Source: Hong Kong Information Services
A total of 505 HIV infection cases were reported to the Centre for Health Protection last year, compared with 565 in 2019.
The centre’s Acting Consultant (Special Preventive Programme) Dr Ho Chi-hin today said sexual transmission remained the major mode of HIV transmission and advised the public to use condoms consistently and properly to reduce the infection risk.
He also noted that despite a decrease in the number of HIV infection reports in recent years compared to the peak in 2015, a concentrated epidemic among vulnerable groups, such as young men who have sex with men, warrants sustained attention.
14 COVID-19 cases identified
March 1, 2021
The Centre for Health Protection today said it is investigating 14 additional COVID-19 cases, of which 11 are locally transmitted.
The unlinked cases involve a 23-year-old male cashier who last went to work on February 26, a 30-year-old man who is a part-time teacher and did not go to work during the incubation period, a 41-year-old male security guard who was last on duty on February 28, and a 36-year-old man who is a camera repair technician and last went to work on February 26.
The fifth unlinked case involves a 54-year-old woman who is a secretary. She last went to work on February 23.
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong health authorities were battling an expanding Covid-19 cluster at a high-end Chinese restaurant with the potential to be a “super spreader”, having already ballooned to at least 30 infections, as the city launched its mass vaccination drive on Friday (Feb 26).
The index patient suspected to have triggered the outbreak was a cleaner at Mr Ming’s Chinese Dining at the K11 Musea shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui, they said.
Officials warned that the situation was still “severe” as they confirmed 24 new infections citywide and recorded more than 20 preliminary-positive cases, at least seven of which could not be traced.
Hong Kong plans to hold Legislative Council elections on Sept 5 as scheduled, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang said on Saturday in an interview with a local radio station.