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There were 7,533 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong
Hit a new single-day high since the outbreak
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The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong SAR Government announced on the 21st that as of 00:00 on the same day, there were 7,533 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong, another 6,892 cases were initially confirmed, and 13 confirmed patients died, including an 11-month-old baby girl. The cumulative number of confirmed covid-19 cases in Hong Kong reached 60,363.
The Vaccine Pass will be implemented in Hong Kong
Due to the severe epidemic situation in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau announced at a press conference on the afternoon of the 21st that starting from this Thursday, Hong Kong will officially implement the "vaccine pass", and Hong Kong citizens over the age of 12 who enter shopping malls, department stores, supermarkets, markets and hotels and other places need to show their vaccination records before entering, in addition to the exemption must be vaccinated with 1 dose of the new crown vaccine.
Vaccination requirements will be carried out in phases:
Stage 1: Starting on 24 February, persons aged 12 or above are required to enter the vaccination pass premises with at least one injection; children under 12 years of age who have been certified as unfit for vaccination are exempted.
Stage 2: Starting at the end of April, at least two injections are required for people aged 18 or above and at least one injection for people aged 12 to 17.
Stage 3: Starting at the end of June, a third dose will be given to people over the age of 18 who have been given two doses for 9 months, and a second dose for those aged 12 to 17 who have been given the first dose for 6 months.
After the arrival of mainland medical care in Hong Kong, the mainland went out to collect nucleic acids for the public
Under the care of the central government, mainland expert groups, nucleic acid testing vehicles and other personnel and materials have arrived in Hong Kong one after another to assist Hong Kong in fighting the epidemic. On 20 February, the Medical Treatment Expert Group assisting Hong Kong in responding to the fifth wave of the epidemic continued to work, and the Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong, Chan Siu-chiu, hosted an exchange meeting at the Government Headquarters, at which the two sides exchanged the latest situation of the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong and the clinical management of patients.
On the afternoon of the 20th, about 20 nurses from the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou arrived at the Ma On Shan Amusement Park Mobile Sampling Station to observe and understand the testing and sampling process in Hong Kong and assist the public in sampling.
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On that day, Hong Kong was rainy and rainy, the urban area was generally only 8 to 9 ° C, in the cold weather, the mainland medical care rain went out to sample for the citizens, so that a large number of netizens were moved to leave a message "Thank you to the country, thank you to the mainland medical team!" ”
Earlier, on the afternoon of February 19, the second batch of 114 members of the Mainland Anti-epidemic Medical and Epidemic Prevention Task Force dispatched by the Mainland To Support Hong Kong's Anti-epidemic Work Class set off for Hong Kong via the Shenzhen Bay Port, and will fully cooperate with the SAR Government in carrying out intensive disease research, treatment and nucleic acid testing to help Hong Kong stabilize the epidemic situation as soon as possible. In this support mission, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University sent a team of 22 people as the members of the second batch of mainland anti-epidemic medical and epidemic prevention teams to aid Hong Kong.
The state donated the first batch of anti-epidemic Chinese medicines to Hong Kong
The first batch of 150,000 boxes of anti-epidemic Chinese medicine donated by the state arrived in Hong Kong on the 20th, and more than 300,000 boxes of Chinese medicine will be transported from the mainland to Hong Kong in batches. The first batch of 25 million KN95 masks provided by the mainland has also arrived in Hong Kong recently.
The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the HKSAR Government, Mr Edward Yau, said that the HKSAR Government is very grateful to the Central Government for its concern for the Hong Kong people and its full support for Hong Kong's anti-epidemic work. The HKSAR Government will certainly do its utmost to make good use of the guidance of the central government in the anti-epidemic experience and the support of manpower and materials to fully respond to the fifth wave of the epidemic.
At present, the medical material guarantee working group under the overall planning of Qiu Tenghua is actively coordinating the supply of medical supplies to Hong Kong in the mainland. He pointed out that the working group is coordinating the supply of a large number of medical supplies from the mainland at full speed, including rapid antigen test kits, masks, medicines, protective equipment, medical supplies, etc., to ensure that anti-epidemic materials arrive in Hong Kong in an orderly manner and are distributed to relevant departments, institutions and residents for use.
To further enhance its capabilities of "early detection, early isolation and early treatment", the HKSAR Government is procuring more than 100 million RAPID antigen test kits for COVID-19 and giving priority to distributing them to designated high-risk and specific groups. At present, the first batch of about 10 million rapid antigen test kits provided by the mainland have begun to arrive in Hong Kong on the 19th, and the remaining test kits will also be shipped one after another.
Source: CCTV News, Look at the News
Edited by: Lin Qiao and Yi Rong
Editors: Luo Yong, Yang Yuangang