Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪

@XinqiSu

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    31 Dec 2019

    First dose of tear gas of 2020 was fired on Nathan Road.

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  2. Jan 30

    Taking a short break in Jeju, South Korea but apparently nowhere to escape , not to mention all the headlines in local news broadcasts in AM and PM prime time.

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  3. Jan 29

    Tibet reported first case of . No province in China is left unaffected. 無綫新聞 - 國家衞健委指西藏出現首宗新型肺炎確診病例

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  4. Retweeted

    I have decided to reconvene the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on the new (2019-nCoV) tomorrow to advise me on whether the current outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.

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  5. Jan 29

    Zeng Guang, a member of China's national expert team designated to fight , told in an interview that it was "unnecessary" for people to wear masks on streets as their chance to get infected by a sick passerby would be "almost zero".

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  6. Jan 29

    Hubei's party chief Wang Xiaodong vowed that they could never let Huanggang become another Wuhan. Huanggang has recorded more than 1,000 confirmed cases of . It is also one of the top destinations for the 5 million people who left Wuhan before lockdown.

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  7. Jan 29

    Following Dr Zhong Nanshan, two more national expert group members Gao Fu and now Zeng Guang said the epidemic is expected to peak around Lantern Festival, which is in about 10 days.

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  8. Jan 29

    Tencent developed a platform for people to search if the buses, trains and flights they took in recent days in mainland China had any confirmed case of .

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  9. Jan 29

    Two more patients in Tai Po Nathersole Hospital are positive to prelims test of , ⁦⁩ reported per source. If confirmed, HK would have 4 preliminary positive cases today.

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  10. Jan 29

    Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong cancelled Spring Festival reception on Feb 5 due to

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  11. Jan 29

    Two HKers are confirmed infected in Guangzhou. They both work in Wuhan.

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  12. Jan 29

    Prof KY Yuen said "washout period" (interval between works in isolation ward) is necessary but the length should depend on disease burden (number and severity of patients) and manpower available in each hospital.

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  13. Jan 29

    Prof KY Yuen said in face of mask shortage, people should enforce "social distancing". He still advised people to wear mask and carry hand rubs along when they go out. "Hopefully we can pull through these 14 days and then we can know if the virus has settled in HK".

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  14. Jan 29

    On vaccine development, Prof KY Yuen said they just started a challenge assay after they successfully separate some protein from the spike of a and a virus sample from the first imported case in HK. There is no timetable for animal and clinical tests.

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  15. Jan 29

    Prof Yuen Kwok-yung: "When I go to check on the wards, I only wear level one surgical masks. If you feel necessary to wear level two or three, you will be going with an N95...Our infection control managers are looking really closely. Medical staff should not overly worried."

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  16. Jan 29

    A case of confirmed in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, stayed in from 1/16 to 1/19 in HK and lived in Block 2 of Tseung Kwan O Plaza. The patient was in Wuhan from 1/10 to 1/16, and felt sick on 1/23. Two cases in Taiwan flew CX408 on 1/22. One case in Haikou flew KA694 on 1/27.

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  17. Jan 29

    The two are a pair of couple in their 70s and they stayed in TWO hotels in HK. The health authority declined to disclose the two hotels before they confirmed everything. The couple were here to visit relatives and spent most of their time in hotels, except for dining out.

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  18. Jan 29

    Two more preliminary positive cases of in HK, concerning two visitors who flew from Wuhan to HK on Jan 22 by KA853. They stayed in hotel and was admitted to hospital last night. The woman had a fever over 38 degrees Celsius and the man's lung image had flecks.

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  19. Jan 28

    26 surgical ward nurses in Pok Oi Hospital called sick leave today and more than 100 frontline medics in Ruttonjee Hospital sent a joint letter to Hospital Authority chief Tony Ko. They both demand the government to close the border completely.

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  20. Jan 28

    Official number of confirmed cases has surpassed that of SARS in China in 2003: By the end of Jan 28 a total of 5,974 confirmed cases of and 132 deaths have been reported. From end of 2002 to Aug 16, 2003, a total of 5,327 cases of SARS were confirmed.

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  21. Jan 28

    15 ICU nurses called sick leave, Eastern Hospital said. 無綫新聞 - 東區醫院深切治療部共有十五名護士請病假

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