#FactWire: #Sinovac limits Hong Kong’s protection against infection from #Omicron, analysis suggests
//Analysis conducted by FactWire suggests that only 16.5 per cent of Hong Kong’s population is currently protected against infection from the Omicron variant of Covid-19, when factors such as the percentage of vaccinated residents, the type of vaccine received, and waning antibody levels are taken into consideration.
This is due to the limited effectiveness of the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine, commonly known as Sinovac – one of the two options available in Hong Kong – against infection from the Omicron variant. Almost half of those receiving their first or third jabs in February opted for Sinovac, which may prevent severe illness but not infection.
...three doses of Sinovac may only be 36 per cent effective, falling drastically to 19 per cent after three months, and standing at a mere 8 per cent after six months.
Had BioNTech been the only vaccine offered in Hong Kong since the beginning of its vaccination programme, a protection rate of 56.93 per cent would have been achieved by the end of April, and would have reached 77.4 per cent at the end of October.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/26/factwire-sinovac-limits-hong-kongs-protection-against-infection-from-omicron-analysis-suggests/
Source: FactWire; Hong Kong Free Press #Feb26
#Covid19 #Pandemic #MadeinChina #ChineseVaccine
//Analysis conducted by FactWire suggests that only 16.5 per cent of Hong Kong’s population is currently protected against infection from the Omicron variant of Covid-19, when factors such as the percentage of vaccinated residents, the type of vaccine received, and waning antibody levels are taken into consideration.
This is due to the limited effectiveness of the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine, commonly known as Sinovac – one of the two options available in Hong Kong – against infection from the Omicron variant. Almost half of those receiving their first or third jabs in February opted for Sinovac, which may prevent severe illness but not infection.
...three doses of Sinovac may only be 36 per cent effective, falling drastically to 19 per cent after three months, and standing at a mere 8 per cent after six months.
Had BioNTech been the only vaccine offered in Hong Kong since the beginning of its vaccination programme, a protection rate of 56.93 per cent would have been achieved by the end of April, and would have reached 77.4 per cent at the end of October.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/26/factwire-sinovac-limits-hong-kongs-protection-against-infection-from-omicron-analysis-suggests/
Source: FactWire; Hong Kong Free Press #Feb26
#Covid19 #Pandemic #MadeinChina #ChineseVaccine
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
FactWire: Sinovac limits Hong Kong’s protection against infection from Omicron, analysis suggests
Analysis conducted by FactWire suggests that only 16.5 per cent of Hong Kong’s population is currently protected against infection from the Omicron variant of Covid-19, when factors such as the per…
Two Covid-positive men arrested in Hong Kong for ‘inciting others’ to spread virus on social media
In Hong Kong, two men have been arrested after they allegedly use social media to incite others to spread the Covid-19 virus.
Screenshots shown by the police at the briefing indicated that the 22-year-old allegedly posted a photo of a positive rapid antigen test result to Facebook, along with a caption asking for recommendations of pro-government eateries in Yuen Long.
Other excerpts taken from the popular LIHKG forum showed the user making claims that “there would be a major outbreak in Hong Kong and in the mainland.” The content was partially censored during the police briefing.
The police used the government-developed #LeaveHomeSafe mobile application to track the past location of the men.
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar15
https://bit.ly/3tZOj0o
#Covid19 #WuhanPneumonia #Pandemic #Arrest
In Hong Kong, two men have been arrested after they allegedly use social media to incite others to spread the Covid-19 virus.
Screenshots shown by the police at the briefing indicated that the 22-year-old allegedly posted a photo of a positive rapid antigen test result to Facebook, along with a caption asking for recommendations of pro-government eateries in Yuen Long.
Other excerpts taken from the popular LIHKG forum showed the user making claims that “there would be a major outbreak in Hong Kong and in the mainland.” The content was partially censored during the police briefing.
The police used the government-developed #LeaveHomeSafe mobile application to track the past location of the men.
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar15
https://bit.ly/3tZOj0o
#Covid19 #WuhanPneumonia #Pandemic #Arrest
#ChineseVaccine
Hong Kong's immunised who died of #Covid19 mainly got #Sinovac vaccine: Media
//Almost 87 per cent of Hong Kongers who died from Covid-19 after getting at least one dose of vaccine received China-made Sinovac Biotech Ltd's shot, Ming Pao reported, though most deaths occurred among those who weren't immunised.
Most deaths in Hong Kong have occurred among under-vaccinated senior citizens, particularly those living in elderly care homes.
