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4 arrested for disorderly conduct

Police arrested four people after noticing that some individuals were displaying protest items that contained seditious wordings, chanting and committing unlawful acts in the vicinity of Causeway Bay since the afternoon of June 3.   Police announced the arrests in a statement and explained that upon investigation, they arrested the four individuals on suspicion of disorder in public places and doing an act or acts with seditious intention.   Additionally, four other people suspected of breaching public peace were brought to the police station for further investigation.   The force stressed that they are highly concerned about people attempting to incite and provoke others to commit illegal acts that endanger national security, public order and public safety.   Apart from stepping up patrols and enhancing intelligence-gathering, Police added that they will closely monitor the situation of various districts and strive to prevent and combat crimes. http://dlvr.it/Sq8xNR
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Isolation discharge criteria revised

The Government announced that from tomorrow, the criteria for releasing COVID-19 patients from isolation will be updated and the discharge criteria will be tightened.   The revised discharge criteria for symptomatic patients includes no fever for at least three days, having significantly improved respiratory symptoms and significant improvement in lung infiltrates in chest imaging.   These patients also have to meet designated laboratory criteria. They need to have two clinical specimens of the same type that tested negative for nucleic acid of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) taken at least 24 hours apart.   For patients with stool specimen(s) that tested positive, the laboratory criteria are two negative stool specimens collected 24 hours apart before release from isolation.   There should also be 10 days that have passed since the onset of illness for these patients.   For patients who did not develop any COVID-19 compatible symptoms all along, the laboratory criteria are two clinical specimens of the same type that tested negative for nucleic acid of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR taken at least 24 hours apart.   Those whose stool specimen(s) tested positive, the laboratory criteria are two negative stool specimens collected 24 hours apart before release from isolation.   There should also be 10 days that have passed after the first positive RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 for these patients.   Patients fulfilling the discharge criteria will immediately be arranged by point-to-point transfer to designated isolation facilities to undergo 14-day isolation and health monitoring through closed-loop management.   The arrangement is to ensure they do not bring the virus into the community. The North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre is designated as the isolation facility.        The Department of Health will extend the isolation orders of patients who meet the discharge criteria pursuant to the power under the Prevention & Control of Disease Regulation until 14 days after discharge.
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