#Airport #GlobalOutbreak
Health Officer: Wristband is not a must;
Passenger: Epidemic screening at the Hong Kong airport is loose and sloppy
Since March 19, all passengers coming to Hong Kong from countries apart from China, Macau and Taiwan are asked to undergo a mandatory 14-day home-quarantine and given with a wristband for medical surveillance tracking.
A 22-year-old university student studying in the U.S. recounted on social media that he was not provided with any wristband, as he had made a transit in Taipei before arriving in Hong Kong on March 20. On the health declaration form, he was not asked to declare the places he visited.
The student said he asked the airport staff on site for the wristband but was told that “it is not a must” after one hour of waiting. He criticized the screening process for being “loose and sloppy”. Some doctors opinioned that the declaration process should be made mandatory, rather than voluntary.
The police reported that 41 people were found breaching the quarantine order. Five of them left their home without permission, of which two had removed the wristband. The remaining 36 were yet to be located, and warrants had been issued for their arrests.
Source: Ming Pao #Mar23 #ChinesePneumonia #Wristband #Quarantine
Health Officer: Wristband is not a must;
Passenger: Epidemic screening at the Hong Kong airport is loose and sloppy
Since March 19, all passengers coming to Hong Kong from countries apart from China, Macau and Taiwan are asked to undergo a mandatory 14-day home-quarantine and given with a wristband for medical surveillance tracking.
A 22-year-old university student studying in the U.S. recounted on social media that he was not provided with any wristband, as he had made a transit in Taipei before arriving in Hong Kong on March 20. On the health declaration form, he was not asked to declare the places he visited.
The student said he asked the airport staff on site for the wristband but was told that “it is not a must” after one hour of waiting. He criticized the screening process for being “loose and sloppy”. Some doctors opinioned that the declaration process should be made mandatory, rather than voluntary.
The police reported that 41 people were found breaching the quarantine order. Five of them left their home without permission, of which two had removed the wristband. The remaining 36 were yet to be located, and warrants had been issued for their arrests.
Source: Ming Pao #Mar23 #ChinesePneumonia #Wristband #Quarantine
#CoronavirusPandemic #China
Chinese Entrepreneur Speaks of Selling Fake Thermometers to the U.S. and Spreading Coronavirus Abroard
In a WeChat discussion hosted by the Chinese Internet, a man called Zhang Xuen-dong, who is the owner of a company called GuangDong YF Technology, suggested to produce fake thermometers for the U.S. market. He wrote, "Let them measure 36.5 degrees at 39 degrees, let them get more [Coronavirus infections], see how many more people in the U.S. will travel abroad, spreading Coronavirus and hurting people in other countries. "
When interviewed by a Chinese media, Zhang said his speech was out of patriotism to China.
Source: Internet; Radio Free Asia
#WuhanPneumonia
#MadeinChina #GlobalOutbreak
#CCPPatriot #FakeThermometer
Chinese Entrepreneur Speaks of Selling Fake Thermometers to the U.S. and Spreading Coronavirus Abroard
In a WeChat discussion hosted by the Chinese Internet, a man called Zhang Xuen-dong, who is the owner of a company called GuangDong YF Technology, suggested to produce fake thermometers for the U.S. market. He wrote, "Let them measure 36.5 degrees at 39 degrees, let them get more [Coronavirus infections], see how many more people in the U.S. will travel abroad, spreading Coronavirus and hurting people in other countries. "
When interviewed by a Chinese media, Zhang said his speech was out of patriotism to China.
Source: Internet; Radio Free Asia
#WuhanPneumonia
#MadeinChina #GlobalOutbreak
#CCPPatriot #FakeThermometer
#FailedState #AntiEpidemic
Medical doctor and legislator denounce Hong Kong government’s low awareness in epidemic prevention
The outbreak of Coronavirus in Hong Kong is at the verge of losing control. In view of a surge of confirmed cases, the Food and Hygiene Department, however, did not set up a dedicated taskforce to handle the disinfection work for buildings where suspected cases are home-quarantined.
