CCTV News just reported: According to the statistics of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong SAR Government, as of now, there are about 3,600 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong on the 18th, and the initial positive cases are about 7,600.
Recently, the epidemic in Hong Kong has aroused concern
The central government sent a four-member expert group to Hong Kong to fight the epidemic
There were 6,116 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong
Thousands of patients are waiting to be sent to hospital
The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong SAR Government announced on the 17th that as of 00:00 on the same day, there were 6,116 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong. Of these, 9 are imported cases and the others are local cases. There are also about 6,300 initial positive cases. The Deputy Secretary for Food and Health of the HKSAR Government, Mr Tak-yiss Tsui, said that the number of confirmed cases of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong exceeded the total number of confirmed cases in the past two years.
According to the Transport and Housing Bureau (HAB) of the HKSAR Government, in order to meet the travel needs of COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong, the BUREAU has set up an exclusive taxi fleet with the taxi industry to provide free shuttle services to and from designated clinics and their residences. From the 18th, 300 "COVID-19 Patient-Only Taxis" will provide this service. On the evening of the 16th, Ho Wan-ha, chief administrative manager of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA), told the media that "thousands of people are waiting to be sent to the hospital".
According to a number of Hong Kong media such as The Hong Kong Economic Daily, Hong Kong 01, and Sing Tao Daily on February 16, the Hong Kong SAR government is studying the implementation of universal testing next month. According to reports, the Hong Kong government plans to set up more than 100 testing centres in all districts of Hong Kong, and arrange for 7.5 million Hong Kong people to be tested according to the identity card numbers of citizens, with about 1 million people tested daily, each of whom will be tested three times.
The first batch of "national teams" went to Hong Kong from the Shenzhen Bay Port to help
On February 17, the central government sent an epidemiological expert team to Hong Kong to fight the epidemic, and the first batch of four experts entered Hong Kong from the Shenzhen Bay Port. They are:
Kang Min is an expert of the Expert Group on Epidemiology of the Mainland's Support to Hong Kong's Fight against the Epidemic and a member of the National Epidemiological Investigation Expert Group
Chen Chun is an expert of the Expert Group on Epidemiology of the Mainland's Support for Hong Kong's Fight against the Epidemic and a member of the National Epidemiological Investigation Expert Group
Chen Xueqin is an expert of the Expert Group on Epidemiology of the Mainland's Support for Hong Kong's Fight against the Epidemic and a member of the National Epidemiological Investigation Expert Group
Yang Taohui Secretary of the Expert Group on Epidemiology of the Mainland's Support to Hong Kong's Fight against The Epidemic
The Mainland's Expert Group on Supporting Hong Kong's Anti-epidemic Epidemiology Expert Arrived in Hong Kong on the afternoon of the 17th, and Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the person in charge of the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Hong Kong Central Committee arrived at the Shenzhen Bay Port to greet them.
"After receiving the task, we feel that the mission is glorious and the responsibility is heavy, and we are confident to do a good job in fighting the epidemic together with Hong Kong compatriots." As the leader of the expert group on the epidemiology of the mainland's support for Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic, Kang Min said in an interview at the Shenzhen Bay Port that the members of the expert group were strictly selected in accordance with the relevant requirements, mainly focusing on the on-site epidemiology, data analysis, risk analysis and health emergency management of infectious diseases, and they were all elite backbones of the province's circulation and traceability work.
Kang Min introduced that in addition to the epidemiological expert group, there is also a professional pathogen detection team composed of 8 people and two mobile P2+ nucleic acid detection vehicles to go to Hong Kong together to improve the local detection capacity and detection speed.
Next, after fully understanding the epidemic situation in Hong Kong, the expert group will work with experts in Hong Kong to carry out case investigation and risk analysis. They will uphold the spirit of science and seek truth from facts and exchange views with Hong Kong on their practices and experiences in fighting the epidemic.
At the pre-departure meeting held on the afternoon of the 17th, Wang Hesheng, deputy director of the National Health Commission, member of the party leading group, and director of the National Bureau for Disease Control and Prevention, specially met with the members of the expert group going to Hong Kong, conveyed the central authorities' demand for full support for Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic, thanked them for leading the expedition, and on behalf of the mainland's national forces to support Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic, took the lead in going to Hong Kong, conveyed to the Hong Kong citizens the blood-and-blood compatriots of the mainland and Hong Kong, and hoped that they would complete their tasks at an early date and return safely.
At the meeting, Sun Yang, deputy director of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention and director of the Emergency Office of the National Health Commission, said that the task of the expert group to Hong Kong is very arduous. Sun Yang said that the expert group should first find out the epidemic situation in Hong Kong as soon as possible, do a good job of epidemic analysis and judgment, and provide professional advice to help the Hong Kong SAR stabilize and control the epidemic.
"We quickly sent epidemiological experts to Hong Kong, giving full play to their professional advantages and experience in handling the epidemic in the mainland, combined with the specific conditions of the epidemic in Hong Kong, and proposing practical prevention and control strategies and prevention and control measures for the prevention and control of the epidemic in Hong Kong, so as to help Hong Kong control the epidemic as soon as possible." Sun Yang said.
"During the extraordinary period when the epidemic in Hong Kong continued to be high, the central government sent an epidemiological expert team to Hong Kong to fight the epidemic, which injected strong positive energy into Hong Kong society." Huang Chubiao, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong, said.
Huang Chubiao said that in the past few days, the first batch of mainland support hong Kong anti-epidemic epidemiological expert groups and mobile nucleic acid testing vehicles in Guangdong Province have entered Hong Kong, and the prevention and control, transportation, customs, ports and other departments of the mainland and Hong Kong have communicated closely to strengthen linkage and fully guarantee the supply of materials. "These measures are what the Hong Kong people think, and the Hong Kong people are anxious, and they fully support Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic, which has greatly encouraged all walks of life in Hong Kong."
