8 mystery pneumonia cases found in 5 days; Microbiologist warned for a surge during Chinese New Year
Government announced 3 new suspected mystery pneumonia case from Wuhan in China on Jan 4, making a total of 8 cases in the past 5 days, although none was considered severe.
Secretary for Food and Health Bureau, Sophia Chan, said the government has been vigilant and a series of measures would be put in place, including cutting down the visiting time in public hospital to reduce the flow of people. Staff might be sent to Wuhan to understand the situation, and amendments would be proposed to the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance, which required reporting of all concerning suspected cases.
Earlier today, the head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Infection, Ho Pak-leung, urged the Government to deploy all possible monitoring system at the city's borders, including the high-speed rail terminus for the new viral pneumonia from mainland.
Although Wuhan officials said that no evidence of human to human transmission had been found, Ho remained firm on his view that the virus could possibly pass from person to person. Ho hoped the mainlaid authority could release more information to help experts analyse the illness.
Ho also said, "so many infections in such a short period of time in Wuhan is worrying". The microbiologist, at the same time, warned for a surge in cases during Chinese New Year.
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What Mask to Wear during Pneumonia outbreak?
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In #Singapore, Chinese girl with pneumonia warded, isolated after travel to Wuhan, China
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Source RTHK #4Jan #Pneumonia #Plague
Government announced 3 new suspected mystery pneumonia case from Wuhan in China on Jan 4, making a total of 8 cases in the past 5 days, although none was considered severe.
Secretary for Food and Health Bureau, Sophia Chan, said the government has been vigilant and a series of measures would be put in place, including cutting down the visiting time in public hospital to reduce the flow of people. Staff might be sent to Wuhan to understand the situation, and amendments would be proposed to the Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance, which required reporting of all concerning suspected cases.
Earlier today, the head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Infection, Ho Pak-leung, urged the Government to deploy all possible monitoring system at the city's borders, including the high-speed rail terminus for the new viral pneumonia from mainland.
Although Wuhan officials said that no evidence of human to human transmission had been found, Ho remained firm on his view that the virus could possibly pass from person to person. Ho hoped the mainlaid authority could release more information to help experts analyse the illness.
Ho also said, "so many infections in such a short period of time in Wuhan is worrying". The microbiologist, at the same time, warned for a surge in cases during Chinese New Year.
Emergency Notice:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14769
What Mask to Wear during Pneumonia outbreak?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14847
In #Singapore, Chinese girl with pneumonia warded, isolated after travel to Wuhan, China
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14851
Source RTHK #4Jan #Pneumonia #Plague
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Please wear a mask whenever you are leaving the house, wash your hands frequently and maintain good personal hygiene.
Today, the Hospital Authority confirmed that there was an…
Emergency Notice from BWHK & GOHK
Dear Readers,
Please wear a mask whenever you are leaving the house, wash your hands frequently and maintain good personal hygiene.
Today, the Hospital Authority confirmed that there was an…
#SARS #Pneumonia #Plague
Hong Kong Government States That Reducing Flights or Trains to Wuhan, #China Is Not Necessary at This Stage
The pneumonia outbreak in China has aroused much public's concern; eight suspected cases (including a 4-year-old girl) were recorded in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung Kin-chung stated that it was not necessary to reduce the frequency of flights or Express Rail Link trains to Wuhan as the government has been on high alert and would keep closely in touch with the National Health Commission for any updates.
Source: Stand News #Jan4
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8 mystery pneumonia cases found in 5 days; Microbiologist warned for a surge during Chinese New Year
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14849
In #Singapore, Chinese girl with pneumonia warded, isolated after travel to Wuhan, China
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14851
Hong Kong Government States That Reducing Flights or Trains to Wuhan, #China Is Not Necessary at This Stage
The pneumonia outbreak in China has aroused much public's concern; eight suspected cases (including a 4-year-old girl) were recorded in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung Kin-chung stated that it was not necessary to reduce the frequency of flights or Express Rail Link trains to Wuhan as the government has been on high alert and would keep closely in touch with the National Health Commission for any updates.
Source: Stand News #Jan4
https://tinyurl.com/r8lepql
8 mystery pneumonia cases found in 5 days; Microbiologist warned for a surge during Chinese New Year
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14849
In #Singapore, Chinese girl with pneumonia warded, isolated after travel to Wuhan, China
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14851
Wuhan Mystery Pneumonia Outbreak: Suspected Cases in Hong Kong Increased to 14
Secretary for Food and Health, Sophia Chan Siu-chee, stated that the Hospital Authority received another 6 admissions of patients who suffered from fever, upper respiratory tract infection and pneumonia after visiting Wuhan. The suspected infections has increased to a total of 14 cases. According to Chan Siu-chee, the 6 new patients are all in stable condition.
According to sources from the Commercial Radio Hong Kong, the new cases include 4 males and 2 females, with age ranges from 22 to 55. None of them have visited the wet markets in Wuhan.
8 mystery pneumonia cases found in 5 days; Microbiologist warned for a surge during Chinese New Year
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Hong Kong Government States That Reducing Flights or Trains to Wuhan, #China Is Not Necessary at This Stage
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14850
Source: Stand News #Jan5 #SARS #Pneumonia #Plague
Secretary for Food and Health, Sophia Chan Siu-chee, stated that the Hospital Authority received another 6 admissions of patients who suffered from fever, upper respiratory tract infection and pneumonia after visiting Wuhan. The suspected infections has increased to a total of 14 cases. According to Chan Siu-chee, the 6 new patients are all in stable condition.
