Novel coronavirus pneumonia confirmed in Hongkong, 39 new cases of pneumonia confirmed by the time of 0:00, including 36 imported cases and 3 epidemiological cases associated with imported cases, the health protection center of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region government announced on the 4 th. The SAR government said on the same day that it would implement a series of measures to expand the requirements of "vaccine bubbles" from February 24. It is reported that among the 39 confirmed cases announced that day, 34 cases involved the infection of mutant virus strains, and the detection results of mutant virus strains in the remaining 5 cases are pending. Novel coronavirus pneumonia is reported in Hongkong in 12761 cases. When meeting the media before attending the Executive Council on the same day, SAR chief executive Carrie Lam said that the SAR government would implement a series of measures to expand the requirements of "vaccine bubbles" from February 24. The scope of "vaccine bubble" is not limited to restaurants, restaurants and other places, but will also be extended to public libraries, museums, schools and other places. The specific details are still being arranged. Novel coronavirus pneumonia cases were reported in Hongkong in the past 14 days (December 21, 2021 to January 3, 2022), and 182 cases were imported cases. 188 cases were diagnosed as new crown pneumonia. In addition, according to the results of genome sequencing analysis conducted by the public health laboratory service of the Department of health of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region, 114 cases involving COVID-19's variant were reported. (Xinhua News Agency)