#DailyUpdates #Feb11
2019-nCoV Updates (11/2):
⁃ As the coronavirus continues to spread across the world, the number of confirmed cases of the virus in now standing at 43,139. The number of deaths have now exceeded that of the 2003 SARS outbreak at 1018, with 1016 deaths at China.
⁃ A total of 108 people in mainland China died from the Wuhan coronavirus on Monday, according to the country's National Health Commission (NHC), marking the first time the single-day death toll has crossed into triple digits.
⁃ The Wuhan coronavirus poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world,” the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday at the start of a two-day meeting in Geneva on the outbreak.
⁃ The MS Westerdam, which has more than 2,000 people on board, has now been denied entry by at least four different ports over fears of the Wuhan coronavirus.
⁃ The Chinese table tennis team has flown to a Qatar training base to avoid returning home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
⁃ Experts fear that factories across the globe could ground to a halt if many of the plants across China remain closed this coming week.
⁃ South Korea is sending a third plane to Wuhan to pick up its citizens. It's also adding Hong Kong and Macao to its "virus contaminated zone" starting from tomorrow.
⁃ Taiwan is to join South Korea in banning the entry of Hong Kong and Macao citizens. The ROC ministry of foreign affairs have announced the ban will come into affect on the 12 Feb.
⁃ Taiwan raises travel alerts for Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and Thailand
Source: CNN, John Hopkins University
2019-nCoV Updates (11/2):
⁃ As the coronavirus continues to spread across the world, the number of confirmed cases of the virus in now standing at 43,139. The number of deaths have now exceeded that of the 2003 SARS outbreak at 1018, with 1016 deaths at China.
⁃ A total of 108 people in mainland China died from the Wuhan coronavirus on Monday, according to the country's National Health Commission (NHC), marking the first time the single-day death toll has crossed into triple digits.
⁃ The Wuhan coronavirus poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world,” the head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday at the start of a two-day meeting in Geneva on the outbreak.
⁃ The MS Westerdam, which has more than 2,000 people on board, has now been denied entry by at least four different ports over fears of the Wuhan coronavirus.
⁃ The Chinese table tennis team has flown to a Qatar training base to avoid returning home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
⁃ Experts fear that factories across the globe could ground to a halt if many of the plants across China remain closed this coming week.
⁃ South Korea is sending a third plane to Wuhan to pick up its citizens. It's also adding Hong Kong and Macao to its "virus contaminated zone" starting from tomorrow.
⁃ Taiwan is to join South Korea in banning the entry of Hong Kong and Macao citizens. The ROC ministry of foreign affairs have announced the ban will come into affect on the 12 Feb.
⁃ Taiwan raises travel alerts for Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and Thailand
Source: CNN, John Hopkins University
U.S. Allows Government Staff to Leave Hong Kong Over Coronavirus Worries
The United States government has authorized the voluntary evacuation of their government employees and family members from Hong Kong in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
According to a department spokesperson, the authorization was issued "out of an abundance of caution related to uncertainties associated" with the disease. Departure is not compulsory and the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong remains open to the public.
Source: New York Times; Reuters #Feb11
The United States government has authorized the voluntary evacuation of their government employees and family members from Hong Kong in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
According to a department spokesperson, the authorization was issued "out of an abundance of caution related to uncertainties associated" with the disease. Departure is not compulsory and the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong remains open to the public.
Source: New York Times; Reuters #Feb11
#ChineseCommunistParty
Guangdong province grants rights of angary to local governments to take private properties for use in epidemic
PRC's Standing Committee of Guangdong People’s Congress called for an emergency meeting, and immediately authorised the municipal governments of Guanagzhou and Shenzhen to, when deemed necessary, take housing, facilities, goods, etc., for use in emergency epidemic responses according to laws.
This is the first time since the Open Reform of China and also since the Property Rights Laws of 2007 that the government was granted the rights of angary.
The Standing Committee of Guangdong People’s Congress called for an emergency meeting in the morning, and passed Standing Committee of Guangdong People’s Congress on Decisions about Controlling the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic according to Full Force of Laws.