According to sources from the Commercial Radio Hong Kong, the new cases include 4 males and 2 females, with age ranges from 22 to 55. None of them have visited the wet markets in Wuhan.
8 mystery pneumonia cases found in 5 days; Microbiologist warned for a surge during Chinese New Year
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14849
Hong Kong Government States That Reducing Flights or Trains to Wuhan, #China Is Not Necessary at This Stage
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/14850
Source: Stand News #Jan5 #SARS #Pneumonia #Plague
Updates on the Wuhan Pneumonia:
As of 5 Jan 18:00, there are a total of 16 cases of mystery new viral pneumonia, with symptoms of respiratory infection, fever and/or pneumonia. The youngest patient is a 2-year-old girl. 5 of them have been discharged.
The latest case was reported by a doctor from private clinic.
Source: RTHK
#Jan5 #ChinaPneumonia #SARS #Plague
As of 5 Jan 18:00, there are a total of 16 cases of mystery new viral pneumonia, with symptoms of respiratory infection, fever and/or pneumonia. The youngest patient is a 2-year-old girl. 5 of them have been discharged.
The latest case was reported by a doctor from private clinic.
Source: RTHK
#Jan5 #ChinaPneumonia #SARS #Plague
8 Passengers from Wuhan to Taiwan Exhibit Fever amidst Mysterious Pneumonia Outbreak
A total of eight passengers aboard eight different direct flights from Wuhan to Taiwan have developed fever since Dec. 31 amidst the mysterious pneumonia outbreak in the central Chinese city, according to Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Sunday (Jan. 5).
Amongst the 8 fever cases, 3 of them are being closely monitored by local health authorities. The CDC urge the public to maintain good hygiene and avoid contact with wildlife and poultry should they plan to visit Wuhan.
Wang Yuedan, a professor of immunology at the Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences, has warned that the possibility of human-to-human transmission cannot be ruled out and that the culprit could be a novel coronavirus.
#ChinaPneumonia #SARS #Plague #5Jan
Source: Taiwan News
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3850666
A total of eight passengers aboard eight different direct flights from Wuhan to Taiwan have developed fever since Dec. 31 amidst the mysterious pneumonia outbreak in the central Chinese city, according to Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Sunday (Jan. 5).
Amongst the 8 fever cases, 3 of them are being closely monitored by local health authorities. The CDC urge the public to maintain good hygiene and avoid contact with wildlife and poultry should they plan to visit Wuhan.
Wang Yuedan, a professor of immunology at the Peking University School of Basic Medical Sciences, has warned that the possibility of human-to-human transmission cannot be ruled out and that the culprit could be a novel coronavirus.
#ChinaPneumonia #SARS #Plague #5Jan
Source: Taiwan News
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3850666
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8 passengers from Wuhan to Taiwan exhibit fever amid mystery pneumonia outbreak
Immunologist suspects novel coronavirus of causing respiratory illness as China races to prevent SARS-like outbreak.A total of eight passengers aboard eight different direct flights from Wuhan to Taiwan have developed fever since Dec. 31 amid the mysterious…
#ChinesePneumonia
5 more Wuhan Pneumonia Cases Reported Over 1 Day, Reaching a Total of 76 infected in Hong Kong
On January 15, the Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong announced that 5 more patients were infected with Wuhan pneumonia from China. The patients exhibited symptoms such as fever and respiratory problems after visiting Wuhan. This brings the total number of people infected of 76.
Out of the 5, 2 of them are males and 3 of them are females. Their age ranges from 2 to 68. 3 cases were reported by the Hospital Authority, while the others were reported by the Port Health Division and a private doctor. All of them have been admitted to the hospital. 3 of them were tested positive for rhinovirus, enterovirus infection, H1N1 and H3N2. 1 person was tested negative for the respiratory system infectious agent quick test and for coronavirus. The last patient has not been tested positive for anything yet.
Source: RTHK
#Jan15 #SARS
5 more Wuhan Pneumonia Cases Reported Over 1 Day, Reaching a Total of 76 infected in Hong Kong
On January 15, the Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong announced that 5 more patients were infected with Wuhan pneumonia from China. The patients exhibited symptoms such as fever and respiratory problems after visiting Wuhan. This brings the total number of people infected of 76.
Out of the 5, 2 of them are males and 3 of them are females. Their age ranges from 2 to 68. 3 cases were reported by the Hospital Authority, while the others were reported by the Port Health Division and a private doctor. All of them have been admitted to the hospital. 3 of them were tested positive for rhinovirus, enterovirus infection, H1N1 and H3N2. 1 person was tested negative for the respiratory system infectious agent quick test and for coronavirus. The last patient has not been tested positive for anything yet.
Source: RTHK
#Jan15 #SARS
A quick review of #SARS outbreak in 2003 in Hong Kong. Shouldn't the government learn from past history by making better and quicker respond to infectious disease after almost 2 decades?
Facebook post quoting Chinese netizens claiming Novel Coronavirus is part of US conspiracy
Origos (January 21)
“The most horrible thing isn’t the virus but idiocy, as I always say.”
