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Experts from University of Hong Kong: Wearing Facemasks and Using Handrubs is Critical to Curb Further Outbreak in Hong Kong
One more suspected case of novel coronavirus was found in in Chi Fu Fa Yuen in Hong Kong in the night of 24 January. The concerned resident is being tested.
A research team led by Professor Kwok-Yung YUEN, microbiologist, surgeon and physician, from the University of Hong Kong has published on Lancet, a medical journal, reminding citizens to wear facemasks and use disinfectants. Yuen said the following few days is critical in curbing a community outbreak of Wuhan Pneumomia in Hong Kong.
Source: RTHK; Internet #Jan25
Experts from University of Hong Kong: Wearing Facemasks and Using Handrubs is Critical to Curb Further Outbreak in Hong Kong
One more suspected case of novel coronavirus was found in in Chi Fu Fa Yuen in Hong Kong in the night of 24 January. The concerned resident is being tested.
A research team led by Professor Kwok-Yung YUEN, microbiologist, surgeon and physician, from the University of Hong Kong has published on Lancet, a medical journal, reminding citizens to wear facemasks and use disinfectants. Yuen said the following few days is critical in curbing a community outbreak of Wuhan Pneumomia in Hong Kong.
Source: RTHK; Internet #Jan25
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Authorities Allow Chinese Visitors with Fever Enter Hong Kong Amid Wuhan Pneumonia Outbreak
Wuhan pneumonia was out of control, and Chinese tourists turned to Hong Kong for medical treatment. Apple Daily was informed that a Chinese tourist with fever entered the Sha Tau Kok Control Point on Thursday. Although being intercepted at the checkpoint, the person was finally allowed to enter Hong Kong and sent to the hospital by ambulance.
Some Immigration Department staff members told Apple Daily that the department had the right to refuse entry of patients with "contagious disease" as a reason, but eventually they were allowed to seek medical treatment in Hong Kong for "humane reasons" as required by the Department of Health. Frontline staff questioned that the control points were at the forefront of epidemic prevention, but protective equipment is insufficient," even masks were almost used up."
The closest hospital near Sha Tau Kok Control Point is just 1.3 km away in Yantian, Shenzhen, and the North District Hospital in Hong Kong is 11.7 km away, pointed out by Leung Kai Chi, lecturer at CUHK China Studies.
Source: Apple Daily, Leung Kai Chi Facebook #Jan25
#CoronavirusOutbreak #ChinesePneumonia
Wuhan pneumonia was out of control, and Chinese tourists turned to Hong Kong for medical treatment. Apple Daily was informed that a Chinese tourist with fever entered the Sha Tau Kok Control Point on Thursday. Although being intercepted at the checkpoint, the person was finally allowed to enter Hong Kong and sent to the hospital by ambulance.
Some Immigration Department staff members told Apple Daily that the department had the right to refuse entry of patients with "contagious disease" as a reason, but eventually they were allowed to seek medical treatment in Hong Kong for "humane reasons" as required by the Department of Health. Frontline staff questioned that the control points were at the forefront of epidemic prevention, but protective equipment is insufficient," even masks were almost used up."
The closest hospital near Sha Tau Kok Control Point is just 1.3 km away in Yantian, Shenzhen, and the North District Hospital in Hong Kong is 11.7 km away, pointed out by Leung Kai Chi, lecturer at CUHK China Studies.
Source: Apple Daily, Leung Kai Chi Facebook #Jan25
#CoronavirusOutbreak #ChinesePneumonia
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Beijing closes Wuhan's Borders to Contain Escalating WARS Threat; Yet Mainlanders in HK Still Confident in Government Policies
The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan is getting increasingly severe, and the number of confirmed cases in Beijing is also picking up, causing dire public concern. On Saturday (January 25), the Beijing Municipal Transportation Department confirmed that as a preventive measure, all inter-provincial land transportation in Beijing will be shut down from Sunday (January 26), with recovery time undecided.
The Cultural Tourism Bureau has confirmed that starting from next Monday (January 27), all tour groups, including outbound groups, will be suspended.
Source from the Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau also confirmed that mainland tours to Beijing have already been stopped on January 24. Starting January 27, not only the mainland, but all outbound tour groups, air tickets, hotels and other services from Beijing will also be suspended. Refund and other issued would be followed-up and resolved by travel agencies in accordance with the contract and related laws.