The Department was found not providing enough support and clear guidelines to their frontline staff, who ware sighted putting on or removing protective clothing at stairways or immediately outside the concerning apartments.
It was also reported that immediately after supervising the disinfection and cleaning work for buildings, the health inspectors visited restaurants.
Restaurant operators were shocked and criticised such arrangement as inappropriate.
Leung Tze-chiu, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Medical Association's Advisory suggested for the government to create two separate teams, “dirty team” and “clean team”, to handle inspection works that’s contagious.
Kwok Ka-kei, a medical doctor and legislator expressed that a dedicated taskforce is necessary. He condemned the department of having low awareness in epidemic prevention, saying, “the dedicated team should focus only on the sites with confirmed cases to avoid carrying the virus around.”
Source: Ming Pao
#Mar31 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak
Medical doctor and legislator denounce Hong Kong government’s low awareness in epidemic prevention
The outbreak of Coronavirus in Hong Kong is at the verge of losing control. In view of a surge of confirmed cases, the Food and Hygiene Department, however, did not set up a dedicated taskforce to handle the disinfection work for buildings where suspected cases are home-quarantined.
The Department was found not providing enough support and clear guidelines to their frontline staff, who ware sighted putting on or removing protective clothing at stairways or immediately outside the concerning apartments.
It was also reported that immediately after supervising the disinfection and cleaning work for buildings, the health inspectors visited restaurants.
Restaurant operators were shocked and criticised such arrangement as inappropriate.
Leung Tze-chiu, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Medical Association's Advisory suggested for the government to create two separate teams, “dirty team” and “clean team”, to handle inspection works that’s contagious.
Kwok Ka-kei, a medical doctor and legislator expressed that a dedicated taskforce is necessary. He condemned the department of having low awareness in epidemic prevention, saying, “the dedicated team should focus only on the sites with confirmed cases to avoid carrying the virus around.”
Source: Ming Pao
#Mar31 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak
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#WuhanPneumonia #China #Celebration #US #Japan
People in China Celebrate Coronavirus Calamities in the US and Japan
As Wuhan Pneumonia rages across the globe, the Chinese Communist Party claimed that the outbreak has been slowing down in China. The communist regime also sees the pandemic as an diplomatic opportunity by
exporting medical supplies abroad in a bid to salvage the withering reputation.
In China, people, however, are gloating over the calamity around the world. In Liaoning Shenyang, a porridge shop set up an inflatable celebratory decoration “congratulating” the outbreak of Coronavirus in the U.S. and Japan.
Some farmers hoisted Chinese-style festive banners to applaud the confirmed cases of Coronavirus has exceeded 100,000 in the U.S.
In a video circulating on the internet, Chinese citizens were standing upright and read aloud, “Congratulations to the U.S for getting more than 100,000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus. I love China. Fight the U.S.” Moments later, fireworks were lit up for a celebration. The video has become viral on outbound social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter since March 30.
People in China had little sympathy on their fellow countrymen either. In Wuhan, the epicentre of Coronavirus with over 50,000 confirmed cases, relatives of the deceased lined up, in tears and pain, outside funeral home to collect ashes. Some others, however, staged celebratory ceremony to thank the medical staff of Huoshenshan Hospital, wearing red windbreakers and waving Chiblnese flags and banners that read “Thank you for risking your lives for Wuhan”, while showing a big smile in front of the camera. Netizens scorned, “staged disaster recovery, staged thanksgiving, dramatic mourning, staged news reporting, staged medical treatment, only the cremation is real."
Source: Apple Daily #Mar31
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19234
#GlobalOutbreak #ChinesePneumonia
Editorial Column: From Ebola Virus to "CCP Virus"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19223
People in China Celebrate Coronavirus Calamities in the US and Japan
As Wuhan Pneumonia rages across the globe, the Chinese Communist Party claimed that the outbreak has been slowing down in China. The communist regime also sees the pandemic as an diplomatic opportunity by
exporting medical supplies abroad in a bid to salvage the withering reputation.
In China, people, however, are gloating over the calamity around the world. In Liaoning Shenyang, a porridge shop set up an inflatable celebratory decoration “congratulating” the outbreak of Coronavirus in the U.S. and Japan.