Municipal and district governments, as well as command centres of works related to controlling the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic, are empowered to, according to the needs of controlling the epidemic, implement emergency administrative measures or announce decisions on medical and public health, capital security, transportations, market management, wild life management, and other areas.
They can temporarily take housing units or private houses, venues, transportation vehicles, and related facilities, for use in epidemic control. They can also compel relevant firms and organisations to provide epidemic control goods and commodities of life.
Source: RTHK #Feb11
#Angary #PrivateProperty #WuhanPneumonia
Guangdong province grants rights of angary to local governments to take private properties for use in epidemic
PRC's Standing Committee of Guangdong People’s Congress called for an emergency meeting, and immediately authorised the municipal governments of Guanagzhou and Shenzhen to, when deemed necessary, take housing, facilities, goods, etc., for use in emergency epidemic responses according to laws.
This is the first time since the Open Reform of China and also since the Property Rights Laws of 2007 that the government was granted the rights of angary.
The Standing Committee of Guangdong People’s Congress called for an emergency meeting in the morning, and passed Standing Committee of Guangdong People’s Congress on Decisions about Controlling the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic according to Full Force of Laws.
Municipal and district governments, as well as command centres of works related to controlling the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic, are empowered to, according to the needs of controlling the epidemic, implement emergency administrative measures or announce decisions on medical and public health, capital security, transportations, market management, wild life management, and other areas.
They can temporarily take housing units or private houses, venues, transportation vehicles, and related facilities, for use in epidemic control. They can also compel relevant firms and organisations to provide epidemic control goods and commodities of life.
Source: RTHK #Feb11
#Angary #PrivateProperty #WuhanPneumonia
#FaceMask #FailedState
How Many (Types of) Masks do Hongkongers Have to Wear?
From the eruption of the Anti-extradition Law Movement since June 2019 to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020, the Hong Kong government, unelected, refused to answer to the damands of the population all along, from the withdrawal of the bill, universal suffrage, the adequate supply of protective masks to the closure of Hong Kong-China borders.
#FaceMasks
#6200 #6502QL #7500 #3200 #6800 #60926 #2097 #P100 #7093 #6035 #3M
Source: Flash Media HK #Feb11 #HealthCrisis #GovernanceCrisis #HongKongProtests
Shielded From Coronavirus:
The Status of Police in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17053
How Many (Types of) Masks do Hongkongers Have to Wear?
From the eruption of the Anti-extradition Law Movement since June 2019 to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020, the Hong Kong government, unelected, refused to answer to the damands of the population all along, from the withdrawal of the bill, universal suffrage, the adequate supply of protective masks to the closure of Hong Kong-China borders.
#FaceMasks
#6200 #6502QL #7500 #3200 #6800 #60926 #2097 #P100 #7093 #6035 #3M
Source: Flash Media HK #Feb11 #HealthCrisis #GovernanceCrisis #HongKongProtests
Shielded From Coronavirus:
The Status of Police in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17053
#HongKongInvention
Hong Kong Scientists Develop Quicker Machine to Detect Diseases Including Wuhan Pneumonia
The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong had successfully developed a machine that could detect and identify 40 different viruses and bacteria via a single test in under one hour, including the Wuhan coronavirus, influenza A virus, SARS-CoV, Bordetella pertussis, and Legionella pneumophila, which is double the amount of pathogens current machines could analyse.
Dr. Terence L.T. Lau, Director of Innovation and Technology Development of PolyU, stated that the new technology would increase sensitivity in identifying such pathogens, thus increasing the results' reliability. He also stated that said technology would be able to lower the production costs of the diagnostic system, with each test costing around HKD $200 to $300 each, compared to $1000 of current systems, allowing for mass production and its widespread use.
Prof. Manson Fok, President of the University Hospital of the Macau University of Science and Technology, stated that the results were due to the five years of hard work from Hong Kong's most elite scientists and technicians. He also stated that since the Hong Kong government had declined to provide funds for the project, the funding of the production of said machines would fall under the hands of the People's Government of Shenzhen, thus this Hong Kong-invented machine would have the wordings "Made in China" written on it.