From Weibo #1
“#SARS United States#
2003 Gulf War—the US attacked Iraq—SARS;
2020 US-Iran conflict—the US attacked Iran—novel coronavirus; Hope it’s only a coincident!
#Dr. Nanshan Zhong confirmed human-to-human infection of novel coronavirus# According to rumours, Professor of Military Science Ai Yuejin expressed publicly that SARS in 2003 was the invention of CIA which targeted Chinese people. What about this novel coronavirus? #Novel coronavirus pneumonia included in notifiable diseases#”
From Weibo #2
“Wuhan virus won’t spread nationwide. Because Americans haven’t identified the genes of Northern and Eastern Chinese. What they had is only the genes of Southern Chinese people, as this demographic group is the majority of overseas Chinese, only whom Americans studied thoroughly. So there are a number of cases of this kind of virus in Hong Kong and Singapore instead. No worry for Native Northern Chinese and Shanghainese.”
From Weibo #3
“Imperialists are open to any base means! As long as it’s to the benefit of the empire. The germ warfare in the Korean War and Vietnam War is ironclad proof! “SARS” and coronavirus pneumonia today... is a germ war! We have no choice but fight back with bravery. Organise our strength, augment scientific innovation, and win this 'germ war’ with determination! No other causes except victory!”
From Weibo #4
“Novel Coronavirus broken out in Wuhan and the biological warfare by the US
As of today, Jan 21, 2020, the novel coronavirus in Wuhan has drawn worldwide attention. Zhong Nanshan, one of the country's best-known epidemiologists, confirmed that this coronavirus is very dangerous, can transmit through human interactions. And it has an incubation period of 2-3 months, so prevention is not easy. We shouldn’t forget that Wuhan was the host for the 7th Military World Games three months ago, it was a well-known global event. Thousands of athletes from the world came together in Wuhan during the 10-day event. Among them there were, of course, athletes from the epidemic-ridden Africa and the US, which has always wanted to wage biological war against China. The SARS virus rampaged through China in the early spring of 2003. When the source of the virus was being investigated, many clues pointed to the US, and the American conspiracy of committing biological warfare against China. How about the current Wuhan coronavirus – is this really biological warfare by the US? The timing, location, and crowd movement of this virus outbreak, along with a fierce situation in the China-US trade war seems suspiciously synchronised. Could we not analyse, integrate, reason, and confirm, and arrive at a sober conclusion?”
Editor’s note: In response to these conspiracy theories, the fact checking group AFP has refuted the claim that the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention created this novel coronavirus as a bioweapon to be used against China.
Sources : Facebook; AFP Fact Check
Origos (January 21)
“The most horrible thing isn’t the virus but idiocy, as I always say.”
From Weibo #1
“#SARS United States#
2003 Gulf War—the US attacked Iraq—SARS;
2020 US-Iran conflict—the US attacked Iran—novel coronavirus; Hope it’s only a coincident!
#Dr. Nanshan Zhong confirmed human-to-human infection of novel coronavirus# According to rumours, Professor of Military Science Ai Yuejin expressed publicly that SARS in 2003 was the invention of CIA which targeted Chinese people. What about this novel coronavirus? #Novel coronavirus pneumonia included in notifiable diseases#”
From Weibo #2
“Wuhan virus won’t spread nationwide. Because Americans haven’t identified the genes of Northern and Eastern Chinese. What they had is only the genes of Southern Chinese people, as this demographic group is the majority of overseas Chinese, only whom Americans studied thoroughly. So there are a number of cases of this kind of virus in Hong Kong and Singapore instead. No worry for Native Northern Chinese and Shanghainese.”
From Weibo #3
“Imperialists are open to any base means! As long as it’s to the benefit of the empire. The germ warfare in the Korean War and Vietnam War is ironclad proof! “SARS” and coronavirus pneumonia today... is a germ war! We have no choice but fight back with bravery. Organise our strength, augment scientific innovation, and win this 'germ war’ with determination! No other causes except victory!”
From Weibo #4
“Novel Coronavirus broken out in Wuhan and the biological warfare by the US
As of today, Jan 21, 2020, the novel coronavirus in Wuhan has drawn worldwide attention. Zhong Nanshan, one of the country's best-known epidemiologists, confirmed that this coronavirus is very dangerous, can transmit through human interactions. And it has an incubation period of 2-3 months, so prevention is not easy. We shouldn’t forget that Wuhan was the host for the 7th Military World Games three months ago, it was a well-known global event. Thousands of athletes from the world came together in Wuhan during the 10-day event. Among them there were, of course, athletes from the epidemic-ridden Africa and the US, which has always wanted to wage biological war against China. The SARS virus rampaged through China in the early spring of 2003. When the source of the virus was being investigated, many clues pointed to the US, and the American conspiracy of committing biological warfare against China. How about the current Wuhan coronavirus – is this really biological warfare by the US? The timing, location, and crowd movement of this virus outbreak, along with a fierce situation in the China-US trade war seems suspiciously synchronised. Could we not analyse, integrate, reason, and confirm, and arrive at a sober conclusion?”
Editor’s note: In response to these conspiracy theories, the fact checking group AFP has refuted the claim that the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention created this novel coronavirus as a bioweapon to be used against China.