Some farmers hoisted Chinese-style festive banners to applaud the confirmed cases of Coronavirus has exceeded 100,000 in the U.S.
In a video circulating on the internet, Chinese citizens were standing upright and read aloud, “Congratulations to the U.S for getting more than 100,000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus. I love China. Fight the U.S.” Moments later, fireworks were lit up for a celebration. The video has become viral on outbound social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter since March 30.
People in China had little sympathy on their fellow countrymen either. In Wuhan, the epicentre of Coronavirus with over 50,000 confirmed cases, relatives of the deceased lined up, in tears and pain, outside funeral home to collect ashes. Some others, however, staged celebratory ceremony to thank the medical staff of Huoshenshan Hospital, wearing red windbreakers and waving Chiblnese flags and banners that read “Thank you for risking your lives for Wuhan”, while showing a big smile in front of the camera. Netizens scorned, “staged disaster recovery, staged thanksgiving, dramatic mourning, staged news reporting, staged medical treatment, only the cremation is real."
Source: Apple Daily #Mar31
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19234
#GlobalOutbreak #ChinesePneumonia
Editorial Column: From Ebola Virus to "CCP Virus"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19223
Street Art Inspired by Coronavirus Pandemic: Xi Jinping, Coronavirus, the Simpsons...
Street artists around the world created new artworks on the Coronavirus pandemic.
In Italy, Nello Perrucci put masks on the Simpsons calling on citizens to stay home. In America, Pnywave Home painted a couple kissing through their masks on a white wall on the beach, and he wrote, "It's time to look at ourselves, see what we have done to the earth, and see our whole life."
In particular, Lush Sux combined Xi Jinping's head witg the coronavirus and tweeted "add me on tiktok before it gets put in the re education camp".
Source : Stand News
#Apr3 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak #ProtestArt #StreetArt #Xinjinping
Street artists around the world created new artworks on the Coronavirus pandemic.
In Italy, Nello Perrucci put masks on the Simpsons calling on citizens to stay home. In America, Pnywave Home painted a couple kissing through their masks on a white wall on the beach, and he wrote, "It's time to look at ourselves, see what we have done to the earth, and see our whole life."
In particular, Lush Sux combined Xi Jinping's head witg the coronavirus and tweeted "add me on tiktok before it gets put in the re education camp".
Source : Stand News
#Apr3 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak #ProtestArt #StreetArt #Xinjinping
#AntiEpidemic #HumanRights #DomesticHelpers
Domestic Helpers Concern Groups Criticize Hong Kong Government for Neglecting Domestic Workers' Rights in Coronavirus Preventive Regulations
Since March 29 2020, the HKSAR government has prohibited gatherings of more than 4 people in public place and required a social distance of no less than 1.5 meter. The new rule will last for 14 days.
During the coronavirus outbreak, the footbridges in Mong Kok, where domestic helpers spent their day off, has become fairly empty. On 5 April 2020, concern groups including the Foreign Labour Centre, the Asian Migrants' Union and the chairman of Labour Party Kwok Wing-ken distributed hand sanitizers, masks, takeaway menus and Coronavirus prevention leaflets to the foreign helpers on the footbridge.
Eni Lestari, Chairperson of Asian Migrants' Union said, “It is the Government's responsibility to step up epidemic prevention publicity for foreign domestic helpers,” stressing that "protection of domestic helpers is also for the protection of employer's family".
Tong Hiu-yan, Director of Community Relations at the Foreign Labor Works Centre, said they have received many requests for help from domestic helpers. Most of the workers live with the employers and most of them do not have their own rooms. In other words, they would be asked to work and unable to take proper rest, when staying at thr employer's home on holidays.
Tong criticised the government's Labor Departments for not providing enough guidelines for both employers and domestic helpers. Besides, the Department had no practical measures to protect the rights and interests of the domestic helpers and was unwilling to handle requests of domestic helpers.
