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(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Experts say that the fourth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong has begun to urge the SAR government to plug the gaps in the prevention of the epidemic.
China News Service, Hong Kong, November 21 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The new corona pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has recovered rapidly in recent days. In an interview with a reporter for the China News Service on 21, a medical expert noted that the fourth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong has begun. If the number of confirmed cases continues to rise, the RAE government must take stricter measures to fill the gaps in epidemic prevention and keep the local epidemic under control.
According to the latest data released by the Health Protection Center of the Government Health Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, at 0:00 a.m. on the 21st, there were 43 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong in a single day , including 13 local cases of unknown origin and more than 60 preliminary confirmed cases.
Xu Shuchang, an expert consultant to the Anti-Epidemic Steering Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Professor Stanley Ho’s Respiratory Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, noted in an interview with a reporter from the China News Agency that Looking at the trend of the epidemic development in Hong Kong in recent days, the fourth wave of epidemic in Hong Kong can be considered to have started. Not only has the number of locally confirmed cases increased rapidly, but the proportion of cases of unknown origin has also increased, and the distribution of confirmed patients in different regions and industries shows that there is an invisible chain of transmission in the local community.
He believes that the SAR government has gradually strengthened measures against the epidemic since this month, including bars and nightclubs where no more than 2 people should sit at the same table, and other commercial catering venues should have no more than 4 people at the same table. It is forbidden for other people to go to hotel rooms to visit quarantined people, etc., to fill in the gaps in the prevention of epidemics.
Xu Shuchang also said that because the fourth wave of the epidemic may have been brought by patients with imported cases to the local community, Hong Kong citizens have experienced fatigue from the epidemic and an increase in outings and meetings during the holidays, the fourth wave of epidemics broke out. He estimated that if the number of confirmed cases continues to rise, the RAE government may announce stricter measures, including the complete suspension of primary and secondary schools, and of public servants and employees of private companies who work from home.
Zhou Bozhan, chairman and physician of the Hong Kong private think tank Xiangjiang Zhihui, said in an interview that the fourth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong happened earlier than expected, and that the reason for the fourth wave of epidemics is “the prevention of external imports and internal non-proliferation “. The measures are not yet rigorous enough. Indoor gatherings of some local groups, such as dance groups and hotel and resort groups, have further aggravated the spread of the epidemic.
Zhou Bozhan pointed out that the work of preventing and fighting epidemics must be scientific. If you look around the world, you can say that mainland China and Macau have done their best in preventing and fighting the epidemic. Hong Kong should learn from this and, in particular, should strive to “eliminate” local cases. He believes that Hong Kong should carry out new large-scale coronavirus tests, including at the national level, to identify invisible propagators in the community, and then cut the chain of transmission of the virus, and follow the lead of mainland China to adopt the “health code” method to allow Hong Kong citizens to gradually recover. Daily economic activities and life.
Poon Pei-chuan, a former member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Medical Personnel, noted that whenever the epidemic picks up in Hong Kong, it will cause great harm to society and many industries will be hit hard. If the direction and measures still need to be improved.
“Compared with some Western countries, Hong Kong’s epidemic prevention results are not that bad, but compared to mainland China and Macao, there is a big gap,” said Pan Pei-chuan, Hong Kong wants to restore development social and economic normal and stable as soon as possible. It should target the mainland and Macau, and gradually resume contacts with the mainland and Macau after the local epidemic is under control. (End up)
