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Author: Li Enci
2020-07-07 17:20
Date of last update: 2020-07-07 17:20The New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic has rebounded. Hong Kong today (7th) added a number of locally confirmed cases of unknown origin, involving at least seven schools and an elderly home.
Liang Zichao, chairman of the Medical Association’s Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases, explained that the number of people entering Hong Kong by air has increased significantly. However, loopholes for people who have been exempted from quarantine inspections have continued, and the public’s vigilance has declined, leading to a third wave of outbreaks in Hong Kong. He believes that the hidden transmission chain of the community has been around for a month, describing the "dangerous situation". At this stage, he still has not been able to determine the scale of the outbreak. He called on the authorities to quickly conduct large-scale screening for all schools and institutions affected by the epidemic.
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Initially confirmed cases were reported in multiple districts this morning, including a 68-year-old man living in Lida Building in Anda Village, Kwun Tong; a 61-year-old taxi driver in Guanghua Hospital; 40 in Hezhi Village and Shuiquan'ao Village Aged men, 42-year-old men and 66-year-old women, as well as 14-year-old and 58-year-old sons and sons living in Niuchi Bay. In addition, the Rotary Middle School of the Chinese Christian Church and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts have initially confirmed the diagnosis, and parents, faculty members or their families of five schools have been infected. The Ciyunshan Gangtai Care Center also has at least two recruits.
The quarantine loopholes have always existed and citizens' alertness has been reduced
Liang Zichao, chairman of the Medical Association’s Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases, explained that since the beginning of June, passenger and travel operations in Hong Kong have resumed, and there has been a substantial increase in the number of people entering the country by air from Europe, America and South Asia. However, he pointed out that loopholes in human quarantine have always existed. Crews and pilots were exempted from quarantine after being diagnosed, and domestic quarantine personnel infect family members. The test results before and after quarantine may also be "false negatives", causing the virus to spread to the community. .
He also pointed out that the earlier epidemic slowed and the social distance measures were relaxed. Liang Zichao believed that the decline in public vigilance was unavoidable and one of the reasons for the spread of the community. He believes that the hidden transmission chain in the community has been around for nearly a month, and the patients have started to get sick one after another.
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I believe some patients brought the virus to the nursing home
Liang Zichao said that Hong Kong has already experienced a third wave of outbreaks due to imported cases, and this time the number of community transmission cases has risen sharply, describing the situation as dangerous. However, at this stage, it is still not possible to determine the scale of the outbreak. Both the school and the nursing home have initial diagnosis. Liang believes that if the students are infected in the community and the virus is not brought into the school, the situation will not be out of control; and the elderly in the nursing home are not good, he believes that there are patients who take the virus In the nursing home, the staff may also be the media. He pointed out that more relevant patients should be able to be found through screening in the coming week, and said that this community outbreak is a test of the government's emergency response capabilities.
All affected schools and institutions should be screened on a large scale
To prevent large-scale outbreaks in schools and nursing homes, Liang Zichao called on the authorities to quickly conduct large-scale screenings for all schools and institutions affected by the epidemic, and to conduct virus tests for all students, parents, faculty members, institutional staff and the elderly.
Liang Zichao also urged the public to be alert and avoid eating in the restaurant instead of buying takeaways. The restaurant should also pay attention to whether the distance between the guests is too close and try to avoid "building a table". As for other social distance measures, Liang Zichao believes that the current failure to judge whether it should be tightened depends on the results of virus source tracking and screening in the next few days. He emphasized that if the government does not repair the loopholes of quarantine and exempt persons, there will continue to be outbreaks in Hong Kong, and the situation may even get out of control.
Liang Zichao, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases of the Medical Association. (Profile picture)
Zeng Qiyin, a specialist in infection and infectious diseases, said that Hong Kong has always been unable to completely close the customs. Hong Kong people need to be mentally prepared, and confirmed cases will come one after another. "How many explosions will occur in the coming week is not surprising." One person belongs to an infection of unknown origin, which means that one or two people have been recruited from behind. He also believes that depending on the trend of the epidemic in the coming week, it is necessary to decide whether to suspend classes or adjust other measures.
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