Sources : Facebook; AFP Fact Check
Fact Check
The coronavirus plaguing China was not created by a US government
Facebook posts claim that the coronavirus spreading in China was created by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2015, offering a real patent as proof. This is false; the CDC did register a patent, but in an effort to combat a different…
#SARS #ChinesePneumonia #FailedState
Former SARS Fighter Criticiszed HKSAR Government for not Learning from the Past Tragedy
Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of CUHK Leung Ping-chung, who fighted against SARS in 2003, pointed out that the government did not learn from the experience back then and make comprehensive plans before the epidemic attacked our city.
Leung stated, ”There had yet been the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, but only the Pearl River Delta 17 years ago. There were fewer ports in the Pearl River Delta, but the Delta resembled the current Greater Bay Area. Thus, it was advised that Hong Kong government should cooperate with the mainland to establish guidelines on joint efforts to intercept travellers and to fight against the epidemic, and such guidance will benefit everyone in the Pearl River Delta. However, for the moment, no such measure was implemented. Each government just goes on its own way.”
Source: NOW News #Feb23 #ChinesePneumonia
Former SARS Fighter Criticiszed HKSAR Government for not Learning from the Past Tragedy
Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of CUHK Leung Ping-chung, who fighted against SARS in 2003, pointed out that the government did not learn from the experience back then and make comprehensive plans before the epidemic attacked our city.
Leung stated, ”There had yet been the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, but only the Pearl River Delta 17 years ago. There were fewer ports in the Pearl River Delta, but the Delta resembled the current Greater Bay Area. Thus, it was advised that Hong Kong government should cooperate with the mainland to establish guidelines on joint efforts to intercept travellers and to fight against the epidemic, and such guidance will benefit everyone in the Pearl River Delta. However, for the moment, no such measure was implemented. Each government just goes on its own way.”
Source: NOW News #Feb23 #ChinesePneumonia
#NetizensVoice #Newspaper
Zhong Nanshan was Freudian slip to tell that there were a few SARS cases in past 17 years. According to the CDC in the US, there has been no more new case since 2004 — how many SARS cases did CCP conceal?
Image (CCTV interview):
CCTV Reporter: Will it be possible that the new coronavirus is like flu to exist in the long term?
Zhong Nanshan: In the past 17 years, some cases of SARS were found, but it didn’t widespread. Will COVID-19 exist in long term but just not break out? May be. The Control of outbreak is critical. I don’t think it will be like flu. Flu happens every year. This possibility is quite low.
Source: Facebook
http://bit.ly/2wYYBEh
#ZhongNanshan #SARS #CCP
Zhong Nanshan was Freudian slip to tell that there were a few SARS cases in past 17 years. According to the CDC in the US, there has been no more new case since 2004 — how many SARS cases did CCP conceal?
Image (CCTV interview):
CCTV Reporter: Will it be possible that the new coronavirus is like flu to exist in the long term?
Zhong Nanshan: In the past 17 years, some cases of SARS were found, but it didn’t widespread. Will COVID-19 exist in long term but just not break out? May be. The Control of outbreak is critical. I don’t think it will be like flu. Flu happens every year. This possibility is quite low.
Source: Facebook
http://bit.ly/2wYYBEh
#ZhongNanshan #SARS #CCP
#Interview #LiYi #LeeYee
83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 1/6
Li Yi is 83 years old. According to him, he takes several medicines a day, for diabetes, for whatever ... and sleeping pills. He often said that he couldn't sleep well since he was young, but he still wrote five newspaper columns a week and did "one-minute reading" for RTHK. Li Yi reads all kinds of news online, and he is no less enthusiastic than younger people. There is a Thai helper who cooks and serves him. Other than that, his home is only a house full of books.
Li Yi's family is all in foreign countries and his late wife was buried in Canada, but he is still struggling in Hong Kong alone. Li Yi said that at this stage, he probably should be with family and write his own autobiography. "Of course I can still write if I leave Hong Kong." However, Li Yi cannot not let go of Hong Kong and leave. He states that ever since Hong Kong’s future problems in 1981, he has been "love Hong Kong" and since then "the feelings for China have been very weak."
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/83-year-old-Li-Yi-I-dont-have-long-to-live-but-I-believe-Hong-Kong-young-people-have-wisdom-beyond-imagination-16-03-07
To be continued
Source: Stand News, (25-Feb)
https://bit.ly/3aARccx
#BasicLaw #TiananmenMassacre #Democracy #SinoBritishJointDeclaration #OneCountryTwoSystems #SARS
83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 1/6
Li Yi is 83 years old. According to him, he takes several medicines a day, for diabetes, for whatever ... and sleeping pills. He often said that he couldn't sleep well since he was young, but he still wrote five newspaper columns a week and did "one-minute reading" for RTHK. Li Yi reads all kinds of news online, and he is no less enthusiastic than younger people. There is a Thai helper who cooks and serves him. Other than that, his home is only a house full of books.
Li Yi's family is all in foreign countries and his late wife was buried in Canada, but he is still struggling in Hong Kong alone. Li Yi said that at this stage, he probably should be with family and write his own autobiography. "Of course I can still write if I leave Hong Kong." However, Li Yi cannot not let go of Hong Kong and leave. He states that ever since Hong Kong’s future problems in 1981, he has been "love Hong Kong" and since then "the feelings for China have been very weak."
