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3 Cathay Dragon flight attendants returned from Wuhan quarantined, staff revealed belated management decision exposed staff to pneumonia risk

A staff member of Cathay Dragon disclosed that 3 flight attendants have fever and other symptoms shown since returning from Wuhan, and are currently being admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital for quarantine.

He also revealed that Cathay Dragon had previously discouraged employees from wearing face masks, and it has been allowed just recently. He challenged that was a belated decision, obviously made after suspected cases had been developed.

Source: hkej.com #Jan23
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Admission of 35 New Patients with Respiratory Diseases Symptoms; HK Governnent Finally Requires Express Rail Link Passengers to Fill Health Declaration

At noon on January 23, public hospitals in Hong Kong had reported to the Department of Health (DH) the admission of 35 patients: 12 male and 23 female, aged five months to 86 years.

Acting Chief Executive Matthew Cheung announced on Thursday that all passengers who travel to Hong Kong via high speed rail will be required to fill in a health declaration form upon arrival at West Kowloon starting on Friday.

Moreover, the New Year Celebrations, including Cathay Pacific’s International Chinese New Year Carnival, and the Lunar New Year Football Cup – will be cancelled as a health precaution.

Source: RTHK #Jan22
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1504490-20200123.htm?spTabChangeable=0

Photo taken by Kenji Wong / Stand News
#Jan23, one day after the first case of Wuhan Pneumonia in Hong Kong.
First city locked-down for epidemic control shows magnitude of Coronavirus Pneumonia beyond estimation

At 2am on January 23, Hubei Wuhan authorities officially announced that the city would be locked down at 10am. The city's traffic would be suspended with airport and train stations temporarily closed. Civilians would not be allowed to leave unless special reasons were provided.

Civilians flocked to the high-speed rail station for tickets and tried to flee from the city before 10am. Wuhan Xie-he Hospital was crowded with patients in early morning, and clearly overloaded. Medical examination reports showing patients with "viral pneumonia" were scattered everywhere, and overall conditions of epidemic prevention was worrying, at the verge of stressing-out.

This is the first ever lockdown of a city due to non-political reason since the establishment of the Communist Party of China, indicating that seriousness of the situation could be far exceeding the CCP's estimation.

Source: Apple Daily

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Hong Kong Government Imposes Last-minute Compulsory Lockdown in Jordan District; Police Order Reporters to Leave

Video: InMedia
Source: InMedia; RTHK #Jan23

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Hong Kong Government Imposes Last-minute Compulsory Lockdown in Jordan District; Police Order Reporters to Leave

At 4am on Jan 23, 2021, the Hong Kong government cited the chapter 599J of the Regulations on Disease Prevention and Control and announced a compulsory lockdown of an area in the Jordan district.

The government refused to respond to any decision made on Jan 22, while police started to station in the area on Friday evening. Not until the early morning of Jan 23, the government issued a press release about the sudden lockdown.

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The ''restricted'' area is encircled by Woosung Street in the east, Nanking Street in the south, Battery Street in the west, and Kansu Street in the north.

Civilians are not allowed to leave the area until everyone in the area has taken a test and the results have been confirmed. the government has also issued mandatory inspection notices for all premises in the "restricted area". Anyone who has been in the "restricted area" for more than two hours in the past 14 days is also mandated to undergo testing before midnight on Jan 23.

The authorities claimed that they aim to complete all the tests within 48 hours, so that civilians can go to work on Monday.

According to InMedia, police ordered reporters on site to leave and the communication was confusing.

Video: InMedia
Source: InMedia; RTHK #Jan23

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"Free All Political Prisoners": #Banners Appear on Hong Kong Mountain

Two banners with the words “Free all political prisoners” in Chinese and English were spotted hanging over a mountain in Tsz Wan Shan, Hong Kong on 23 Jan 2021.

Source: Apple News #Jan23
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Carrie Lam Denies Lockdown Has Obstructed Civilians

On Jan 23, 2021, the Hong Kong government made a sudden announcement of a compulsory lockdown in the Jordan district at 4am, citing the coronavirus as a reason.

The authorities forbade civilians to leave the "restricted area", claiming that the mass testing would be completed in 48 hours, in order for civilians to go to work on Monday.

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Over 3,000 staff were mobilized from the disciplinary forces and medical teams. Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Police Commissioner Chris Tang, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan and other government officials appeared at the site.

Carrie Lam denied the government's instruction as confusing and that the decision has obstructed the residents.

It is estimated that over 10,000 civilians were grounded.

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Over One Year Since the Outbreak of Coronavirus: Government's Refusal To Seal Off Border with China Vs District Lockdown

Hong Kong recorded its first "highly suspected" case of coronavirus on Jan 22, 2020. It was a Chinese man who had travelled to Wuhan, China before coming to Hong Kong via the high speed train. Despite the demand of the local population, the Hong Kong government refused to close the border with China.

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One year later, the coronavirus pandemic has spread across the globe. In Hong Kong, the government even imposed a compulsory lockdown in Jordan on Jan 23, 2021.

Police officers were stationed everywhere while blue tents were set up in the "restricted area" to enforce the testing of all civilians including who had been tested recently. Some civilians who tried to go to work were sighted taken to the police vehicles.

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Civilians in Lockdown Area to Brace Themselves for At Least 48 Hours

During the compulsory lockdown of the Jordan area since 4am on Jan 23, 2021, the Hong Kong government claimed that food supply will be provided to the affected civilians.

The photos reveal the food supplied by the authorities, which constitute largely cup noodle, instant noodle, bread and canned food.

Whereas the residents complained about the confusion caused by the authorities, the latter insisted that the civilians were not obstructed.

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Danish MPs jointly declares “unreserved support” for colleagues assisting HK democrat to escape

Source: Stand News; #Jan23

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Danish MPs jointly declares “unreserved support” for colleagues assisting HK democrat to escape

Representatives of three major parties in the #DanishParliament jointly issued statement on January 23, 2021 in support of their Parliament colleagues who allegedly assisted former legislator, #TedHui Chi-fong, to flee the city in 2020.

It was reported that the Hong Kong police are considering prosecuting two Danish MPs, namely #UffeElbaek of the Green Party and #KatarinaAmmitzbøll of the Conservative Party.

#MartinLidegaard of the Danish Social Liberal Party, #AnnetteLind of Social Democratic Party and #MichaelAastrupJensen, member of the largest opposition Liberal Party said in their statement to the Hong Kong police that “members of the Danish Parliament are free to exercise their parliamentary duties without threats of retaliation.”

They stressed that “this is an inalienable and constitutional principle in Danish democracy”, calling also on other politicians and political parties to join in their support.

Source: Stand News; #Jan23

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Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"

Source: inmediahk; #Jan23
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#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"

A day after Hong Kong authorities forced two residential buildings at Kwai Chung Housing Estate into a 5-day lockdown, and at least another 4 in the same complex to undergo overnight lockdown for mandatory COVID-19 testing, the city's Chief Executive Carrie Lam paid a brief "visit" to those affected in the afternoon on January 23, 2022.

Lam was accompanied by Chief Secretary John Lee, Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan, as well as bodyguards and government staff. The group of around a dozen were seen looking up occasionally at buildings that were put under lockdown for mass testing.

Angry residents were heard shouting insults at Lam asking her to stop putting on a show, while another man telling them to leave the "dangerous" area.

Others hurled obscenities at the officials, challenging them to "experience being trapped for 5 days".

Lam and her accompanying officials posed for government photographs, but did not answer reporters' questions. The group left the housing estate in only 15 minutes.

Source: inmediahk; #Jan23
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