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Original title: Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor: Hong Kong’s epidemic is worrying and some laws will be “closed”
The executive director of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, told the media on the morning of December 8 that the fourth wave of the epidemic has not yet stopped. The emergence of different groups in recent days is worrying. He stressed that this wave of epidemic is close to the previous wave. The high position. Therefore, the RAE government deliberately “increases the spiciness” and is considering banning dinner dinners once again to further reduce the flow of people into the community.
“The anti-epidemic measures launched last week are expected to perform worse than the previous wave. According to Octopus data, since the introduction of social distancing measures, the downward drop in numbers has not reached the peak period in July. “. It is worrying that the elderly and adults are leaving. Many districts see a lot of people flowing into restaurants and shopping centers, ”he said candidly.
He said that he observed that this wave of epidemics was more complicated, confirmed cases spread across various districts of Hong Kong, involving different groups such as singing, dancing, supermarkets and many more cases of unknown origin. He stressed that cases of unknown origin continue to rise and severe cases are also getting younger, and urged people of all ages to be cautious and not take it lightly.
To this end, he said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government will consider stricter measures to close more business premises. In addition to emergency and essential services, more staff are required to work at home, and public and private organizations should organize work at home as much as possible. As for community quarantine measures, restaurants are even more restricted, and dinners cannot be arranged after 6 p.m., and gyms, sports facilities, beauty salons, and massage parlors are temporarily closed.
Enact new laws to block premises
On the night of December 7, on the fifth floor of Block 8, Kwai Shing West Village, where massive infections occurred before, 3 new confirmed cases were added. The patients were involved in 3 different households. There have been 15 cases on this floor, involving 8 Units.
The Hong Kong Health Protection Center stated that the 3 recently confirmed cases were analyzed in deep throat saliva test samples submitted by residents. Epidemiological investigations have shown that there has been a group outbreak on this floor and that all the homes in the fifth floor unit are infected and spreading the virus. Therefore, all the remaining households on the fifth floor are classified as close contacts. The Health Department will issue them a quarantine order and make arrangements to stay in a quarantine center to stop the potential risk of further spread of the virus.
It is understood that on the night of December 6, the Health Protection Center sent sample bottles to residents of 8 community units to perform deep throat saliva tests, and has arranged for a contractor of Free testing provided to 8 residents in the Kwai Shing Community Room on December 7th. Nasopharyngeal and throat swabs are examined, and the Housing Department cleans and disinfects all relevant public places. However, the Health Department stated that it has not yet planned to force testing the entire building, but only urged residents to stay home until they know the test results.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor candidly said that the SAR government had previously organized the Center for Health Protection, the Civil Affairs Administration and other relevant personnel to provide meals and other services to residents in need during the closure period, but they could not proceed in time due to the lack of the corresponding legal support. Therefore, the RAE government will formulate new regulations to empower the Ministry of Food and Health to require that people in a certain range remain in their original places and not leave before completing the test.
Implement designated quarantine hotels
In terms of foreign defense imports, due to the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, the SAR government expects a large number of foreign students to return to Hong Kong, increasing the import risk. He said that the RAE government will strictly implement the flight breaker mechanism. After arrivals from overseas arrive at the airport, the detection method will be changed from the previous deep throat saliva test to a hand-picked throat swab test. At the same time, the relevant people should take the designated transportation and quarantine at the designated hotels. After the 14-day quarantine period ended, the relevant person requested another virus test 19 days after arriving in Hong Kong.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor revealed that the SAR government has currently agreed that 10,000 hotel rooms will be used for the designated quarantine, which involves 30-40 hotels, and there are different price points for citizens to choose from.
When it comes to testing, Carrie Lam said that 36% of the new wave of epidemic cases are asymptomatic, showing that strengthening community testing has played a role. At present, there are 14 testing centers in various districts of Hong Kong, which can complete 1,000 tests per day, and some centers can complete 1,700 tests per day. At the same time, 47 outpatient clinics under the Hospital Authority, 121 post offices and 10 MTR stations will distribute test sample kits, and the number will increase to 40,000 in the future.
Furthermore, Chen Jinsong, a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Intensive Care Unit of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, said that in the fourth wave of the epidemic, patients entering the intensive care unit tended to be younger and older. serious than the previous wave. He said a quarter of the patients in the intensive care department this week were 60 years old or younger, which is rare.
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