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/83-year-old-Li-Yi-I-dont-have-long-to-live-but-I-believe-Hong-Kong-young-people-have-wisdom-beyond-imagination-16-03-07
To be continued
Source: Stand News, (25-Feb)
https://bit.ly/3aARccx
#BasicLaw #TiananmenMassacre #Democracy #SinoBritishJointDeclaration #OneCountryTwoSystems #SARS
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83-year-old Li Yi: I don’t have long to live, but I believe Hong Kong young people have wisdom beyond imagination 1/6
Li Yi is 83 years old. According to him, he takes several medicines a day, for diabetes, for whatever ... and sleeping pills. He often said that he couldn't sleep well since he was young, but he still wrote five newspaper columns a week and did "one-minute…
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Hong Kong fares “slightly better” in coronavirus battle due to pro-democracy protests
While Japan and South Korea are stricken by the epidemic, Hong Kong's situation is, touch wood, not as bad. Surprisingly, we are doing better than Singapore, especially in light of the gross incompetence and deliberate acts of bad faith by Carrie Lam's administration. This is not due to "good luck", but cause and effect.
1. As mentioned many times, the Anti-ELAB movement has greatly reduced the influx of mainland Chinese tourists in the past six months. Despite Lam's refusal to close the border completely, the number of mainland Chinese tourists has dropped drastically towards the end of last year. We no longer saw frenzied shopping in preparation for the Lunar New Year. Even Sheung Shui, a district best known for its parallel traders*, was "liberated". One can imagine, if this year is like last year, Hong Kong's affliction was inevitable. (Some speculated that because Chinese tourists were turned away from Hong Kong to other places, the virus was spread to other countries instead.)
//people have no expectations towards any measures she proposes, choosing instead to think hard on self-help.
//Hongkongers have undoubtedly learnt our lesson. The government and the Hospital Authority are the only ones who learned nothing.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Hong-Kong-fares-slightly-better-in-coronavirus-battle-due-to-pro-democracy-protests-03-16
Source: Facebook
https://bit.ly/2ISrzbC
Further reading:
Hong Kong Manages to Slow Down the Spread of COVID-19
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18566
#Coronavirus #SelfHelp #antiELAB #SARS #SharingEconomy #DistrictCouncillor #FailedState
Hong Kong fares “slightly better” in coronavirus battle due to pro-democracy protests
While Japan and South Korea are stricken by the epidemic, Hong Kong's situation is, touch wood, not as bad. Surprisingly, we are doing better than Singapore, especially in light of the gross incompetence and deliberate acts of bad faith by Carrie Lam's administration. This is not due to "good luck", but cause and effect.
1. As mentioned many times, the Anti-ELAB movement has greatly reduced the influx of mainland Chinese tourists in the past six months. Despite Lam's refusal to close the border completely, the number of mainland Chinese tourists has dropped drastically towards the end of last year. We no longer saw frenzied shopping in preparation for the Lunar New Year. Even Sheung Shui, a district best known for its parallel traders*, was "liberated". One can imagine, if this year is like last year, Hong Kong's affliction was inevitable. (Some speculated that because Chinese tourists were turned away from Hong Kong to other places, the virus was spread to other countries instead.)
//people have no expectations towards any measures she proposes, choosing instead to think hard on self-help.
//Hongkongers have undoubtedly learnt our lesson. The government and the Hospital Authority are the only ones who learned nothing.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Hong-Kong-fares-slightly-better-in-coronavirus-battle-due-to-pro-democracy-protests-03-16
Source: Facebook
https://bit.ly/2ISrzbC
Further reading:
Hong Kong Manages to Slow Down the Spread of COVID-19
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18566
#Coronavirus #SelfHelp #antiELAB #SARS #SharingEconomy #DistrictCouncillor #FailedState
Telegraph
Hong Kong fares “slightly better” in coronavirus battle due to pro-democracy protests
While Japan and South Korea are stricken by the epidemic, Hong Kong's situation is, touch wood, not as bad. Surprisingly, we are doing better than Singapore, especially in light of the gross incompetence and deliberate acts of bad faith by Carrie Lam's administration.…
#WuhanPneumonia #SARS
Hong Kong Microbiologist: HK Government should avoid a repeat of the 2003 Sars crisis
//Dr. Pak-leung Ho, the head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre For Infection has warned that the SAR must introduce a basket of measures to force people to keep their distance from each other – and by this weekend – or the city's public health system could collapse.
...He said that more than 10,000 doctors and nurses overseas have been infected with Covid-19 and at least 40 doctors have died.
Ho added that Hong Kong should not make the same mistakes some foreign countries have made and he is worried that the city will soon see a repeat of the 2003 Sars crisis.//
Source: RTHK #Mar26
Hong Kong Microbiologist: HK Government should avoid a repeat of the 2003 Sars crisis
//Dr. Pak-leung Ho, the head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre For Infection has warned that the SAR must introduce a basket of measures to force people to keep their distance from each other – and by this weekend – or the city's public health system could collapse.
...He said that more than 10,000 doctors and nurses overseas have been infected with Covid-19 and at least 40 doctors have died.
