Hong Kong’s first artist diagnosed, TVB was forced to "close the city"

On July 18, 64 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in Hong Kong that day. The 24-year-old singer Shi Kuangqiao became the first confirmed artist in Hong Kong. Together with her agent Liu Liping, her agent’s boyfriend Medrow, and a company responsible for publicity The staff have also been infected, and they have all been arranged for treatment in the isolation ward.

Because Shi Kuangqiao and his party have been to TVB TV Broadcasting City many times earlier, TVB issued a "city closure" notice on the evening of the 18th. According to Hong Kong media reports, judging from the infection situation of Shi Kuangqiao and those around him, local health experts in Hong Kong judged that this means that a "human-to-human transmission chain" has emerged.

Shi Kuangqiao had a wide range of activities before his diagnosis, which caused panic in the Hong Kong entertainment circle.

It is understood that Shi Kuangqiao visited TVB on July 5 to accept an interview with Entertainment News Channel; on July 15 he accepted TVB to arrange to attend drama class activities. Both events were recorded at TVB’s TV Broadcasting City near Tseung Kwan O.

data map: Shi Kuangqiao

At the same time, a list circulated on social networks saying that as many as dozens of people have had close contact with Shi Kuangqiao and his party. The 20-year-old actor You Jiaxin, who is also an artist, has been suspected of being diagnosed. .

In order to avoid cross-infection and do a good job in the prevention and control of the epidemic, the Publicity Section of the Corporate Communications Department of TVB issued a notice to the media on the evening of the 18th to "close the city", cancel Sunday and Monday press conferences, and ban reporters from entering. The content of

is as follows:

In response to the severe COVID-19 pandemic, in order to reduce the risk of spreading the virus, this station will not accept stationed reporters into the TV Broadcast City on Sunday (19th) and Monday (20th). On Sunday (19th) afternoon, the live broadcast of "TVB Teaser Malaysia" and the evening video recording of "New Era of Charm Condensation" were also cancelled. The arrangements for future publicity activities will be announced later, so please pay attention to reporters stationed in Taiwan.

​​At present, TVB will arrange new coronavirus tests for more than 100 people in front of and behind the scenes, and at the same time, it will kill the TV Broadcast City. According to public reports by

, Shi Kuangqiao has released 3 songs since his debut in August last year, and had previously conducted live charity fundraising concerts on the Internet platform.

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