The Centre for Health Protection and the Health Administration of the Hong Kong Department of Health announced today (5th) that as of 0:00 on October 5, had 3,642 new cases of new crown confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, including 3,318 local cases and 324 imported cases; 10 new death cases were added .
death cases , 10 new confirmed patients died in public hospitals in the past day. During the fifth wave of the epidemic (from December 31, 2021), a total of 9,981 deaths were recorded in Hong Kong, which had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. To date, there are 10,194 deaths in Hong Kong. In terms of
variant virus, from September 26 to October 2, the samples related to Omicron BA.4/BA.5 accounted for about 90.7% of the local case samples, and the samples of BA.2.12.1 accounted for about 2.8%.
hospital room , 7 new confirmed cases were added, involving 4 nursing homes and 2 disabled homes, all of which were confirmed by the hospital.
school , adding 1,147 new confirmed cases, including 977 students and 170 faculty and staff, from 444 schools.
In addition. Public hospitals have added 182 confirmed patients to be hospitalized for treatment, 134 confirmed patients need to be admitted to isolation facilities, and 5 new critical patients and 4 serious patients have been reported.
334From October 6, eligible persons
Free influenza vaccination
Hong Kong Health Administration announced today that it will vaccinate seasonal influenza vaccines for eligible persons in stages starting from October 6.
This year's seasonal influenza vaccine injection plan will be carried out in three stages. The first stage will be vaccinated with patients in eligible public hospitals and outpatient clinics (see the picture below). Eligible patients can go to various public hospitals, specialist and general clinics under the HA for seasonal influenza vaccine.
Eligible patients who regularly review in specialist and general outpatient clinics can go to the clinic to receive vaccination according to the original date of follow-up after the injection plan is launched. If the date of follow-up is outside the injection schedule, you can visit or call the clinic to arrange vaccination. The second phase of the injection plan for
will be launched on October 24. General clinic (see list below) will vaccinate elderly people aged 65 or above who live in the community. The third phase of the injection plan will begin on October 31. People who are engaged in the breeding and slaughtering of poultry or pigs referred by relevant government departments can also go to the selected general clinic for vaccination.
According to the recommendations of the Hong Kong Center for Health Protection, the new crown vaccine can be vaccinated at the same time with other vaccines including seasonal influenza vaccines. General clinics can receive the COVID-19 vaccine for eligible persons when they receive influenza vaccines, and medical staff will provide advice based on their past vaccination records.
Dr. Lai Weiwen, Director of General Infection Control of the Health Administration, calls on citizens to receive seasonal influenza vaccine as soon as possible. He said: "The local seasonal influenza activity has been at a low level since February 2020, so the overall population's immune response to flu is also low. We are worried that the risk of influenza transmission may increase this winter, which may increase the possibility of a co-epidemic between the new coronavirus and the new coronavirus, which poses an additional burden on the weak and the medical system. According to foreign studies, patients who are infected with the influenza virus and the 2019 coronavirus disease will have a higher risk of serious illness and death. Therefore, citizens should get influenza vaccination as soon as possible. If citizens have not completed vaccination with the new coronavirus, they should also arrange vaccination as soon as possible."
In addition, the Hong Kong Department of Health announced earlier that the plan for vaccination of monkeypox in high-risk groups will be launched today and appointments can be made from Monday (3rd). The Hong Kong government calls on citizens to get vaccinated as soon as possible if they belong to high-risk target groups.
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