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469 Stranded Residents Flown Home 4 | Friday, March 6, 2020 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY CORONAVIRUSHK 469 stranded residents fl own home Virus on animal: More flights will be arranged to bring back the rest of HK people in Hubei Owners urged not By GU MENGYAN and HE SHUSI in Hong Kong to abandon pets A two-day operation to evacuate Hong Kong residents stranded in Hubei province — the epicenter of By CHEN ZIMO in Hong Kong the coronavirus epidemic — end- [email protected] ed on Thursday with a total of 469 evacuees flown home aboard four The government and The past month chartered flights arranged by the experts on Thursday urged saw no increase government. members of the public not to in animals being The operation, which began abandon their pets during the on Wednesday, saw a total of 225 outbreak of the novel coro- abandoned in the residents returning on two flights navirus — as no evidence yet city. There were on Thursday, joining 244 others suggests pets can be a source about 10 cases of who were brought back the previ- of COVID-19 infections. ous day. All the residents will be The appeal came after the this being report- quarantined for 14 days at Chun city reported the world’s fi rst ed each week, the Yeung Estate in Fo Tan district, case of an infected dog, which same as before the where more than 200 Hong Kong belongs to a COVID-19 patient. passengers evacuated from the The dog repeatedly tested pneumonia epi- Diamond Princess cruise ship in weak positive for the novel demic.’’ Japan last month were previously coronavirus beginning Feb the Society for the quarantined. 26, which indicated a low Prevention of Cruelty to A total of 379 evacuees had been level of infection of the virus, Animals trapped in the provincial capital of Thomas Sit Hon-chung, assis- Wuhan since the city was locked tant director (inspection and down in late January following the quarantine) of the Agriculture, tion of Cruelty to Animals, a outbreak, while the rest were picked Fisheries and Conservation local animal welfare group, up from other areas in the province. Department, told during a said the past month saw no Secretary for Constitutional and daily press conference. increase in animals being Mainland Affairs Patrick Nip Tak- Top: Hong Kong residents who Experts from local univer- abandoned in the city. There kuen, who led the operation along landed at Hong Kong International sities and the World Organ- were about 10 cases of this Airport in one of the chartered with Director of Immigration Tsang isation for Animal Health being reported each week, the flights from Hubei province board Kwok-wai, said on his return that also agreed that it was most same as before the pneumo- a bus to a quarantine facility on Thursday’s operation had proceeded likely a case of human-to-ani- nia epidemic, the group told Thursday. Left: Airline employees at more smoothly than that of the pre- Wuhan Tianhe International Airport mal transmission. The dog’s China Daily. vious day. The government had ear- distribute airplane tickets to stranded owner, a 60-year-old female, The group praised Hong lier said that at least 533 Hong Kong Hong Kong residents on Thursday. became the 85th person to Kong pet owners for continu- residents could be brought back INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT have contracted the disease, ing to protect their animals from Hubei but, according to Nip, on Feb 25. during these trying times. 64 people were unable to board the The dog shows no symp- The group also reminded fl ights for various reasons, including toms relating to COVID-19. It dog owners to observe good failure to pass the required body tem- does not need treatment and hygiene when taking their perature tests or a desire to remain in now has a chance to heal itself, dogs for walks. For example, Hubei with their relatives. said Sit. pet owners should clean up Thursday’s first flight — on a The department strongly their dogs’ excrement with Cathay Dragon aircraft — landed at port to catch the fl ight home so that the Betterment and Progress of Hong as an imported case. She tested posi- advises that mammalian pets newspapers or plastic bags, Hong Kong International Airport at the girl can take the DSE exam. Kong. She said the woman had suf- tive for the disease on Wednesday. from households with infected and wash the urine with water about 4:30 pm, while the second — On his social media page, Nip fered a miscarriage on Thursday Since her return, the patient had patients or their close contacts mixed with white vinegar. on a Cathay Pacific jet — touched thanked doctors and nurses from afternoon and needs emergency sur- reportedly