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🌊Earthquakes and Covid waves

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🌊Earthquakes and Covid waves

HK & China: Both facing the highest of covid tides

Harbour Times
Mar 13, 2022
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🌊Earthquakes and Covid waves

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Good morning,

If COVID statistics are correct, there should be a bunch of you readers in home quarantine awaiting entrance to a community isolation facility. And probably despite the super clear, non-verbose instructions from the gov, there must be at least one of you still confused.

I forced the unpaid intern to make a flowchart. I like flowcharts.

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Confused about home quarantine? Not sure if you can walk outside while coughing your lungs out? How negative do you have to be to go to the pub (which is not open)? We've made a graph explaining because it's clearer than the press releases #hk #COVID #SocialDistancing
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On Today’s Tide:

  1. SO ABOUT THAT EARTHQUAKE

  2. COVID in HK

    • New day, new isolation facility

    • QE becomes a COVID hospital (wait, dejavu)

  3. COVID in China

    • Lockdown in Shenzhen: citizens blame HK outbreak

    • Shanghai, Jilin, Changchun on dynamic lockdowns

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Yes, the earthquake

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Earthquake: The Observatory received reports of locally felt earth tremors.
6:41 PM ∙ Mar 13, 2022
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The HKO received around 8000 calls from citizens who reported tremors from a mild shaking to mildly moving furniture. Details were first released by China Earthquake Networks Centre which measured it at ML3.5 (Richter); reports later in HK put it at ML4.1

I’m proud to say that we somehow managed to get the message out before HKO (because I stay awake till ungodly times and no respect for my health).

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#china confirmed an earthquake off the coast of GZ province, right next to #Shenzhen and #HK Magnitude 4.1.
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6:59 PM ∙ Mar 13, 2022
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At time of writing, there doesn’t seem to be any aftershocks or tsunamis (the highest of tides) coming. Stay safe!

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COVID in HK

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🇭🇰 5th 👋 Aaron @tripperhead
#COVID19 cases 🇭🇰 (March 13th) • new reported local PCR+ cases: 13,332 • new reported RAT+ cases: 19,095 • local total: 32,427 • imported: 3 • Total cases: 706,877 • local cases 5th wave: 693,388
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Coronavirus in Hong Kong

  • New cases: 32,427

  • Total cases: 706,877

  • New deaths: 264 (74 backlog)

  • Total deaths: 3,993

Fanlincility (TM)

A new 1000 bed isolation centre has opened in Fanling. The entire project was completed in an impressive 17 days. Similar to other centres, rooms have max 3 pax; toilets are shared.

Fanling will be the first site with automated check-in, which CS John Lee hopes will simplify the admission process and make the whole experience better for patients.

But what about Leave Home Safe?! Image: GovHK

New residents will scan a QR code on their room door. After filling in personal details, they will also be able to pick dietary requirements - food has been a major source of complaints.

🚨ALERT🚨QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL BECOMES COVID ONLY

Somehow I think we had this a few days ago. Must’ve been confused, it wouldn’t be on the Press Releases if it were old news.

Jokes aside, additional details have been released - there will still be a small number of beds at QE for serious non-COVID emergencies. Patients at QE who are unable to be transferred will also continue to stay till they have recovered.


COVID in China

The Mainland is seeing its highest number of cases - 1500 on Saturday - since the first wave of the pandemic. There are multiple epicentres across the whole of China, which has caused lockdowns in multiple places.

  • Shenzhen on lockdown

Our sister city up north has caught COVID from a close contact - us. Shenzhen saw 66 cases yesterday, prompting the government to enact a full citywide lockdown.

Mainland officials are worried that without a decisive lockdown now, Shenzhen’s Omicron cases could spiral out of control like it has in Hong Kong. Understandable - China’s elderly vax rates are similarly low. In Dec 2021, only 50% of 70+ citizens had been vaccinated.

The lockdown in Shenzhen is set to last until 20 Mar; residents will be tested 3x over the next week.

During this period, all public transport is halted. Only bare essentials will continue to operate including amenities companies, supermarkets, pharmacies, medical facilities and restaurants serving only takeout. Everyone else has to work from home.

  • Shanghai on lockdown

In contrast to Shenzhen, Shanghai hasn’t gone into a full lockdown. Instead, residential complexes go into sudden two day lockdowns. Businesses are asked to shut if they have close contacts.

Shanghai Disneyland has not been asked to close, but will be greatly reducing visitor count. Last year, when a positive case was found in Shanghai, the park locked down and tested all 34,000 visitors who were currently in the park. They all tested negative.

34,000 tested at Shanghai Disneyland after visitor tests positive for  COVID-19 | Euronews
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  • Changchun, Jilin lockdowns

Several cities in Jilin province, north east China, have become epicentres of the pandemic. Political instability - the heads of Changchun city and Jilin city have been replaced as a result of growing COVID numbers. In Changchun City, residents are not allowed to leave their residential compounds without an essential reason.

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  • A virtual St. Patrick’s Day celebration

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Hong Kong with a special upcoming virtual event hosted by the Irish Consulate General next week, with notable guest appearances from Olympic medalist Siobhan Haughey and singer-songwriter Serrini.

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Join us online for our #StPatricksDayHK event next Thurs with An Taoiseach, Mr @MichealMartinTD, Olympic medallist #SiobhanHaughey and singer-songwriter #Serrini, hosted by CG @dmacostello 📅 Date: 17 Mar, Thurs 🕒 Time: 6:30pm HKT 🌐 Link: Ireland.ie/HongKong
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