HaHaHello
2022-02-05 17:38:14
本港新增351宗確診個案 屬疫情以來單日新高
本港新增351宗確診個案,
創疫情以來單日新高。當中343宗屬本地個案,8宗為輸入個案;有200宗初步陽性個案。
343宗本地個案中,大部分懷疑感染變異病毒Omicron,另有超過20宗懷疑涉及Delta病毒。在這340多宗個案中,180多宗與其他個案有關聯,另外約160宗仍在調查,亦相信部分屬有關聯個案。
屯門大興邨興平樓,再發現確診者,目前有兩個29室單位都出現個案,因此29室單位住戶都需要撤離。要撤離的亦包括深水埗福榮街104號,因為有2個C室單位有確診者,而C室與A室單位共用天井,因此大廈的A及C室住戶亦要撤離。
早前有穆斯林做祟拜的地方出現感染個案,現再多4人確診,即累計增至6人。元朗廣場亦有清潔工、保安員,以及食肆員工出現確診,因此已建議元朗廣場關閉以作徹底消毒。
其他有確診者的地方, 包括沙田、葵涌等。
屯門醫院1名手術室運作助理染疫,沙田威爾斯親王醫院1名抽血員亦中招。2人工作期間均有佩戴個人防護裝備,沒有病人列密切接觸者,但有2名員工列為密切接觸者。
另有2間醫院於入院篩查的監察病房發現個案以至多人被列為密切接觸者,包括將軍澳醫院監察病房1名同房病人,因沒有適當佩戴口罩列密切接觸者;瑪麗醫院1名學護及2名護士亦沒有佩戴合適個人防護裝備,同樣列密切接觸者。大埔那打素醫院亦有1名自選兼職醫護人員。而醫管局亦有2名職員須檢疫。
公立醫院傳染病隔離病床短時間内不足以隔離所有患者,檢疫設施亦可能供不應求,因此已經制訂應變計劃。預計下周可以啓動竹篙灣檢疫中心,改作隔離用途,同步開始居安抗疫計劃。首先會要求密切接觸者的同住人士在家檢疫4日,再按情況進一步安排密切接觸者14天家居檢疫。最壞打算是將無病徵、輕微病徵或低風險患者,在家居環境許可下在家隔離。
HaHaHello
2022-02-05 22:03:23
The best example of how this 討論區 has saved a lot of Americans
On May 8, 2020,熱血軒達臣 said at【中国武漢肺炎-無了期】全球疫情討論區07, #3012:
Fortunately, this is highly unlikely to happen in any New York City high-rise building since North American plumbing is designed to ensure the U-trap is never empty
https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/high-rise-urban-living-covid-19-what-risks-can-we-design-pandemic-proof-buildings/43581
On the same day, I sent an email to my friends and relatives in New York. The following is the part related to the above link:
You may already know that two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized in NY had been staying home, for example, https://www.yahoo.com/news/shocking-two-thirds-patients-recently-200545019.html.
This suggests that a lot of New Yorkers have not disinfected their home. .........
The above report at Yahoo suggests that the Government of New York State still do not know the problems of housing. Please read this article written by the an American real estate agent https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/high-rise-urban-living-covid-19-what-risks-can-we-design-pandemic-proof-buildings/43581 and please send this article to the New York Governor.
This is the best example of how this 討論區 has saved a lot of Americans because this is an efforts provided by more than one person. The essay is written by a New York real estate agent. I am not a New Yorker and I asked those people I known in New York to forward my email to the former New York Governor and he has taken action a bit later to requiring installation of better air filters in store etc. Therefore, the whole process seen by almost all New Yorkers is a wholly effort by New York State.
Without the link to the New York real estate agent provided by 熱血軒達臣 and my email to New Yorkers, a combined effort by members in this 討論區, I cannot help to save so many New Yorkers and other Americans (My email has also forwarded to my friends and relatives in San Francisco, Los Angles, Seattle, Washington D.C. and Minneapolis.