Source : InMedia HK #Apr5
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19307
#ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak #MigrantWorkers
Domestic Helpers Concern Groups Criticize Hong Kong Government for Neglecting Domestic Workers' Rights in Coronavirus Preventive Regulations
Since March 29 2020, the HKSAR government has prohibited gatherings of more than 4 people in public place and required a social distance of no less than 1.5 meter. The new rule will last for 14 days.
During the coronavirus outbreak, the footbridges in Mong Kok, where domestic helpers spent their day off, has become fairly empty. On 5 April 2020, concern groups including the Foreign Labour Centre, the Asian Migrants' Union and the chairman of Labour Party Kwok Wing-ken distributed hand sanitizers, masks, takeaway menus and Coronavirus prevention leaflets to the foreign helpers on the footbridge.
Eni Lestari, Chairperson of Asian Migrants' Union said, “It is the Government's responsibility to step up epidemic prevention publicity for foreign domestic helpers,” stressing that "protection of domestic helpers is also for the protection of employer's family".
Tong Hiu-yan, Director of Community Relations at the Foreign Labor Works Centre, said they have received many requests for help from domestic helpers. Most of the workers live with the employers and most of them do not have their own rooms. In other words, they would be asked to work and unable to take proper rest, when staying at thr employer's home on holidays.
Tong criticised the government's Labor Departments for not providing enough guidelines for both employers and domestic helpers. Besides, the Department had no practical measures to protect the rights and interests of the domestic helpers and was unwilling to handle requests of domestic helpers.
Source : InMedia HK #Apr5
Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19307
#ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak #MigrantWorkers
#Dentistry #CivilServant
Government dental services carry on routine duty without washout period during coronavirus outbreak
The facebook page of Civil Servants' Secrets, where whistleblowers' messages are published, revealed on March 30, 2020 that dentists and dental nurses working in government's clinics were demanded to take up coronavirus inspection work in ports or Asia-Expo once or twice a week.
Without any washout period, they are directly sent back to carry on their routine services at dental clinics after the inspection work. At the port areas, they gave out quarantine orders to overseas arrivals and collect samples of sputum from those passengers with onset of Coronavirus.
Source: Facebook Page of Civil Servants' Secrets
#Mar30 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak #WashoutPeriod #HealthCrisis
Government dental services carry on routine duty without washout period during coronavirus outbreak
The facebook page of Civil Servants' Secrets, where whistleblowers' messages are published, revealed on March 30, 2020 that dentists and dental nurses working in government's clinics were demanded to take up coronavirus inspection work in ports or Asia-Expo once or twice a week.
Without any washout period, they are directly sent back to carry on their routine services at dental clinics after the inspection work. At the port areas, they gave out quarantine orders to overseas arrivals and collect samples of sputum from those passengers with onset of Coronavirus.
Source: Facebook Page of Civil Servants' Secrets
#Mar30 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak #WashoutPeriod #HealthCrisis
#HongKongProtests #Freedom
President of Public Doctors Association Calls for HongKongers to Defend Social Distancing as Their Rights to Gather and Protest
Part 1 ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
If citizens are getting relaxed about social distancing, the epidemic could dwell and last even longer, providing excuses for the government to extend the gathering ban.
Chapter 599 of the Prevention and Control of Diseases Ordinance confers on the Secretary for Food and Health, the Chief Executive and the Executive Council the power to prevent, cope with or mitigate the effects of public health emergencies. It also gives law enforcement officers a lot of power to enter private premises without a search warrant. If the government and the police are not using the powers of this Ordinance to control disease, but to control citizens’ freedom, such consequence could be detrimental, e.g. during the remembrance activities held on March 31, a female police officer stated her wish to charge 5 arrestees nearby Prince Edward subway station of breaching the gathering restriction, despite the fact that the five people were not even acquainted with each other.
At times, preventing the spread of disease and preventing exploitation of human rights could cause a conflict of values. The crux relies on how the government strikes a balance in implementing and enforcing restrictions and the duration of such restrictions. A civil society that honors self-discipline counts less on laws to resolve public health problems which avoids giving excuses to those in power.
Lastly, Ma calls for citizens to understand when to take to the streets and when to seek entertainment. With today's socio-political environment skewed towards the rule of man in absence of the rule of law, the remaining rights of the Hong Kong people could easily be striped away without a fight.