Ho added that Hong Kong should not make the same mistakes some foreign countries have made and he is worried that the city will soon see a repeat of the 2003 Sars crisis.//
Source: RTHK #Mar26
#HongkongersStory #SubdividedFlat #Coronavirus #SARS
Life under the threat of the virus - Stories from residents of subdivided flats
Auntie Tam, who is 87 years-old, was sitting in the passageway connecting several subdivided flats. Wearing a mask, she was talkative and seemed excited to see the NGO staff who was visiting, and the news reporter whom she just met for the first time.
Read more:
https://telegra.ph/Life-under-the-threat-of-the-virus---Stories-from-residents-of-subdivided-flats-03-26
Life under the threat of the virus - Stories from residents of subdivided flats
Auntie Tam, who is 87 years-old, was sitting in the passageway connecting several subdivided flats. Wearing a mask, she was talkative and seemed excited to see the NGO staff who was visiting, and the news reporter whom she just met for the first time.
Read more:
https://telegra.ph/Life-under-the-threat-of-the-virus---Stories-from-residents-of-subdivided-flats-03-26
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Life under the threat of the virus - Stories from residents of subdivided flats
Auntie Tam, who is 87 years-old, was sitting in the passageway connecting several subdivided flats. Wearing a mask, she was talkative and seemed excited to see the NGO staff who was visiting, and the news reporter whom she just met for the first time. Sister…
#Newspaper
The Hong Kong government may make use of the pretext of fighting virus to enforce Martial Law, Doctor Alfred WONG Yam Hong: tyranny and virus never relax
[Independent Media Report] Under the second wave of epidemic of Wuhan Coronavirus, professions warned that the Hong Kong medical system may collapse in a week’s time. Spokesman of the Citizens’ Press Conference worries the government will introduce Martial Law to suppress the anti-tyranny movement, by virtue of the justification for fighting virus, and in fact it is a good pretext to be used. Doctor Alfred WONG Yam Hong, physician of Tuen Mun Hospital and member of Médecins Inspirés, appeals Hong Kong people to minimize staying outdoor and uphold personal hygiene to avoid intensifying the epidemic. “Tyranny and virus have never relaxed, not even a single moment”, said Doctor WONG.
//Hong Kong people need to do their best to fight against the epidemic to avoid community outbreak, otherwise the government will make use of this to impose the Martial Law – this will definitely be an endless trouble.”
//“all my hopes are on Hong Kong people, but not any on the government.”
//Under the current trend, the number of confirmed cases would hit 1,000 in 5 days, substantially overloading the negative pressure wards.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/The-Hong-Kong-government-may-make-use-of-the-pretext-of-fighting-virus-to-enforce-Martial-Law-Doctor-Alfred-WONG-Yam-Hong-tyrann-03-30
Source: In Media HK, (26-Mar)
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1071916
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The Hong Kong government may make use of the pretext of fighting virus to enforce Martial Law, Doctor Alfred WONG Yam Hong: tyranny and virus never relax
[Independent Media Report] Under the second wave of epidemic of Wuhan Coronavirus, professions warned that the Hong Kong medical system may collapse in a week’s time. Spokesman of the Citizens’ Press Conference worries the government will introduce Martial Law to suppress the anti-tyranny movement, by virtue of the justification for fighting virus, and in fact it is a good pretext to be used. Doctor Alfred WONG Yam Hong, physician of Tuen Mun Hospital and member of Médecins Inspirés, appeals Hong Kong people to minimize staying outdoor and uphold personal hygiene to avoid intensifying the epidemic. “Tyranny and virus have never relaxed, not even a single moment”, said Doctor WONG.
//Hong Kong people need to do their best to fight against the epidemic to avoid community outbreak, otherwise the government will make use of this to impose the Martial Law – this will definitely be an endless trouble.”
//“all my hopes are on Hong Kong people, but not any on the government.”
//Under the current trend, the number of confirmed cases would hit 1,000 in 5 days, substantially overloading the negative pressure wards.
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Source: In Media HK, (26-Mar)
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1071916
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The Hong Kong government may make use of the pretext of fighting virus to enforce Martial Law, Doctor Alfred WONG Yam Hong: tyranny…
[Independent Media Report] Under the second wave of epidemic of Wuhan Coronavirus, professions warned that the Hong Kong medical system may collapse in a week’s time. Spokesman of the Citizens’ Press Conference worries the government will introduce Martial…
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Returning to Heping Hospital, Ward B8: “Her answer signalled her choice”
17 years ago, the SARS epidemic led to the deaths of many citizens and healthcare workers in Taiwan. The Heping Hospital in Taipei was quarantined and locked down. In the fight against an epidemic under the most dire circumstances, how was the balance maintained between personal choices, defending humanitarian needs and the duties of healthcare workers?
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Returning to Heping Hospital, Ward B8: “Her answer signalled her choice”
17 years ago, the SARS epidemic led to the deaths of many citizens and healthcare workers in Taiwan. The Heping Hospital in Taipei was quarantined and locked down. In the fight against an epidemic under the most dire circumstances, how was the balance maintained between personal choices, defending humanitarian needs and the duties of healthcare workers?