HaHaHello
2022-02-06 16:57:49
紐約下水道發現4種以上「新突變株」 恐是動物染疫傳播
在新冠肺炎爆發後,後續又出現許多變異株在全球蔓延,許多科學家想知道下一個變種何時會出現,他們近日檢測紐約下水道,竟發現超過4種以上的未確認過「新突變株」,這些「神秘突變」可能和動物染疫傳播有關,而就像Omicron一樣,神秘病毒日後很有可能再造成一次大流行。
綜合外媒報導,美國密蘇里大學(University of Missouri)分子微生物學和免疫學教授強生(Marc Johnson)所帶領的團隊,從前年6月開始便在紐約市內的14處污水處理廠進行調查,他們從下水道的樣本中使用RNA提取,再用PCR檢查後發現,新冠病毒的基因殘片大幅增加,從中確認到病毒已經異變。
強生教授說,「有時還會發現到病毒譜系和染疫患者身上的並不一致,去年經過反覆確認後,出現的神秘病毒譜系可能還有地理限制。因為每週都從同一個污水處理廠中發現相同的病毒譜系」。
至於這些「神秘突變」從何而來,有可能是從未曾接受檢查的患者身上,或是非檢查部位的腸胃等組織,甚至是從染疫重症患者或老鼠、犬類等動物身上帶來的都有可能,不過這些起源都尚未得到證實,但他認為最有可能的應該是下水道中大量的老鼠。
他表示「就像我們仍不知道Omicron從何而來,但它必定來自某個地方,這些變種最終蔓延到人群中,我們認為這些奇怪的突變可能是下一個變種的來源」。
HaHaHello
2022-02-06 17:04:55
北京冬奧單日45人確診 多位選手奪牌夢碎
最新數據顯示,自1月23日以來,在北京「閉環」(防疫泡泡)場地內的奧運選手和代表隊官員新冠病毒檢測陽性反應率,約是會場工人、媒體和其他相關人等的10倍;4日另有20名剛剛抵達北京的選手和隨隊官員在機場的病毒檢測呈陽性,部分興沖沖參加北京冬奧的選手可能因此無法參加比賽,奪牌夢碎。
北京奧運組織者4日宣布,有45例新增COVID-19陽性檢測結果,選手和官員占25例,其中20例是他們抵達北京機場時檢測到,另外五例是比賽期間每人每日例行PCR檢測中檢測到;其他涉及奧運會工作人員和媒體的20例,有六例是在機場檢出、14例是在奧運泡泡內測出。
自1月23日以來,有超過1萬2000人從中國境外抵達參加奧運,北京奧運COVID-19陽性反應總數迄今為353例。
奧運參賽者抵達北京後,隨即進入當局所謂的「閉環」,在與中國社會大眾隔絕的社區內生活、工作、訓練和比賽;每日接受PCR檢測,是北京冬奧嚴格的COVID-19防疫協議的要求之一。
檢測呈陽性但不需要治療者必須在酒店房間隔離,並在24小時內連續進行兩次檢測呈陰性後,可獲准恢復行動;原本被選為美國代表隊開幕式掌旗手的雪橇選手泰勒(Elana Meyers Taylor),在1月29日抵達北京後檢測呈陽性反應,沒有症狀的她,目前仍處於隔離狀態。雪橇隊比賽日期是2月13日。
所有受感染的運動員都被隔離在酒店中,有可能錯過賽前練習及賽事本身。事實上,COVID-19已讓多位奧運選手的獎牌夢想破滅;來自烏克蘭、德國和挪威的選手因檢測呈陽性反應,不得不退出花樣滑冰和滑雪賽事。
HaHaHello
2022-02-06 17:09:33
加州新冠病例減 但死亡數已逾8萬還會增加
儘管感染、住院和重症監護病例的下降速度幾乎與Omicron爆發期間的攀升速度一樣快,但在加州,新冠病毒死亡人數已超過8萬人,預計到月底還會有3000人死亡。
加州周五(2月4日)的死亡人數,達到8萬零688人,為全國最高。但因為加州人口是美國最多的,人均死亡率位居全國第38位,幾乎最低。
加州周四(2月3日)當天又有220人死亡,該州的預測模型顯示,到2月底,死亡人數將突破8萬3600人。儘管統計數字很殘酷,但其他指標顯示加州顯然已經度過了最有傳染性的浪潮的高峰。
該州的住院人數從兩周前的1萬5435人的高峰,下降了3300多人,重症監護病人不到2300名,比10天前減少300例,不到2021年1月的一半。
在該州的首府和其他許多地區,住院率仍然很高,一些地方的感染率繼續上升。在加州的9萬7000名州立監獄囚犯中,有近5000人傳染,另加2900名教養所員工也被感染。
但是該州的病例率和陽性率已經從1月初的高點下降,而且模型預測感染人數將會繼續減少。
周四,洛杉磯縣仍有約3200名感染者住院,但這一數字一直在下降中,洛縣公共衛生局局長費若(Barbara Ferrer )說,當其連續七天低於2500人時,冬季的激增將被視為結束。一旦達到這一門檻,洛杉磯縣將結束對大型戶外活動以及學校和托兒所的戶外空間的口罩強制令。
費若說,室內口罩強制令將繼續有效,直到該縣連續兩周達到或低於每10萬人50個新病例的「適度」比率,並且沒有任何關於新變異病毒株流行的報告。現在的病例率比閾值高出近三倍。加州全州的口罩強制令將於2月15日到期,但地方政府仍然可以保持下去。
加州的新冠病毒確診病例現已超過800萬,但周四報告的3萬7000個新病例與1月初近12萬個的七天平均數相比大幅下降。該州的模型預測,再過一個月,住院人數將下降三分之二,而ICU病例將下降到不到500人,是現在的五分之一。
Omicron變異株比其他冠狀病毒毒株更容易傳播,而且更容易感染那些已經接種疫苗或以前被先前版本的病毒感染過的人。然而,早期研究顯示,與之前的Delta變異株相比,Omicron導致嚴重疾病的可能性較小。
HaHaHello
2022-02-06 17:12:03
洛縣新冠住院者再降 衛生局籲持續戴口罩
根據加州政府的數字,洛杉磯縣新冠住院病人5日直降200人,從前一天的3233人減少至3012人。洛縣新冠住院人數已經連續降了數周。
洛縣5日的3012新冠住院病人中,有616人為ICU病人,比前一天的652人有所下降。有不少人都是因其他身體原因來醫院,做了檢測後才發現得了新冠。
洛縣5日新增84名新冠死亡病例,新增9997確診病例。這是洛縣近幾個月來單日新增確診病例首次降到萬人以下。不過也有可能因周末延遲上報導致了數字偏低。目前洛縣累積有新冠確診人數272萬216人,累積死亡人數為2萬9364人。
洛杉磯縣衛生局局長費若告誡民眾,如果想結束今年冬季疫情高峰,就要堅持防疫措施,包括戴口罩,必要時做新冠檢測,不去不戴口罩的聚會,遠離未接種疫苗的民眾,積極接種疫苗等。
然而有民眾質疑洛縣的口罩強制令,有照片顯示SoFi體育場的球迷有大批不戴口罩。
洛縣縣政委員巴格(Kathryn Barger)表示,鑑於民眾疲於口罩令,應該重新考量口罩令的價值。但是洛縣縣政委員主席Holly Mitchell則表示,在傳播率下降到一定數值前,口罩令將一直存在。
費若此前表示,如果新冠住院人數連續七天下降至2500人以內,將考慮解除口罩令。
根據洛杉磯縣衛生局網站,洛縣一周平均檢測陽性率5日將至5.7%,4日和3日分別是6.4%和6.7%。截至3日,洛縣五歲以上符合打疫苗資格的人群中,有82%至少注射一針,有73%注射了兩針或完整接種疫苗,有34%打了加強針。數據顯示,五歲至11歲為疫苗注射率最低的人群,只有32%注射了一針疫苗,23%完整注射了疫苗。
HaHaHello
2022-02-08 09:07:37
40,272 new cases and 111 new deaths in Spain
4 new cases in Burkina Faso