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17144
Source: RTHK; Cable News
#Feb11 #Technology #PolyU #HealthCrisis #MadeinHongKong #MadeinChina
Hong Kong Scientists Develop Quicker Machine to Detect Diseases Including Wuhan Pneumonia
The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong had successfully developed a machine that could detect and identify 40 different viruses and bacteria via a single test in under one hour, including the Wuhan coronavirus, influenza A virus, SARS-CoV, Bordetella pertussis, and Legionella pneumophila, which is double the amount of pathogens current machines could analyse.
Dr. Terence L.T. Lau, Director of Innovation and Technology Development of PolyU, stated that the new technology would increase sensitivity in identifying such pathogens, thus increasing the results' reliability. He also stated that said technology would be able to lower the production costs of the diagnostic system, with each test costing around HKD $200 to $300 each, compared to $1000 of current systems, allowing for mass production and its widespread use.
Prof. Manson Fok, President of the University Hospital of the Macau University of Science and Technology, stated that the results were due to the five years of hard work from Hong Kong's most elite scientists and technicians. He also stated that since the Hong Kong government had declined to provide funds for the project, the funding of the production of said machines would fall under the hands of the People's Government of Shenzhen, thus this Hong Kong-invented machine would have the wordings "Made in China" written on it.
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17144
Source: RTHK; Cable News
#Feb11 #Technology #PolyU #HealthCrisis #MadeinHongKong #MadeinChina
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Hong Kong Scientists Develop Quicker Machine to Detect Diseases Including Wuhan Pneumonia
Absence of Hong Kong Government's Support Turns Hong Kong Invention to Become "'Made in China"
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Hong Kong Scientists Develop Quicker Machine to Detect Diseases Including Wuhan Pneumonia
Absence of Hong Kong Government's Support Turns Hong Kong Invention to Become "'Made in China"
Prof. Manson Fok, President of the University Hospital…
#HongKongInvention
Hong Kong Scientists Develop Quicker Machine to Detect Diseases Including Wuhan Pneumonia
Absence of Hong Kong Government's Support Turns Hong Kong Invention to Become "'Made in China"
Prof. Manson Fok, President of the University Hospital of the Macau University of Science and Technology, stated that the results were due to the five years of hard work from Hong Kong's most elite scientists and technicians. He also stated that since the Hong Kong government had declined to provide funds for the project, the funding of the production of said machines would fall under the hands of the People's Government of Shenzhen, thus this Hong Kong-invented machine would have the wordings "Made in China" written on it.
Continue reading: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17137
Source: RTHK; Cable News; 100 most
#Feb11 #Technology #PolyU #HealthCrisis #MadeinHongKong #MadeinChina
Hong Kong Scientists Develop Quicker Machine to Detect Diseases Including Wuhan Pneumonia
Absence of Hong Kong Government's Support Turns Hong Kong Invention to Become "'Made in China"
Prof. Manson Fok, President of the University Hospital of the Macau University of Science and Technology, stated that the results were due to the five years of hard work from Hong Kong's most elite scientists and technicians. He also stated that since the Hong Kong government had declined to provide funds for the project, the funding of the production of said machines would fall under the hands of the People's Government of Shenzhen, thus this Hong Kong-invented machine would have the wordings "Made in China" written on it.
Continue reading: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17137
Source: RTHK; Cable News; 100 most
#Feb11 #Technology #PolyU #HealthCrisis #MadeinHongKong #MadeinChina
#PoliceState #StateTerrorism
Police continue to abuse powers while citizens remember the deceased of the pro-democracy movement
Police intervened memorial gathering on Febrary 8 and arrested many citizens including 5 district councilors from Sai Kung.
The day February 8 marked 3 months after the passing of Alex Chow, a student in his early 20s who had been in coma after falling from height at Sheung Tak carpark during police operation. The actual cause of his death remains unknown.
