Cases of #WuhanPneumonia have reached 440 and deaths 9, and the virus, which can be transmitted human to human, has gone into communities and can mutate for further spreading, said Li Bin, deputy head of China's national health watchdog.
Gao Fu, director of China's disease control centre, said the study and forecast by Imperial College London "must be based on scientific methods", but the results, which estimated thousands of infection in Wuhan, "are not what we are seeing in reality".
Jiao Yahui, medical administration head of NHC, did not tell how many medical staff have got infected by #WuhanPneumonia when asked. She extended respect for the medics who stood fast on the front line, and admitted weakness in prevention and control of hospital infection.
Xu Shuqiang, emergency office head of NHC, said the health authority placed great emphasis on information transparency when asked if anyone held information back at the early stage of #WuhanPneumonia. Xu said the NHC would continue the daily report practice started from Jan 20.
Li Bin, deputy head of NHC, said the health authority has provided diagnostic reagent for Hong Kong and Macau for free.
Jiao Yahui, medical administration head of NHC, urged the public members to wear masks. "We must adopt this 'mask culture' (口罩文明)...to protect ourselves and others," Jiao said.
Instead of speaking on behalf of the health authority, Lin Bin, deputy head of NHC, cited Dr Zhong Nanshan and urged "people outside Wuhan not to go to Wuhan and people inside Wuhan not to leave Wuhan", which Li said was "a responsible advice from a scientist".
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#BREAKING HK top court ruled in favour of journalist @Baochoy’s appeal , quashing all her conviction and fines as the court found “there was no reason that bona fide investigative journalism … should be excluded from the phrase ‘other traffic and transport related purpose’.”
Choy was found guilty of “making false statement” 2 years ago for choosing the purpose of “other traffic and transport related matters” on the application form for car owner info from public registries controlled by the Transport Dept.
Choy’s search was for her award winning investigative report on #721YuenLongAttack in 2019. The application form then provided only 3 purposes for applicants after an amendment to remove the open-ended “other:” column in Oct 2019.
Tsui Hon-Kwong, veteran member of disbanded #HongKongAlliance - the group who hosted candlelight vigil for #June4 for three decades in HK, was taken away by police. He kept upholding his candle for #TiananmenMothers until police shut the door.
A man whose phone torch was on was taken away by police after a search. An officer snatched his phone as a group of officers escorted him into the search zone.
At a point people were lined up to wait for police search.
#BREAKING League of Social Democrats leader #ChanPoying was taken away minutes after she showed up with a small candle for #TiananmenMothers and two yellow flowers. She resisted and tried to uphold what she had in hands.
Heard LSD’s Chan Po-Ying said “why must police station? I don’t mind here.” before police bundled her into a police car.
Truck driver turned activist To Chi-kuen was taken away by police. He apparently carried nothing with him except wearing a tee that says “I don’t want to remember but I dare not to forget”.
#JUSTNOW This woman was taken away by police after a search. Not immediately clear what triggered the search. She upheld a small card with the Chinese characters “conscience” during the search. She wore a yellow mask, a black tee, a yellow skirt, and yellow socks with “Hong Kong”
“Going to a police station. Going to Wan Chai Police Station,” the woman shouted as police bundled her away.
A woman surnamed Cheung and in all black outfit was searched and let go by police. She told reporters police didn’t specify what made her suspicious and only checked her ID and bag. She took the search rather easy, “everyone knows what day is it today.”
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On the protest-annulled Labour Day in HK, leftist party League of Social Democrats and the Women Workers Association would have small group petitions separately outside the government HQs to advocate for labour rights.
Before the 1st group LSD arrived , some 20-30 officers were seen deployed nearby with at least two holding a video camera to record the petition.
When Chan Po-ying, chairwoman of LSD arrived, an acting sergeant from the central police precinct read out an 8-point “reminder” to her. The points will be laid out in English translation from the next tweet.