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Returning to Heping Hospital, Ward B8: “Her answer signalled her choice”
17 years ago, the SARS epidemic led to the deaths of many citizens and healthcare workers in Taiwan. The Heping Hospital in Taipei was quarantined and locked down. In the fight against an epidemic under the most dire circumstances, how was the balance maintained…
#HKChronicles #May13
In Memory of Dr. Joanna Tse Who Sacrificed Herself to Save SARS Patients 17 Years Ago
The SARS outbreak in 2003 took the lives of eight medical workers in Hong Kong. Also a type of coronavirus, SARS was first carried to Hong Kong by a man from China in February. The SARS disease, with a much higher mortality rate than COVID 19, had traumatized the population in Hong Kong.
On 13 May 2003, Dr Joanna Tse Yuen-man, a pulmonologist at Tuen Mun Hospital, passed away at 35 after volunteering to treat SARS patients.
The other 7 medical workers who passed away were:
- Dr Cheng Ha-yan (Tai Po Hosital)
- Dr Cheung Sik-hin (Private Otolaryngology Doctor)
- Lau Kam-yung (Health Assistant, United Christian Hospital)
- Dr Lau Tai Kwan (Private Paediatrics Doctor)
- Lau Wing-kai (Nurse, Thoracic Medical Department, Tuen Mun Hospital)
- Tang Heung-mei (Health Assistant, United Christian Hospital)
- Wong Kang-tai (Health Assistant, The Prince of Wales Hospital)
17 years later, another type of coronavirus by the name of COVID 19 returned to haunt Hongkongers. In early February, medical workers had initiated a 5-day-strike to urge the government to close the border. They had also did their best in saving those infected with the virus. Without their contribution, Hong Kong would not have been successful in containing the virus.
Let us salute the medical workers who, despite many difficulties and the chance of getting infected themselves, held our line of defense. Zero medical workers have contracted the disease and may it stay that way.
We salute to all medical workers of the world.
Source: Stand News
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20658
#HKMedics #MedicalWorkers #SARS
In Memory of Dr. Joanna Tse Who Sacrificed Herself to Save SARS Patients 17 Years Ago
The SARS outbreak in 2003 took the lives of eight medical workers in Hong Kong. Also a type of coronavirus, SARS was first carried to Hong Kong by a man from China in February. The SARS disease, with a much higher mortality rate than COVID 19, had traumatized the population in Hong Kong.
On 13 May 2003, Dr Joanna Tse Yuen-man, a pulmonologist at Tuen Mun Hospital, passed away at 35 after volunteering to treat SARS patients.
The other 7 medical workers who passed away were:
- Dr Cheng Ha-yan (Tai Po Hosital)
- Dr Cheung Sik-hin (Private Otolaryngology Doctor)
- Lau Kam-yung (Health Assistant, United Christian Hospital)
- Dr Lau Tai Kwan (Private Paediatrics Doctor)
- Lau Wing-kai (Nurse, Thoracic Medical Department, Tuen Mun Hospital)
- Tang Heung-mei (Health Assistant, United Christian Hospital)
- Wong Kang-tai (Health Assistant, The Prince of Wales Hospital)
17 years later, another type of coronavirus by the name of COVID 19 returned to haunt Hongkongers. In early February, medical workers had initiated a 5-day-strike to urge the government to close the border. They had also did their best in saving those infected with the virus. Without their contribution, Hong Kong would not have been successful in containing the virus.
Let us salute the medical workers who, despite many difficulties and the chance of getting infected themselves, held our line of defense. Zero medical workers have contracted the disease and may it stay that way.
We salute to all medical workers of the world.
Source: Stand News
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20658
#HKMedics #MedicalWorkers #SARS
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British media: China deletes 300 studies from Wuhan Institute of Virology, including all research By “bat expert” Shi Zhengli
British media The Mail on Sunday found that many important materials related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China published by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) are no longer available online, and are suspected to have been removed by the authority, causing a new round of controversy over suspected concealment of the epidemic by the Chinese government.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is suspected to be the source of the virus, and hundreds of pages of information have been deleted, including the research conducted by the Wuhan Institute of Virology and research data of Shi Zhengli, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases. The 56-year-old Shi Zhengli, known as “batwoman”, who often collecting samples for research from bat caves, is regarded as a key figure who knows the source of the virus. The report pointed out that more than 300 studies published by NSFC, including those on animal-to-human diseases, were no longer available. Dozens of studies that were available online were deleted by the state-run institution, including research by Shi Zhengli.
According to the report, studies related to the risk of spreading the SARS-like coronavirus from bats and investigation into human pathogens carried by bats have disappeared, both of which are regards as importing clues to the source of the virus. It revealed China's attempted to hinder the investigation into the source of the virus. Iain Duncan Smith, a Former Leader of the British Conservative Party and member of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, pointed out that China is trying to hide the evidences, “It is vital that there is a thorough investigation into what happened but China seems to be doing all it can to stop that happening,” he said.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan11
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210111/FEZPFC5ABNGWBLVVPO52DKN3SQ/
#COVID19 #SARS #Virus #China #WuhanInstituteOfVirology #ShiZhengli #Bat #CrossSpeciesInfection #NaturalScienceFoundationOfChina #NSFC #TheMailOnSunday
British media The Mail on Sunday found that many important materials related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China published by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) are no longer available online, and are suspected to have been removed by the authority, causing a new round of controversy over suspected concealment of the epidemic by the Chinese government.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is suspected to be the source of the virus, and hundreds of pages of information have been deleted, including the research conducted by the Wuhan Institute of Virology and research data of Shi Zhengli, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases. The 56-year-old Shi Zhengli, known as “batwoman”, who often collecting samples for research from bat caves, is regarded as a key figure who knows the source of the virus. The report pointed out that more than 300 studies published by NSFC, including those on animal-to-human diseases, were no longer available. Dozens of studies that were available online were deleted by the state-run institution, including research by Shi Zhengli.