Hundreds of citizens gathered at the parking lot in Tsuen Kwun O, where Chow fell to his death to pay their respects. Some also took the opportunity to protest against the government for setting up a quarantine facility in the area without seeking consent from the residents.
The Sai Kung district council held a press conference the following day condemning the abuse of powers form the police. These included wrongful arrest, obstructing the District Council's watchdog team , assaulting reporters and even inflicting sexual assaults.
Valarie Wong, one of the district councillors arrested at the scene, was groped in her chest by a male police officer. She then showed her ID to the officers on site and demanded the identity of the perpetrator.
Not only did the police refuse to provide her with the information she requested, the unit of the concerned officer was immediatelt called away; whereas Wong was then arrested.
After Wong was brought to the police station with other arrestees, she was separated from others and received verbal abuse from police officers who were in the same unit as the one who groped her.
Chan Wai-lit, another district councillor arrested, was beaten by the police with batons. Chan was also pinned to the ground and pressed down on his neck by an officer's knee. He was then continuously insulted and abused verbally along with his fellow councilors and citizens.
Worse still, another outrageous incident took place when a group of plain clothed officers drove a car directly into a crowd of citizens. The plainclothes then started attacking violently civilians with batons and pepper spray.
Ryan Lee, another district councillor at the scene got violated by the pepper spray, while his female assistant was hit by a teargas cannister and knocked to the ground.
Another member of the district council's watchdog team, Edmond Tse, was also hit in the stomach by the police’s pepper balls. He was wearing his orange uniform at the time and was receiving verbal insults form the police right before he was shot.
Neither press nor the district council could film freely. Councilman Lui Man Kwong was blinded by the police’s flashlight and pushed against the walls after the officers saw him filming. Reporters went through similar treatment, including being bashed by the police with shields.
Source: Inmedia #Feb11
https://bit.ly/2Szkl0t
#FailedState #DistrictCouncil #MassArrests #SexualAssault #MeToo #HongKongPolice
Police continue to abuse powers while citizens remember the deceased of the pro-democracy movement
Police intervened memorial gathering on Febrary 8 and arrested many citizens including 5 district councilors from Sai Kung.
The day February 8 marked 3 months after the passing of Alex Chow, a student in his early 20s who had been in coma after falling from height at Sheung Tak carpark during police operation. The actual cause of his death remains unknown.
Hundreds of citizens gathered at the parking lot in Tsuen Kwun O, where Chow fell to his death to pay their respects. Some also took the opportunity to protest against the government for setting up a quarantine facility in the area without seeking consent from the residents.
The Sai Kung district council held a press conference the following day condemning the abuse of powers form the police. These included wrongful arrest, obstructing the District Council's watchdog team , assaulting reporters and even inflicting sexual assaults.
Valarie Wong, one of the district councillors arrested at the scene, was groped in her chest by a male police officer. She then showed her ID to the officers on site and demanded the identity of the perpetrator.
Not only did the police refuse to provide her with the information she requested, the unit of the concerned officer was immediatelt called away; whereas Wong was then arrested.
After Wong was brought to the police station with other arrestees, she was separated from others and received verbal abuse from police officers who were in the same unit as the one who groped her.
Chan Wai-lit, another district councillor arrested, was beaten by the police with batons. Chan was also pinned to the ground and pressed down on his neck by an officer's knee. He was then continuously insulted and abused verbally along with his fellow councilors and citizens.
Worse still, another outrageous incident took place when a group of plain clothed officers drove a car directly into a crowd of citizens. The plainclothes then started attacking violently civilians with batons and pepper spray.
Ryan Lee, another district councillor at the scene got violated by the pepper spray, while his female assistant was hit by a teargas cannister and knocked to the ground.
Another member of the district council's watchdog team, Edmond Tse, was also hit in the stomach by the police’s pepper balls. He was wearing his orange uniform at the time and was receiving verbal insults form the police right before he was shot.
Neither press nor the district council could film freely. Councilman Lui Man Kwong was blinded by the police’s flashlight and pushed against the walls after the officers saw him filming. Reporters went through similar treatment, including being bashed by the police with shields.
