Hong Kong, January 4 (Xinhua) -- The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 4th that as of 00:00 on the same day, there were 39 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong, including 36 imported cases and 3 cases with epidemiological association with imported cases. The SAR government said on the same day that it will implement a series of measures from February 24 to expand the requirements of "vaccine bubbles".
It is reported that of the 39 confirmed cases announced on the same day, 34 cases involved infections of mutated virus strains, and the test results of the remaining 5 cases of mutated virus strains are to be determined. At present, Hong Kong has reported a total of 12,761 confirmed cases of covid-19.
When meeting with the media before attending the Executive Council on the same day, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the SAR government will implement a series of measures to expand the requirements of "vaccine bubbles" from February 24. The scope of the "vaccine bubble" is not limited to restaurants, restaurants and other places, but will also be extended to public libraries, museums, schools and other places, and the specific details are still being arranged.
In the past 14 days (21 December 2021 to 3 January 2022), Hong Kong has reported a cumulative total of 188 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 182 are imported cases.
In addition, according to the results of whole genome sequencing analysis conducted by the Public Health Laboratory Service of the Department of Health of the HKSAR Government, a total of 114 cases involving the Omil kerong variant of the new coronavirus have been reported in Hong Kong so far. (End)
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