There have been more than 5,400 fatalities in the latest Omicron-driven outbreak, making the city's death per capita the world's highest.//
Read the full article:
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kongs-immunised-who-died-of-covid-19-mainly-got-sinovac-vaccine-media
Source: Bloomberg; Strait Times; Mingpao #Mar20
#Omicron #Pandemic #5thWave #Death #Vaccination #WuhanPneumonia
Hong Kong's immunised who died of #Covid19 mainly got #Sinovac vaccine: Media
//Almost 87 per cent of Hong Kongers who died from Covid-19 after getting at least one dose of vaccine received China-made Sinovac Biotech Ltd's shot, Ming Pao reported, though most deaths occurred among those who weren't immunised.
Most deaths in Hong Kong have occurred among under-vaccinated senior citizens, particularly those living in elderly care homes.
There have been more than 5,400 fatalities in the latest Omicron-driven outbreak, making the city's death per capita the world's highest.//
Read the full article:
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kongs-immunised-who-died-of-covid-19-mainly-got-sinovac-vaccine-media
Source: Bloomberg; Strait Times; Mingpao #Mar20
#Omicron #Pandemic #5thWave #Death #Vaccination #WuhanPneumonia
#Pandemic
#China locks down millions more as #Covid19 spreads, reports first deaths in over a year
//More than 4,000 new infections were reported across China on Sunday, March 20, 2022 — with two-thirds in #Jilin province, which borders Russia and North Korea.
Since March 11, Changchun’s nine million people have only been allowed out once every two days to buy food.
Tens of millions of people are currently in lockdown in other Chinese regions and authorities are scrambling to create hospital beds, fearing the outbreak could put the healthcare system under strain.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/20/china-locks-down-millions-more-as-covid-spreads-reports-first-deaths-in-over-a-year/
Source: AFP; Hong Kong Free Press #Mar20
#WuhanPneumonia #Lockdown
#China locks down millions more as #Covid19 spreads, reports first deaths in over a year
//More than 4,000 new infections were reported across China on Sunday, March 20, 2022 — with two-thirds in #Jilin province, which borders Russia and North Korea.
Since March 11, Changchun’s nine million people have only been allowed out once every two days to buy food.
Tens of millions of people are currently in lockdown in other Chinese regions and authorities are scrambling to create hospital beds, fearing the outbreak could put the healthcare system under strain.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/20/china-locks-down-millions-more-as-covid-spreads-reports-first-deaths-in-over-a-year/
Source: AFP; Hong Kong Free Press #Mar20
#WuhanPneumonia #Lockdown
As Hong Kong’s Covid crisis continues, Beijing makes its presence felt stronger than ever
1. Chinese workers sent to Hong Kong
//Recently, the traffic has been busier than usual in Lok Ma Chau, a village on Hong Kong’s northern border. Heavy-duty trucks shuttle mainland Chinese workers to and from the mostly wetland district, where they are building a makeshift hospital to treat Covid-19 patients...//
2. Arrival of Chinese Medics, and Caregivers
//With mainland Chinese medics and caregivers now staffing Hong Kong’s coronavirus facilities, the two-lane crossing in the city’s northernmost district has emerged as a physical manifestation of the shrinking space between Beijing and the semi-autonomous territory...//
3. HK Government's Distribution of Chinese medication that is not registered
//Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced during a Covid-19 press briefing on Friday that the city would start distributing kits to households with rapid test kits, face masks and traditional Chinese medication – Lianhua Qingwen – donated by the mainland.
The medication has not been registered with the city’s pharmaceutical board, a requirement that was waived under the emergency laws...//
4. Construction Projects by Chinese Companies
//While infrastructure projects typically involve construction firms submitting tenders to compete for billion-dollar contracts, all of the facilities being built with mainland aid have been handed over to Chinese State Construction Engineering, a state-owned company.//
5. Mainlandization
//At an opening ceremony for the newest centre in the northern district of Yuen Long on Thursday, top Hong Kong officials stood at attention as they watched a video of toiling construction workers, portrayed as worked-to-the-bone heroes. A song in Mandarin, instead of the Cantonese language spoken in Hong Kong, played in the background.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/26/as-hong-kongs-covid-crisis-continues-beijing-makes-its-presence-felt-stronger-than-ever/
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar26
#Mainlandization #Beijing #HongKong #FailedState #Covid19 #Pandemic
1. Chinese workers sent to Hong Kong
//Recently, the traffic has been busier than usual in Lok Ma Chau, a village on Hong Kong’s northern border. Heavy-duty trucks shuttle mainland Chinese workers to and from the mostly wetland district, where they are building a makeshift hospital to treat Covid-19 patients...//
2. Arrival of Chinese Medics, and Caregivers
//With mainland Chinese medics and caregivers now staffing Hong Kong’s coronavirus facilities, the two-lane crossing in the city’s northernmost district has emerged as a physical manifestation of the shrinking space between Beijing and the semi-autonomous territory...//
3. HK Government's Distribution of Chinese medication that is not registered
//Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced during a Covid-19 press briefing on Friday that the city would start distributing kits to households with rapid test kits, face masks and traditional Chinese medication – Lianhua Qingwen – donated by the mainland.