Source: Inmedia #Feb11
https://bit.ly/2Szkl0t
#FailedState #DistrictCouncil #MassArrests #SexualAssault #MeToo #HongKongPolice
#PoliceState #StateTerrorism
Police continue to abuse powers while citizens remember the deceased of the pro-democracy movement
Police intervened memorial gathering on Febrary 8 and arrested many citizens including 5 district councilors from Sai Kung.
The police were also condemned of conducting wrongful arrest, obstructing the District Council's watchdog team , assaulting reporters and even inflicting sexual assaults.
Source: InMedia #Feb11
https://bit.ly/2Szkl0t
#FailedState #DistrictCouncil #MassArrests #SexualAssault #MeToo #HongKongPolice
Police continue to abuse powers while citizens remember the deceased of the pro-democracy movement
Police intervened memorial gathering on Febrary 8 and arrested many citizens including 5 district councilors from Sai Kung.
The police were also condemned of conducting wrongful arrest, obstructing the District Council's watchdog team , assaulting reporters and even inflicting sexual assaults.
Source: InMedia #Feb11
https://bit.ly/2Szkl0t
#FailedState #DistrictCouncil #MassArrests #SexualAssault #MeToo #HongKongPolice
#FailedState #PoliticalAllegiance
Hong Kong Government's Demand of Allegiance pledge Sparks Wave of #Resignation Among #CivilServants
Source: Apple Daily; #Feb11
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Hong Kong Government's Demand of Allegiance pledge Sparks Wave of #Resignation Among #CivilServants
Source: Apple Daily; #Feb11
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28638
#FailedState #PoliticalAllegiance
Hong Kong Government's Demand of Allegiance pledge Sparks Wave of #Resignation Among #CivilServants
The Hong Kong SAR government has implemented new rules, demanding the supposedly politically neutral civil servants to pledge allegiance to the Basic Law and the Government.
As the deadline of the pledge, set at the end of February, is approaching, a wave of resignation was triggered among the civil servants.
Sources revealed that at least 20 doctors and dentists resigned from the Department of Health (#DoH) in the past three months. Among them, no less than four cited privately that they hesitated to sign the pledge.
“It is straightforward. One can either sign the pledge or resign. By signing the pledge, there would be too many constraints to comply. I prefer not to,” one anonymous civil servant said.
Among those resigned were nurses, scientific officers and dental clinic staff.
Amidst the wave of resignation, Lee Wai-yan, President of the Association of Government Physicians expressed helplessness and was concerned about the shortage of staff in the fight against COVID19.
Responding to media inquiry, the Department of Health acknowledged that more than 80 staff members resigned in past three months. In the same period last year, only 58 resigned.
Source: Apple Daily; #Feb11
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210211/NLXLA6BXFBEWNHMYGZAJ4ATAVU/
#Pledge #BasicLaw #BrainDrain
Hong Kong Government's Demand of Allegiance pledge Sparks Wave of #Resignation Among #CivilServants
The Hong Kong SAR government has implemented new rules, demanding the supposedly politically neutral civil servants to pledge allegiance to the Basic Law and the Government.
As the deadline of the pledge, set at the end of February, is approaching, a wave of resignation was triggered among the civil servants.
Sources revealed that at least 20 doctors and dentists resigned from the Department of Health (#DoH) in the past three months. Among them, no less than four cited privately that they hesitated to sign the pledge.
“It is straightforward. One can either sign the pledge or resign. By signing the pledge, there would be too many constraints to comply. I prefer not to,” one anonymous civil servant said.
Among those resigned were nurses, scientific officers and dental clinic staff.
Amidst the wave of resignation, Lee Wai-yan, President of the Association of Government Physicians expressed helplessness and was concerned about the shortage of staff in the fight against COVID19.
Responding to media inquiry, the Department of Health acknowledged that more than 80 staff members resigned in past three months. In the same period last year, only 58 resigned.
Source: Apple Daily; #Feb11
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210211/NLXLA6BXFBEWNHMYGZAJ4ATAVU/
#Pledge #BasicLaw #BrainDrain