Showing posts with label Coronavirus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coronavirus. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Back to School in Late May in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
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11:35 PM
I'm not used to seeing "Back to School" sales this time of the year. But with only two confirmed cases of locally-transmitted COVID-19 during the past month in all of Hong Kong, phase 1 of schools reopening here began today, May 27. The illustration on the sign in the above photo seems a bit off though. Based on what you see in most of Hong Kong, adults and children will still be wearing face masks.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020
Getting Rid of Germs Outside a Hong Kong Hospital
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
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11:38 PM
Inside Hong Kong's Queen Elizabeth Hospital hand sanitizer is widely available and of course there are restrooms with hand soap as well. There is also an option for removing germs from your hands at an outdoor location many people pass when arriving or leaving the hospital.
There is something inspiring about watching people wash their hands with soap these days, whether they are inside or outside.
Outdoor hand-washing station at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon, Hong Kong |
There is something inspiring about watching people wash their hands with soap these days, whether they are inside or outside.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
A Day of No New Cases in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
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11:58 PM
When everybody knows what cases they're talking about . . .
Today's encouraging front page headline in the South China Morning Post applied to yesterday. Four new cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong were reported today, though all are currently believed to be imported and not a result of local transmission. The struggle against the disease spreading isn't over in Hong Kong, but some good news was most welcomed.
Today's encouraging front page headline in the South China Morning Post applied to yesterday. Four new cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong were reported today, though all are currently believed to be imported and not a result of local transmission. The struggle against the disease spreading isn't over in Hong Kong, but some good news was most welcomed.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
A Masked Happy Easter Greeting at a Closed Bar in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
at
11:38 PM
The Bar Pacific in Hong Kong's Kowloon City was closed this past weekend, but they still made sure to wish people a "Happy Easter", face masks included.
The bar presumably would have preferred to be open, but as a sign explain they had no choice.
The reason the government earlier this month required bars to close was a signifiant increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong. It isn't yet known when bars will be able to reopen, but a very recent decrease in daily confirmed cases may give them hope.
If bars do reopen in the near future, the COVID-19 disease will still be a threat to some degree. So as an earlier-placed sign suggests at this Bar Pacific, people will likely have difficulty sitting down for a drink there if they have a fever.
They may also be expected to wear a face mask when not imbibing, just like the critters on the window.
The bar presumably would have preferred to be open, but as a sign explain they had no choice.
Dear Valued Guests,
The Hong Kong government has mandated that all Bar Establishments to be closed for 14 days starting from April 3rd 2020 at 6:00pm. We will resume operations after the Government Mandate is over. Please stay safe!
Bar Pacific
The reason the government earlier this month required bars to close was a signifiant increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong. It isn't yet known when bars will be able to reopen, but a very recent decrease in daily confirmed cases may give them hope.
If bars do reopen in the near future, the COVID-19 disease will still be a threat to some degree. So as an earlier-placed sign suggests at this Bar Pacific, people will likely have difficulty sitting down for a drink there if they have a fever.
They may also be expected to wear a face mask when not imbibing, just like the critters on the window.
Monday, April 6, 2020
The K11 Musea Shopping Mall Playing It Safe in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
at
11:59 PM
Due to COVID-19, not all of the usual entrances to the upscale K11 Musea shopping mall are now open. And at those which are still open, a test awaits visitors.
As long as the infrared body temperature check doesn't detect a fever, people are free to enter. Temperature-checking technology that scans from a distance doesn't require each person to be individually approached with a hand held device — an advantage over those devices in both terms of efficiency and social distancing.
As long as the infrared body temperature check doesn't detect a fever, people are free to enter. Temperature-checking technology that scans from a distance doesn't require each person to be individually approached with a hand held device — an advantage over those devices in both terms of efficiency and social distancing.
Friday, April 3, 2020
Masked Up at a Busy Crossing in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
at
11:47 PM
In many areas of Hong Kong at times it is difficult to find social distancing.
But it is not at all difficult to find people wearing face masks. Since COVID-19 has spread much more slowly here in comparison to some other cities around the globe, it is becoming increasingly easy to believe they have helped to prevent a worse situation.
Crowded crosswalk at the junction of Hennessy Road and Yee Wo Street in Causeway Bay |
But it is not at all difficult to find people wearing face masks. Since COVID-19 has spread much more slowly here in comparison to some other cities around the globe, it is becoming increasingly easy to believe they have helped to prevent a worse situation.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
An Anti-Epidemic Sale in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
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11:27 PM
Atelier de Courcelles, a multi-brand store for children's fashion, has a shop in Hong Kong's Harbour City shopping mall. Like a number of other shops in the mall, it has been having a sale.
Unlike a number of other stores in the mall, though, their sale directly mentions the reason the mall has seen far fewer customers than usual during the past couple of months — the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Anti-Epidemic Sale has been ongoing for at least several weeks. One can only hope there will soon be good reason for it to end.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Tonight at The Dog House in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
at
11:36 PM
For a contrast to a man wearing a mask at a bar street in Hong Kong, here's The Dog House bar tonight:
No so many people were wearing face masks while there.
No so many people were wearing face masks while there.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Friday, March 6, 2020
Some Men Playing It Safe in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
at
10:53 PM
Like bike rides, outdoor games of xiangqi now occur in Hong Kong with the common addition of masks.
No bike helmets needed.
At the Sitting-out Area under Flyover in Hill Road in Shek Tong Tsui, Hong Kong |
No bike helmets needed.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
King County and Hong Kong Now Have a Roughly Equal Percentage of COVID-19 Cases
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
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11:01 PM
Looking up at trees in Hong Kong today |
For some perspective, I thought it would be interesting to compare COVID-19 numbers in King County, Washington, U.S., where there has been an outbreak, with Hong Kong. I suspected they wouldn't be extremely different in one particular aspect. Yet admittedly, I was surprised to find that the percentage of the population who've been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the two places would be so similar right now. In fact, they are practically the same.
King County: 32 confirmed cases / 2,233,163 people (2018 census estimate) = 0.00143%*
Hong Kong: 105 confirmed cases / 7,482,500 people (2019 census estimate) = 0.00140%
These numbers will likely soon change, and there are other factors to consider. Just something to ponder . . .
*Note: Both percentages were rounded at the point where they began to differ.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
A Girl Playing It Safe in Hong Kong
Posted by
Brian Glucroft
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11:09 PM
Bike helmet? Check.
Face mask? Check.
People in Hong Kong remain concerned about the new coronavirus that originated in China and now spreading elsewhere in the world. But during the past few weeks there are signs of a growing number of people trying to go about their lives a bit more normally and enjoying a sunny day when they can.
More on this topic later . . .
Face mask? Check.
Saturday at the Western District Public Cargo Working Area ("Instagram Pier") in Shek Tong Tsui, Hong Kong |
People in Hong Kong remain concerned about the new coronavirus that originated in China and now spreading elsewhere in the world. But during the past few weeks there are signs of a growing number of people trying to go about their lives a bit more normally and enjoying a sunny day when they can.
More on this topic later . . .
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