Amidst an increase in confirmed cases and death tolls in China in past few days, mainlanders who came to Hong Kong for New Year holiday continued to show great confidence in the Government, believing that they will put the WARS outbreak under control. Many of them visiting the two theme parks in Hong Kong did not even bother to wear face masks. A tourist from Dongguan said, “the government has put in place policies. What is there to worry about?”
Sources: Oriental Daily, Apple Daily
#Jan25 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan is getting increasingly severe, and the number of confirmed cases in Beijing is also picking up, causing dire public concern. On Saturday (January 25), the Beijing Municipal Transportation Department confirmed that as a preventive measure, all inter-provincial land transportation in Beijing will be shut down from Sunday (January 26), with recovery time undecided.
The Cultural Tourism Bureau has confirmed that starting from next Monday (January 27), all tour groups, including outbound groups, will be suspended.
Source from the Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau also confirmed that mainland tours to Beijing have already been stopped on January 24. Starting January 27, not only the mainland, but all outbound tour groups, air tickets, hotels and other services from Beijing will also be suspended. Refund and other issued would be followed-up and resolved by travel agencies in accordance with the contract and related laws.
Amidst an increase in confirmed cases and death tolls in China in past few days, mainlanders who came to Hong Kong for New Year holiday continued to show great confidence in the Government, believing that they will put the WARS outbreak under control. Many of them visiting the two theme parks in Hong Kong did not even bother to wear face masks. A tourist from Dongguan said, “the government has put in place policies. What is there to worry about?”
Sources: Oriental Daily, Apple Daily
#Jan25 #ChinesePneumonia #Wuhan #GlobalOutbreak
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Chinese Netizens Slam Keanu Reeves for Plan to Attend Concert by Tibet House, Call for Boycott of Matrix 4
Chinese netizens have slammed the Canadian actor #KeanuReeves for his plan to attend an online charity concert hosted by the #TibetHouse on #Mar03 US time, calling for a boycott of his new film.
Hosted annually since 1989, the concert has featured a roll call of prominent musicians including David Bowie. Proceeds from the concert go to the Tibet House, formally known as the Culture Centre of H. H. the Dalai Lama, an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to preserving, displaying and protecting traditional Tibetan culture.
Reeves is himself a musician, having been the bassist of the band Dogstar in the 90s. He is reportedly areligious but interested in Buddhism. Years ago, he starred as Prince Siddhartha in Little Buddha, a biopic about the Gautama Buddha.
Chinese netizens are upset by Reeves’ plan to attend the concert. Some denounced it as an “insult to China”, while others consider it a show of “support for breaking up Chinese territory” and called for a boycott of #TheMatrixResurrections, his latest film.
A netizen claimed that while they have been a diehard Matrix fans, they “will not contribute a penny to its box office numbers”. Others said they are happy they can “now save a few bucks”, with some telling Reeves to “stay away from politics if [he] know[s] nothing about it”.
Reeves has not responded to the criticism.
Source: RFA #Jan25
https://bit.ly/3tj82rm
Chinese netizens have slammed the Canadian actor #KeanuReeves for his plan to attend an online charity concert hosted by the #TibetHouse on #Mar03 US time, calling for a boycott of his new film.
Hosted annually since 1989, the concert has featured a roll call of prominent musicians including David Bowie. Proceeds from the concert go to the Tibet House, formally known as the Culture Centre of H. H. the Dalai Lama, an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to preserving, displaying and protecting traditional Tibetan culture.
Reeves is himself a musician, having been the bassist of the band Dogstar in the 90s. He is reportedly areligious but interested in Buddhism. Years ago, he starred as Prince Siddhartha in Little Buddha, a biopic about the Gautama Buddha.
Chinese netizens are upset by Reeves’ plan to attend the concert. Some denounced it as an “insult to China”, while others consider it a show of “support for breaking up Chinese territory” and called for a boycott of #TheMatrixResurrections, his latest film.
A netizen claimed that while they have been a diehard Matrix fans, they “will not contribute a penny to its box office numbers”. Others said they are happy they can “now save a few bucks”, with some telling Reeves to “stay away from politics if [he] know[s] nothing about it”.
Reeves has not responded to the criticism.
Source: RFA #Jan25
https://bit.ly/3tj82rm
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