The medication has not been registered with the city’s pharmaceutical board, a requirement that was waived under the emergency laws...//
4. Construction Projects by Chinese Companies
//While infrastructure projects typically involve construction firms submitting tenders to compete for billion-dollar contracts, all of the facilities being built with mainland aid have been handed over to Chinese State Construction Engineering, a state-owned company.//
5. Mainlandization
//At an opening ceremony for the newest centre in the northern district of Yuen Long on Thursday, top Hong Kong officials stood at attention as they watched a video of toiling construction workers, portrayed as worked-to-the-bone heroes. A song in Mandarin, instead of the Cantonese language spoken in Hong Kong, played in the background.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/26/as-hong-kongs-covid-crisis-continues-beijing-makes-its-presence-felt-stronger-than-ever/
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar26
#Mainlandization #Beijing #HongKong #FailedState #Covid19 #Pandemic
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
As Hong Kong’s Covid crisis continues, Beijing makes its presence felt stronger than ever
This article was published as part of a new affiliation with The Guardian. Recently, the traffic has been busier than usual in Lok Ma Chau, a village on Hong Kong’s northern border. Heavy-dut…
#CarrieLam Condemns Local Newspaper for "preventing" government's works
In a press conference on March 15, 2022, Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam accused the local newspaper #MingPao of disseminating "misleading" information and "wrong message".
This 'wrong message', according to Carrie Lam, concerned the made-in-China vaccine Sinovac.
Lam claimed that the news report published by the said newspaper in relation to #Covid19 deaths and #Sinovac "prevent the government from doing what should have been done."
Source: Ming Pao; InMedia #Mar25
https://bit.ly/3JHeKyi
#Regime #PressFreedom #Mingpao #CovidDeath #Pandemic #MadeinChina
In a press conference on March 15, 2022, Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam accused the local newspaper #MingPao of disseminating "misleading" information and "wrong message".
This 'wrong message', according to Carrie Lam, concerned the made-in-China vaccine Sinovac.
Lam claimed that the news report published by the said newspaper in relation to #Covid19 deaths and #Sinovac "prevent the government from doing what should have been done."
Source: Ming Pao; InMedia #Mar25
https://bit.ly/3JHeKyi
#Regime #PressFreedom #Mingpao #CovidDeath #Pandemic #MadeinChina
#Shanghai starts China's biggest #COVID19 lockdown in 2 years; residents call it "insane"
Although Chinese officials said lockdown would not be imposed on #Shanghai, two days later the authorities announced that the city will be locked down in two stages from Monday, March 28, 2022 onwards for nine days.
According to BBC, this is the biggest city-wide #lockdown since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago.
Soon after the government's announcement was out, panic buying occured in various parts of Shanghai.
Videos on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, showed people fighting in supermarket over produce. Some Chinese netizens commented that it was "unbelievable that they are looking at 21st-Century Shanghai" and that the policy was "insane".
Source: InMedia; BBC #Mar28
https://bit.ly/380pPwx
#WuhanPneumonia #ChineseStyle #Lockdown #Pandemic #Regime
Although Chinese officials said lockdown would not be imposed on #Shanghai, two days later the authorities announced that the city will be locked down in two stages from Monday, March 28, 2022 onwards for nine days.
According to BBC, this is the biggest city-wide #lockdown since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago.
Soon after the government's announcement was out, panic buying occured in various parts of Shanghai.
Videos on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, showed people fighting in supermarket over produce. Some Chinese netizens commented that it was "unbelievable that they are looking at 21st-Century Shanghai" and that the policy was "insane".
Source: InMedia; BBC #Mar28
https://bit.ly/380pPwx
#WuhanPneumonia #ChineseStyle #Lockdown #Pandemic #Regime
#CarrieLam claims "no man-made error" in #Omicron outbreak, resulting in over 7,000 deaths in Hong Kong
The #COVID19 death toll surpasses 7,000 in Hong Kong during the 5th wave of the outbreak. The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, refused to carry out a comprehensive review, saying that she and her administration should not be distracted to deal with a large-scale investigation.
During the COVID-19 briefing on March 27, 2022, Lam was asked who would be held accountable for the loss of lives and whether she would admit there were mistakes in her Covid approach and apologize to affected families.
Without addressing the questions directly, Lam denied that these were man-made mistakes. Lam insisted, “In a public health crisis, it is impossible to completely avoid these sorts of factors”.