354 new cases in Faeroe Islands
209 new cases in Andorra
26 new cases in Eswatini
1,576 new cases and 1 new death in Maldives
3,030 new cases and 6 new deaths in Luxembourg
229 new cases and 4 new deaths in Jamaica
690 new cases and 21 new deaths in the Republic of North Macedonia
1,044 new cases and 4 new deaths in the Dominican Republic
96,514 new cases and 236 new deaths in Turkey
18,847 new cases and 116 new deaths in Greece
21,626 new cases and 27 new deaths in Jordan
721 new cases and 24 new deaths in Morocco
1,349 new cases and 4 new deaths in Cuba
41,247 new cases and 326 new deaths in Italy
14 new cases in Djibouti
57,623 new cases and 45 new deaths in the United Kingdom
7 new cases and 1 new death in Eritrea
3,975 new cases in Ireland
21,843 new cases in Israel
31,063 new cases and 73 new deaths in Chile
17,019 new cases and 36 new deaths in Portugal
2,212 new cases and 26 new deaths in Sri Lanka
11,439 new cases and 63 new deaths in Serbia
508 new cases in Myanmar
77,619 new cases and 4 new deaths in the Netherlands
180 new cases in Mauritius
105 new cases and 3 new deaths in Ghana
2 new cases and 2 new deaths in Guinea
4,680 new cases and 27 new deaths in Azerbaijan
5,869 new cases and 12 new deaths in Belarus
55 new cases in Kenya
85 new cases in Gibraltar
575 new cases and 78 new deaths in Bosnia and Herzegovina
368 new cases in Brunei Darussalam
923 new cases in Qatar
1,270 new cases and 57 new deaths in Croatia
3,646 new cases and 9 new deaths in Latvia
1,367 new cases and 1 new death in Iceland
33,013 new cases and 28 new deaths in Denmark
3,747 new cases and 3 new deaths in Saudi Arabia
5,285 new cases and 27 new deaths in Iraq
9,395 new cases and 1 new death in Switzerland
208 new cases in Bhutan
16,815 new cases and 100 new deaths in Vietnam
31 new cases in Senegal
111 new cases and 3 new deaths in Zambia
1,022 new cases and 13 new deaths in Nepal
35 new cases and 4 new deaths in Uganda
29 new cases and 2 new deaths in Fiji
349 new cases and 3 new deaths in Seychelles
175 new cases and 1 new death in Malta
16,958 new cases and 81 new deaths in Romania
2 new cases in Guinea-Bissau
39,819 new cases and 104 new deaths in Iran
9,369 new cases and 38 new deaths in Bangladesh
160 new cases in Palau
201 new cases in Kiribati
1,704 new cases and 1 new death in the United Arab Emirates
9,965 new cases and 15 new deaths in Slovakia
98 new cases in Timor-Leste
19,898 new cases and 37 new deaths in Finland
26,121 new cases and 82 new deaths in Indonesia
24,404 new cases and 10 new deaths in Poland
2,832 new cases and 13 new deaths in Libya
2,410 new cases and 8 new deaths in Oman
92 new cases in Liechtenstein
5,512 new cases and 15 new deaths in Slovenia
27,299 new cases and 14 new deaths in Austria
171,905 new cases and 609 new deaths in Russia
4,621 new cases and 6 new deaths in Estonia
282 new cases and 5 new deaths in Laos
637 new cases and 8 new deaths in Afghanistan
6,463 new cases and 11 new deaths in Lithuania
6,835 new cases and 12 new deaths in the Philippines
33,716 new cases and 234 new deaths in Hungary
49 new cases in Taiwan
