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Reporter . Previously with , . Irish in Hong Kong, currently covering the movement. amcnicholas2@bloomberg.net 麥固崙

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Joined February 2012
Born September 17

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  1. Only three of HK’s immigration checkpoints will remain open from midnight: - Shenzhen Bay - Hong Kong International Airport - Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge While Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau are significant crossing points, this stops short of the complete closure that some call for

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  2. Unlike last Friday's press conference, this time Carrie Lam is not wearing a surgical mask

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  3. Health sector workers on strike outside Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan are cutting white ribbons to give out to people passing by The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance has started strike action outside seven hospitals across Hong Kong today

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  4. Hotel Jen Hong Kong, located near HKU, has acknowledged they have “students returning from China” amongst their guests but declined to confirm the arrangements The newly formed Hong Kong Hotel Employees Union claimed that 120 rooms had been set aside for two weeks for quarantine

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  5. The Department of Health has confirmed the mother of the 39-year-old man who visited Wuhan in late January has also been infected with the coronavirus, making her the 15th case in Hong Kong The remaining members of the household will remain in quarantine

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  6. An unverified claim of responsibility on Telegram, being shared among protester channels, is addressed not to the Hong Kong government, but to mainland Chinese people crossing the border The message ends with "our own border checkpoint, our own closure"

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  7. "As more and more similar patients were admitted, more and more doctors noticed unusual viral lung infections, and signs of human-to-human transmission were more and more obvious. But most doctors did not dare speak out again, for fear of police summons."

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  8. // 然而,當初正是這份處理八名“違法人員”的警方公告,猶如一道緊箍咒套住了眾多醫生。隨着接診越來越多的類似病人,越來越多的醫生從臨床看到不同尋常的肺部病毒感染,而且人傳人的跡象也越來越明顯。但多數醫生們不再敢公開發聲,“怕被警方傳喚”。//

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  9. // 到達商場時,排隊的人潮已從一層繞到另一層,甚至排出大街。他馬上發公告,呼籲市民不要再排隊,「但就算數咗300個人,截咗,然後同第301那個講,你一定唔會有的了,佢都唔肯走。當第301個人唔肯走,第302至600甚至1000個都唔肯走。」//

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  10. The government has confirmed that they contacted their Vietnamese counterparts to explain the anti-epidemic measures in place at Hong Kong International Airport, and Vietnamese aviation authorities then reversed their decision to suspend flights between the country and Hong Kong

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  11. Typo: *abstentions*

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  12. The union members have overwhelmingly approved the proposed strike action for next week 3,123 votes in favour 10 votes against 23 absentions 8 invalid ballots

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  13. Vote counting is underway among members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance trade union over whether to proceed with strike action

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  15. "We estimated that if there was no reduction in transmissibility, the Wuhan epidemic would peak around April 2020, and local epidemics across cities in mainland China would lag by 1–2 weeks"

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  16. Schools will remain closed until March 2, pending further review as the situation develops over the month ahead

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  17. China's decision to pull sponsorships and TV coverage because of Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters is believed to have cost the NBA between $150-$200 million USD, league sources told ESPN Read the whole story though

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  18. A 56-year-old staff member at Princess Margaret Hospital was arrested on suspicion of theft after 14 surgical masks and 22 N95 masks went missing Across Hong Kong, a face mask shortage continues

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  19. Hong Kong Baptist University has extended the suspension of on-campus classes until March 2 The original suspension had been until February 17, a signal of how fast the situation is developing

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  20. Police have clarified that news of district police stations giving out free face masks to the public is actually false information spread by "ill-intentioned people"

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