HeartDoc Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
Michael Ejercito wrote:
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Hong Kong leader calls for calm, after supermarkets emptied ahead of
mass COVID testing
Reuters
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HONG KONG, March 1 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam called for >calm on Tuesday after residents emptied supermarkets, stocking up on >produce ahead of reports of compulsory mass COVID-19 testing and
of a city-wide lockdown.
familiesLocal media reported compulsory COVID testing would start after March
17, sparking concerns many people will be forced to isolate and
with members testing positive would be separated.
Lam appealed to the public "not to fall prey to rumours to avoid >unnecessary fears being stirred," with the supply of food and goods >remaining normal, according to a statement on Tuesday.
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"There is no need for members of the public to worry, they should stay >vigilant and pay attention to the information disseminated by the >government so as to avoid being misled by rumours."
timesOfficials are planning to test the city's 7.4 million people three
sources.over nine days, with the government recommending that people stay home >during the period, Sing Tao newspaper reported, citing unidentified
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Exemptions would be made for those who buy food, seek medical treatment >and maintain societal operations. Hong Kong's stock market would
continue to operate, the paper said.
at aCOVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong
Customers wearing masks shop in front of partially empty shelves at a >supermarket in Hong Kong
A customer wearing a mask shops in front of partially empty shelves
supermarket in Hong Kong
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Customers wearing masks shop in front of partially empty shelves at a >supermarket during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hong >Kong, China February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Lam had previously said she was not considering a city-wide lockdown.
moreThe Chinese ruled city has seen coronavirus infections surge some 34 >times to over 34,000 on Monday from just over 100 at the start of >February. Deaths are also climbing, with facilities for storing dead >bodies at hospitals and public mortuaries at maximum capacity. read
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Hong Kong continues to stick to a COVID policy of "dynamic zero", the >same as mainland China, which seeks to curb all outbreaks at any cost. >The Chinese ruled territory has implemented its most draconian measures >since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
The rules have exacerbated separation fears among many families, with >many fleeing ahead of the mass testing scheme and the build out of tens >of thousands of isolation centres. read more
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Lam, who inspected a mainland Chinese built isolation centre on Monday, >said the team had raced against the clock to "create a miracle" in the >city's construction industry.
The Tsing Yi facility, located in the northwest of the city, would >provide around 3,900 rooms for infected people with mild or no symptoms >and others who need to isolate, she said.The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
H.K. & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via
slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids that render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
I am wonderfully hungry!
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