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[Global Web Report, Reporter Zhao Youping] There were 67 confirmed cases in one day, of which the source of more than half is unknown. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, asked the Hong Kong Police Force to use "supercomputers" to help track the route of virus transmission.
Screenshot of Carrie Lam’s Facebook page
On the 17th, Carrie Lam posted on Facebook that since the government announced on Monday to tighten measures to restrict social contacts, the local epidemic is still severe. There were 67 confirmed cases on the 16th. The highest number in a single day, plus more than half (35 cases) of which the source is unknown, is even more worrying.
Carrie Lam said that in order to do a good job in tracking the spread of the virus, she has asked the police department to use the "supercomputer" in the benefits to assist. Aspects of work.
At the same time, Carrie Lam said that she has met with representatives from the tourism, retail and catering sectors to listen to their opinions. Representatives of the industry hope that the government can study legal or administrative means or any feasible method so that landlords and tenants can tide over the difficulties together.
Carrie Lam said that she would carefully study the opinions put forward by industry representatives. She also said that Hong Kong is facing unprecedented difficulties. She and the SAR government must go all out. This is not the time to fight, but the time for Hong Kong people to turn the tide.
Carrie Lam’s Facebook picture
The new crown epidemic in Hong Kong continued. 125 new cases were confirmed on the 16th and 17th, of which 53 cases were of unknown origin.
On the 17th, there were 58 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, of which 50 were local cases, of which the source of 18 cases was unknown. As of 4 pm on the 17th, a total of 1,714 cases were confirmed in Hong Kong.
The day before, there were 67 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong on the 16th. Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Department of Health, said that 63 of the 67 confirmed cases were local cases, 28 of which were related to the previously confirmed cases. The source of the other 35 cases is unknown; 4 imported cases involve people from India, the Philippines and Indonesia. She admitted that this is the most confirmed cases in a single day since January, but no one knows whether it has reached the peak.
