• Epidemic is getting worse. Outbreak worst we've seen throughout the pandemic
• Omicron has high transmissibility
• Seen many vertical/horizontal transmission. Doesn't involve the structural issues of buildings this time
• Delta cases are dropping. Hoping we have that outbreak under control
• More and more alerts sent out via the sewage monitoring system. They are all over the territory.
• Our strategy is still dynamic zero infection. Hope to cut the transmission as soon as possible.
• Many ways to test. There's lockdowns. Most vigorous way of testing. Then there's CTNs. People are allowed to leave their premises, but need to get tested. Then there's testing on a voluntary testing. If you're concerned, you can get tested. Similar to what was done Sept 2020
And earlier I said there were 20 imported cases, but there are 21. I said there were 20 imported cases, because there were 20 imported cases on the sheet they handed out!
Case #14590 miraculously went from "nil" travel history, to being onboard Finnair AY101.
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Anyway, rant over. Do it all again at 4.30pm today.
Chief Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, Dr Lau Ka-hin:
• 'When the Ct value of the sample is higher than 30, we cannot detect the virus. So home quarantine post-discharge is safe for families.'
Then why was the cut-off so high before?
I cannot accept that @hkumed "only just" realised that the virus couldn't be detected at Ct 30+ TWO YEARS INTO THE PANDEMIC.
@hkumed Not blaming HKUMed here. It sounds like Dept Health is using them as a scapegoat to change the discharge criteria because the hospital system is being overloaded.