The "Eye of Fire" laboratory in Hong Kong is restarted
A number of enterprises in Guangdong arrived in Hong Kong to support
Since the early morning of February 15, BGI's Huasheng Diagnostic Center has been reopening the "FireEye" laboratory at the Ma On Shan Stadium in Hong Kong. A number of Guangdong biomedical enterprises such as BGI, Jinyu Medicine, and Kaipu Medicine have sent professional teams to Hong Kong to significantly improve nucleic acid testing capabilities and jointly help Hong Kong fight the epidemic.
According to Liu Xing, deputy general manager of Huasheng Diagnostic Center Co., Ltd. and commander-in-chief of the Hong Kong "FireEye" laboratory, there are currently 16 air films in the laboratory, divided into two groups, each of which has different functions, and is responsible for equipping reagents, splitting samples, extraction, etc. The "FireEye" laboratory operates 24 hours after the restart, and the first night of single-tube detection is 10,000, which is expected to increase to 100,000 single-tube testing capacity in a single day within two weeks. At that time, the single-day testing capacity of Hong Kong will be increased to 300,000 single tubes.
At present, the second and third sets of "FireEye" laboratories are being shipped to Hong Kong, and are expected to increase the daily testing volume to 900,000 people when completed.
BGI Hong Kong "FireEye" Laboratory.
The reporter learned from Jinyu Medicine that more than 70 people have been invested in the fight against the epidemic in Hong Kong, and the nucleic acid testing capacity has increased from an average of 36,000 to 70,000 per day, accounting for 1/3 of the current production capacity in Hong Kong, and the cumulative nucleic acid testing capacity has reached 1.5 million.
At present, the second laboratory of Hong Kong Golden Mile has been specially approved by the SAR government, and the personnel and equipment are being urgently transferred and can be put into operation in the near future. Jinyu Medical has reserved 2-3 sets of "Falcon" duraura laboratories for the sarmacy government to deploy. Once put into use, Golden Mile has a daily testing capacity of up to 200,000 copies in Hong Kong.
Golden Mile Medical Nucleic Acid Testing Team in Hong Kong.
"Our first air-membrane laboratory, the Triumph, has arrived in Hong Kong and is set up on Thursday. After the opening of the gas mold laboratory, coupled with the company's original testing strength in the Hong Kong testing institute, the number of tests in Hong Kong can be increased to 110,000 single tests per day this week. Dr. Xie Longxu, a medical scientist and deputy general manager of Kaipu, said that at present, Kaipu Medical Examination undertakes more than one-third of the testing tasks designated by the Hong Kong SAR government.
Cape Hong Kong Laboratory and the team of registered nurses of the local medical company worked together to collect nucleic acids for the local public.
Tencent, through its Tencent Foundation, today (February 17) provided the first TSD 10 million community chest to Hong Kong to help the local fight against the epidemic. This donation, on the one hand, will purchase suitable testing reagents and drugs for teenagers, make "epidemic packages" and distribute them to families in need, on the other hand, it will purchase epidemic prevention supplies for nursing homes and medical institutions. In addition to the donation of funds, Tencent's volunteer team will also participate in the distribution of materials.
Shenzhen has taken many measures to ensure the supply of materials to Hong Kong
The epidemic situation in Hong Kong continues to be severe, and a number of Hong Kong-Shenzhen cross-border drivers have been confirmed a few days ago, and cross-border transportation has been affected, which has made the supply of vegetables in Hong Kong once tight and the price has risen.
No matter when, the motherland is a strong backer for Hong Kong. The forces of all parties have been fully mobilized, the vast number of enterprises in the mainland have actively responded, and all kinds of materials are being supplied to Hong Kong in a safe, stable, timely and sufficient manner.
90% of the fresh vegetables in the "vegetable basket" of Hong Kong citizens come from the mainland, are produced by more than 600 record-filing planting bases and more than 100 enterprises across the country, and are exported to Hong Kong through the Shenzhen Wenjindu Port. Starting at 8 p.m. every night, trucks full of vegetables will continue to pass through the Man Kam Ferry Port for rapid customs clearance, and these fresh vegetables will be transported to supermarkets in Hong Kong overnight for the public to purchase the next day.
Since the Spring Festival, Wenjindu Customs has paid close attention to the dynamics of the epidemic situation and strengthened contacts with local epidemic prevention and control departments, traffic management and other departments. Make manpower arrangements in advance, open a full inspection and release channel, and ensure that cross-border vehicles are released immediately and smoothly connected to load dishes.
He Qun, deputy director of the Shenzhen Municipal Port Office, said that the goods have generally completed the customs declaration procedures in advance, and the vehicle can directly pass the customs without stopping after arriving at the port, and the customs clearance of ordinary trucks only takes tens of seconds. "Now cross-border drivers have increased nucleic acid sampling, body temperature measurement and other links, but the overall time is not more than 5 minutes."
A number of Chinese-funded enterprises in Hong Kong have also taken active actions to help Hong Kong's people's livelihood goods to ensure supply and price.
According to the latest information from the wholesale market, the supply of vegetables to Hong Kong in the Mainland has recovered to about 90% in the same period of previous years, and it is expected that the overall vegetable supply will continue to stabilize and vegetable prices will gradually decline accordingly.
Su Yong'an, co-founder of the "Hong Kong Re-Departure Grand Alliance", said that with the motherland as our strong backing, we have the confidence to meet the challenge, break out of the haze, and face a bright future.
Source: CCTV News Nanfang Daily
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