2,848 new cases in New Caledonia
9,060 new cases and 10 new deaths in Czechia
11,235 new cases and 34 new deaths in Georgia
1,631 new cases and 11 new deaths in Armenia
23,378 new cases and 115 new deaths in Ukraine
832 new cases and 2 new deaths in Uzbekistan
83 new cases and 3 new deaths in Kyrgyzstan
108 new cases in Cambodia
2 new cases in the Turks and Caicos Islands
20 new cases in Comoros
3,338 new cases and 38 new deaths in Pakistan
860 new cases and 3 new deaths in Mongolia
92,865 new cases and 67 new deaths in Japan
10,470 new cases and 12 new deaths in Thailand
129 new cases and 4 new deaths in Suriname
10,234 new cases and 129 new deaths in Mexico
35,275 new cases and 13 new deaths in South Korea
21,155 new cases and 42 new deaths in Australia
215 new cases in New Zealand
HaHaHello
2022-02-08 09:07:49
11 new cases and 1 new death in Sint Maarten
18 new cases in South Sudan
10 new cases in Grenada
9,080 new cases and 235 new deaths in Colombia
6,684 new cases and 93 new deaths in Canada
68,540 new cases and 431 new deaths in Brazil
87 new cases and 4 new deaths in Congo
176 new cases and 38 new deaths in the DR Congo
958 new cases and 27 new deaths in Cameroon
320 new cases and 16 new deaths in Sudan
1,278 new cases and 14 new deaths in Tunisia
18 new cases and 1 new death in Côte d'Ivoire
2,272 new cases and 57 new deaths in Egypt
6,968 new cases and 19 new deaths in Uruguay
16 new cases and 1 new death in Guyana
53 new cases in Nigeria
2,260 new cases and 48 new deaths in Paraguay
7,042 new cases and 3 new deaths in Bahrain
17,652 new cases in Norway
8,012 new cases and 176 new deaths in Bulgaria
9 new cases in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,653 new cases and 16 new deaths in Kazakhstan
1,062 new cases and 21 new deaths in Bolivia
137 new cases and 1 new death in Bermuda
25,406 new cases and 259 new deaths in Argentina
26 new cases in Aruba
11,034 new cases and 9 new deaths in Malaysia
62,507 new cases and 1,173 new deaths in India
16 new cases and 1 new death in Rwanda
22 new cases in Saint Lucia
45 new cases and 1 new death in Curaçao
7,806 new cases and 3 new deaths in Singapore
32 new cases and 2 new deaths in Mauritania
264 new cases in French Guiana
6,351 new cases and 19 new deaths in Lebanon
38 new cases in Monaco
573 new cases and 7 new deaths in Trinidad and Tobago
138,867 new cases and 129 new deaths in Germany
10 new cases in Mali
31 new cases and 2 new deaths in Malawi
251 new cases and 7 new deaths in Albania
138 new cases and 10 new deaths in Ethiopia
981 new cases and 8 new deaths in Guatemala
5 new cases and 1 new death in Niger
29 new cases in Isle of Man
12 new cases and 1 new death in Togo
17 new cases and 1 new death in Cabo Verde
46,001 new cases and 417 new deaths in France
8 new cases in Mozambique
4,294 new cases and 1 new death in Kuwait
131,290 new cases and 1,094 new deaths in the United States
1,511 new cases and 8 new deaths in Moldova
1,228 new cases and 186 new deaths in South Africa
312 new cases and 9 new deaths in Montenegro
502 new cases and 8 new deaths in Algeria