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar27
https://bit.ly/3iGma9q
#PublicHealth #OmicronVariant #Pandemic #Death #FailedState
The #COVID19 death toll surpasses 7,000 in Hong Kong during the 5th wave of the outbreak. The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, refused to carry out a comprehensive review, saying that she and her administration should not be distracted to deal with a large-scale investigation.
During the COVID-19 briefing on March 27, 2022, Lam was asked who would be held accountable for the loss of lives and whether she would admit there were mistakes in her Covid approach and apologize to affected families.
Without addressing the questions directly, Lam denied that these were man-made mistakes. Lam insisted, “In a public health crisis, it is impossible to completely avoid these sorts of factors”.
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar27
https://bit.ly/3iGma9q
#PublicHealth #OmicronVariant #Pandemic #Death #FailedState
‘I’m Very Anxious’: China’s #Lockdowns Leave Millions Out of Work
//Migrant workers and recent college graduates have been hit hardest by shuttered factories, closed construction sites and an anemic job market.
As China battles its worst coronavirus outbreaks, its uncompromising determination to eliminate infections has left millions unable to work. Stringent lockdowns, hitting city after city, have forced factories and businesses to shut, sometimes for weeks, including in some of the country’s most important economic centers.
Two groups have been especially hard-hit: migrant workers — the roughly 280 million laborers who travel from rural areas to cities to work in sectors such as manufacturing and construction — and recent college graduates. Nearly 11 million college students, a record, are expected to graduate this year...
Yang Jiwei, a 21-year-old from Anhui Province, worked as a waiter in Shanghai when the lockdown began. His residence, shared with four other people, had no kitchen supplies, so they could not cook the few packages of vegetables and meat that local officials had provided. He had been eating a dwindling supply of instant noodles...
But the official unemployment figures are widely considered an undercount. They do not capture many migrant workers, and they also count people as unemployed only if they are able to start working within two weeks. That would exclude people under extended lockdowns or the growing numbers of young people deferring job searches...//
Read the full article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/business/china-shanghai-covid-lockdown-economy.html
Source: New York Times #May5
#Unemployment #Discontent #Pandemic #ShanghaiLockdown #Covid19
//Migrant workers and recent college graduates have been hit hardest by shuttered factories, closed construction sites and an anemic job market.
As China battles its worst coronavirus outbreaks, its uncompromising determination to eliminate infections has left millions unable to work. Stringent lockdowns, hitting city after city, have forced factories and businesses to shut, sometimes for weeks, including in some of the country’s most important economic centers.
Two groups have been especially hard-hit: migrant workers — the roughly 280 million laborers who travel from rural areas to cities to work in sectors such as manufacturing and construction — and recent college graduates. Nearly 11 million college students, a record, are expected to graduate this year...
Yang Jiwei, a 21-year-old from Anhui Province, worked as a waiter in Shanghai when the lockdown began. His residence, shared with four other people, had no kitchen supplies, so they could not cook the few packages of vegetables and meat that local officials had provided. He had been eating a dwindling supply of instant noodles...
But the official unemployment figures are widely considered an undercount. They do not capture many migrant workers, and they also count people as unemployed only if they are able to start working within two weeks. That would exclude people under extended lockdowns or the growing numbers of young people deferring job searches...//
Read the full article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/business/china-shanghai-covid-lockdown-economy.html
Source: New York Times #May5
#Unemployment #Discontent #Pandemic #ShanghaiLockdown #Covid19
NY Times
‘I’m Very Anxious’: China’s Lockdowns Leave Millions Out of Work
Migrant workers and recent college graduates have been hit hardest by shuttered factories, closed construction sites and an anemic job market.
Chinese Authorities Detain Civilian in Mental Hospital for Expressing Opinions over Lockdown Policy
In Nanking, China, a young woman called Ding Yin was sent to a mental hospital after expressing her concerns over the lockdown of Shanghai.
Ding wrote a letter to #XiJinPing, reminding the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) of the problems of power abuse and the difficulties faced by the population.
Ding was hospitalised sincr then without any date of release.
Source: Radio Free Asia #Jun10
https://bit.ly/39j6h7x
#Censorship #Regime #ShanghaiLockdown #Pandemic #MentalHospital
In Nanking, China, a young woman called Ding Yin was sent to a mental hospital after expressing her concerns over the lockdown of Shanghai.
Ding wrote a letter to #XiJinPing, reminding the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) of the problems of power abuse and the difficulties faced by the population.
Ding was hospitalised sincr then without any date of release.
Source: Radio Free Asia #Jun10
https://bit.ly/39j6h7x
#Censorship #Regime #ShanghaiLockdown #Pandemic #MentalHospital