visited banks, restaurants, should be put under quaran- In addition, owners must down at around 9:10 pm, about half the Department of Health and the gery in Hong Kong. a wet market and supermarkets in tine in AFCD facilities. wash hands thoroughly with an hour behind schedule. The evacu- Hospital Authority who joined the Quat urged the government to Causeway Bay, Central and Sheung Ho Pak-leung, president of soap after handling a dog’s ees, wearing face masks and protec- operation to provide aid to pregnant send chartered aircrafts to Enshi Wan, as well as attending a wedding the Carol Yu Centre for Infec- excrement, the group stressed. tive clothing, descended down the women and those requiring urgent or Yichang, where about 460 Hong banquet in Kowloon Tong on Tuesday. tion at the University of Hong Ken Chan, 40, is an owner of ramp to be driven away in waiting medical attention. Kong residents are left unattended. Executive Councilor Lam Ching- Kong, called on the public to two shiba inu dogs. Chan, who buses to Chun Yeung Estate under He said further flights will be Meanwhile, no new confi rmed case choi told China Daily that preventive stay calm and fight the epi- works in the shipping indus- police escort. arranged “as soon as possible” to of the coronavirus, was reported in measures had not been taken earlier demic together with the pets. try, said he does not worry Among them were 14 pregnant bring home an estimated 3,500 oth- Hong Kong on Thursday, with the tally as India was not deemed to have Ho recalled that eight cats about his pets being infected women, people requiring urgent er Hong Kong people who are still standing at 104. So far, 46 patients have been hard-hit by the epidemic. and one dog tested positive for and defi nitely will not aban- medical treatment and students due trapped in about 40 cities scattered been discharged from hospitals, while He said the woman’s case has the SARS virus in Hong Kong don them, although he has to take this year’s Diploma of Second- across Hubei province. 56 are under treatment, including one raised alarm over Hong Kong’s pre- in 2003. However, neither a heard of other dog owners ary Education examination, which Among them is a woman in her in critical condition and three in seri- ventive measures, and urged authori- transmission of the SARS virus expressing the concerns. begins on March 27. They also includ- 10th week of pregnancy who is ous condition. ties to strengthen their monitoring of from pets to human beings, Pets are innocent, said ed a woman and her daughter who stranded in Enshi city — about seven A 69-year-old woman, who first the outbreak around the world. nor an outbreak among ani- Chan. It is time for human had spent more than three hours hours’ drive from Wuhan — accord- developed symptoms during a tour mals, was found anywhere beings to take full responsibil- traveling by bus from Xiangyang city ing to legislator Elizabeth Quat Pui- of India a day before returning to Contact the writers at worldwide. ity in the care for their pets, to Wuhan Tianhe International Air- fan of the Democratic Alliance for Hong Kong on Feb 24, was confi rmed je [email protected] The Society for the Preven- he added. Learning at home: A duel of trapped beasts es, he called on parents to enhance “I don’t think the teachers have home-school cooperation and take followed up students closely. I wor- By WILLA WU in Hong Kong proper care of their children. ry about the fi nal exam. I think he [email protected] Time for studying has been will perform poorly,” Zou said. reduced signifi cantly. Ching used to The EdU survey shows that Amid the novel coronavirus out- spend eight hours a day in school. almost 50 percent of parents of break, Hong Kong’s nearly 700,000 Now school time has been reduced primary school students were not elementary and secondary school to less than two hours daily. In satisfi ed with the online learning students have a big challenge — those two hours, Zou instructs her arrangements, citing a “lack of sup- learning at home while schools son in Chinese, English, math, gen- port from schools and insu« cient remain closed. It’s a test of skill eral studies, music, and so on, with communication between teachers and determination. In the midst of online materials provided by the and parents”. the scare, parents and teachers are school. Nicole Wong, an English teach- going through similar tests. “It is not easy to teach, even er at Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public Gilbert Ching, a second-grader at though what you are teaching is School, agreed that home-schooling Zoe Zou an elementary school in Tsuen Wan, just as simple as ‘1 plus 1’.
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