hubei candidates who apply for undergraduate admission in 2020, including exempting undergraduate application fees, and establishing Hubei Candidate Exclusive Scholarship Fund for a more flexible review method.
From now on, all Hubei candidates applying for undergraduate admission to the University of Hong Kong in 2020 will be exempted from the application fee of HK$450. For students whose performance in the exam is affected by the epidemic, the Hong Kong Congress will try its best to arrange interview opportunities for relevant candidates. The Hong Kong University hopes that it will not miss the students who are truly suitable for the Hong Kong University.
Hong Kong University pointed out that all Hubei students who successfully entered the University of Hong Kong through the "Mainland Undergraduate Admission Program" or the "International Student Admission Program" in 2020 will have the opportunity to receive subsidies from the Hubei Candidate Student Aid Fund.
"Direct News" highly praised the University of Hong Kong for its positive practice of caring for epidemic areas and caring for students.
"Send sugar" calls are getting higher and higher
The Financial Committee of the Hong Kong Legislative Council reviewed and approved the HK$30 billion in the epidemic prevention and epidemic prevention fund fund allocation project yesterday, of which 4.7 billion will be used to support the overtime salary and purchase of protection equipment for relevant anti-epidemic positions in frontlines, and another 1.5 billion will be used to support the production of masks in Hong Kong. After the funding of the epidemic prevention and epidemic prevention fund is approved, the next round of rescue measures for the Hong Kong government to rescue and relieve the market may be published in the fiscal budget announced on February 26, and calls for "sending sugar" (the whole people give money) from Hong Kong society and various political parties are increasing.
The Hong Kong government held a press conference on February 14 to call on the people to work together to fight the epidemic and overcome difficulties
Hong Kong Labor and Welfare Bureau Director Luo Chi-kwong mentioned today when attending a radio program that in the past month, he often heard news of different companies going bankrupt, and the unemployment rate has increased to 3.4% with a monthly increase of 0.1% to 3.4%, and it is very likely that the unemployment rate will rise to 5%. I am very worried that in the bad environment, it will have a negative psychological impact on citizens and further trigger a vicious cycle of consumption reduction.
Luo Zhiguang revealed that the government will take the role of taking the lead in reducing rents, hoping to convey to the society the signal of surviving difficulties together and improve the potential for economic recovery after the epidemic.