Source: Stand News
#Apr12 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak
President of Public Doctors Association Calls for HongKongers to Defend Social Distancing as Their Rights to Gather and Protest
Part 1 ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
If citizens are getting relaxed about social distancing, the epidemic could dwell and last even longer, providing excuses for the government to extend the gathering ban.
Chapter 599 of the Prevention and Control of Diseases Ordinance confers on the Secretary for Food and Health, the Chief Executive and the Executive Council the power to prevent, cope with or mitigate the effects of public health emergencies. It also gives law enforcement officers a lot of power to enter private premises without a search warrant. If the government and the police are not using the powers of this Ordinance to control disease, but to control citizens’ freedom, such consequence could be detrimental, e.g. during the remembrance activities held on March 31, a female police officer stated her wish to charge 5 arrestees nearby Prince Edward subway station of breaching the gathering restriction, despite the fact that the five people were not even acquainted with each other.
At times, preventing the spread of disease and preventing exploitation of human rights could cause a conflict of values. The crux relies on how the government strikes a balance in implementing and enforcing restrictions and the duration of such restrictions. A civil society that honors self-discipline counts less on laws to resolve public health problems which avoids giving excuses to those in power.
Lastly, Ma calls for citizens to understand when to take to the streets and when to seek entertainment. With today's socio-political environment skewed towards the rule of man in absence of the rule of law, the remaining rights of the Hong Kong people could easily be striped away without a fight.
Source: Stand News
#Apr12 #ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak
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700,000 Bottles of Santizers From Hong Kong to Australia
To cope with the lack of medical supply caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the air company Virgin Australia just transported 700,000 bottles of alcohol handrub from Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia.
Source: SBS #Apr16
#HongKongHelps #GlobalOutbreak #Australia #MedicalSupply #HongKongsRole
To cope with the lack of medical supply caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the air company Virgin Australia just transported 700,000 bottles of alcohol handrub from Hong Kong to Sydney, Australia.
Source: SBS #Apr16
#HongKongHelps #GlobalOutbreak #Australia #MedicalSupply #HongKongsRole
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China withheld data on coronavirus from WHO, recordings reveal
Recordings obtained by the Associated Press show WHO officials complaining in meetings during the week of 6 January that Beijing was not sharing important data concerning the coronavirus for risk assessment.
On 9 January China state media announced the illness was the result of a new coronavirus but said it was not contagious. It was not until 20 January that China confirmed the virus was contagious and it was not until 30 January that the WHO, which has been criticized for consistently lauding China, declared a global emergency.
Authorities locked down Wuhan on 23 January but at least 5 million residents had already left, traveling all over the world before the Lunar New Year holiday.
The virus has infected more than 6 million and killed more than 375,000 worldwide. Growing international scrutiny of China’s handling of the outbreak is currently moving the establishment of an independent investigation.
Full Article: The Guardian, (02-Jun)
https://bit.ly/2AMC0wg
#coronavirus #globaloutbreak #WHO #China
China withheld data on coronavirus from WHO, recordings reveal
Recordings obtained by the Associated Press show WHO officials complaining in meetings during the week of 6 January that Beijing was not sharing important data concerning the coronavirus for risk assessment.
On 9 January China state media announced the illness was the result of a new coronavirus but said it was not contagious. It was not until 20 January that China confirmed the virus was contagious and it was not until 30 January that the WHO, which has been criticized for consistently lauding China, declared a global emergency.
Authorities locked down Wuhan on 23 January but at least 5 million residents had already left, traveling all over the world before the Lunar New Year holiday.
The virus has infected more than 6 million and killed more than 375,000 worldwide. Growing international scrutiny of China’s handling of the outbreak is currently moving the establishment of an independent investigation.
Full Article: The Guardian, (02-Jun)
https://bit.ly/2AMC0wg
#coronavirus #globaloutbreak #WHO #China
the Guardian
China withheld data on coronavirus from WHO, recordings reveal
Complaints by officials at odds with body’s public praise of Beijing’s response to outbreak