According to the report, studies related to the risk of spreading the SARS-like coronavirus from bats and investigation into human pathogens carried by bats have disappeared, both of which are regards as importing clues to the source of the virus. It revealed China's attempted to hinder the investigation into the source of the virus. Iain Duncan Smith, a Former Leader of the British Conservative Party and member of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, pointed out that China is trying to hide the evidences, “It is vital that there is a thorough investigation into what happened but China seems to be doing all it can to stop that happening,” he said.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan11
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210111/FEZPFC5ABNGWBLVVPO52DKN3SQ/
#COVID19 #SARS #Virus #China #WuhanInstituteOfVirology #ShiZhengli #Bat #CrossSpeciesInfection #NaturalScienceFoundationOfChina #NSFC #TheMailOnSunday
Confidential document says Beijing refuses to fund local CDC, bureaucracy causes collapse of the medical system and loss of epidemic prevention and fighting function
The initial outbreak of Wuhan COVID-19 in China has spread globally. The leaked documents received by CNN not only reflect China's mishandling of the epidemic but also reveal that China's health care system has been riddled with problems for a prolonged period of time and that when the epidemic escalated, officials and medical personnel generally took it lightly, further contributing to the global outbreak of the virus.
After SARS in 2003, the Chinese authorities spent 167 million USD (about 1.3 billion HKD) to set up a notification system. Theoretically, the system allows regional hospitals or disease prevention centres to directly report outbreaks to the central government and share relevant information with the entire country. However, according to a report in the paper, the system itself slowed down, and other bureaucratic constraints have further impeded information flow.
Compared to major cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, Wuhan's medical system received relatively few resources. An audit report completed last October pointed out that Hubei Province's disease prevention centre was underfunded. The lack of proper testing equipment and motivated medical staff, especially in the early stages of the outbreak when they still used SARS-era equipment, was completely neglected by the Chinese Bureaucracy.
#China #SARS #COVID19 #Pandemic #Epidemic #WuhanVirus #CNN #MedicalSystem #MedicalStaff
Source: Apple Daily #Dec01
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201201/BPEWL3L7FZC3RFGNWLBEWQ5P7M/
The initial outbreak of Wuhan COVID-19 in China has spread globally. The leaked documents received by CNN not only reflect China's mishandling of the epidemic but also reveal that China's health care system has been riddled with problems for a prolonged period of time and that when the epidemic escalated, officials and medical personnel generally took it lightly, further contributing to the global outbreak of the virus.
After SARS in 2003, the Chinese authorities spent 167 million USD (about 1.3 billion HKD) to set up a notification system. Theoretically, the system allows regional hospitals or disease prevention centres to directly report outbreaks to the central government and share relevant information with the entire country. However, according to a report in the paper, the system itself slowed down, and other bureaucratic constraints have further impeded information flow.
Compared to major cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, Wuhan's medical system received relatively few resources. An audit report completed last October pointed out that Hubei Province's disease prevention centre was underfunded. The lack of proper testing equipment and motivated medical staff, especially in the early stages of the outbreak when they still used SARS-era equipment, was completely neglected by the Chinese Bureaucracy.
#China #SARS #COVID19 #Pandemic #Epidemic #WuhanVirus #CNN #MedicalSystem #MedicalStaff
Source: Apple Daily #Dec01
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201201/BPEWL3L7FZC3RFGNWLBEWQ5P7M/
Leaked Chinese document reveals a sinister plan to ‘unleash’ coronaviruses
A document written by Chinese scientists and Chinese public health officials in 2015 discussed the weaponisation of SARS coronavirus, reveals the Weekend Australian.
Titled The Unnatural Origin of SARS and New Species of Man-Made Viruses as Genetic Bioweapons, the paper predicted that World War Three would be fought with biological weapons.
Released five years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it describes SARS coronaviruses as a “new era of genetic weapons” that can be “artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponised and unleashed in a way never seen before”.
Source: NewsComAu #May08
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/leaked-chinese-document-reveals-a-sinister-plan-to-unleash-coronaviruses/news-story/53674e8108ad5a655e07e990daa85465
#COVID19 #SARS #Unleash #Chinese #Weapon
A document written by Chinese scientists and Chinese public health officials in 2015 discussed the weaponisation of SARS coronavirus, reveals the Weekend Australian.
Titled The Unnatural Origin of SARS and New Species of Man-Made Viruses as Genetic Bioweapons, the paper predicted that World War Three would be fought with biological weapons.
Released five years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it describes SARS coronaviruses as a “new era of genetic weapons” that can be “artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponised and unleashed in a way never seen before”.
Source: NewsComAu #May08
https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/leaked-chinese-document-reveals-a-sinister-plan-to-unleash-coronaviruses/news-story/53674e8108ad5a655e07e990daa85465
#COVID19 #SARS #Unleash #Chinese #Weapon