[New Coronary Pneumonia] Family gatherings or supervision self-discipline is more important than other disciplines

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2021-01-07 07:00

Last update date: 2021-01-07 07:00

The fourth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong continues. On Tuesday (5th), the Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, urged members of the public not to gather in family circles to reduce the risk of transmission. He also pointed out that the government will also explore measures against family gatherings if necessary. .

Government supervision may be extended to the private residences of citizens. Although the concept is still in the research and discussion stage, the news has immediately aroused discussion among the citizens.

If the government includes "cross-family gatherings" as a legal restriction, the public may worry that living in the house does not involve any illegal activities. After law enforcement officers have reasonable suspicions or receive complaints, it also means that they will be able to enter public premises for law enforcement and survey.

Secondly, it is difficult for law enforcement agencies to supervise all housing estates in Hong Kong, which means that law enforcement agencies will also rely on citizens to report cases. It is also questionable whether it is feasible.

At present, the government restricts the opening of public places and restaurants. The original intention is to reduce the number of citizens going out and avoid invisible transmission in the community.

The government continues to monitor family activities after citizens stop going out. Under the current situation of "returning work permits and opening the city permits", it is basically difficult to fight the epidemic effectively.

The government considers whether it should supervise the private residences of citizens. If the government considers that it is dangerous to gather across families in the same place, then there may be more holiday malls and parks gathering invisible patients, and even office spaces are even more dangerous.

Instead of restricting people's activities in private premises, the government should study whether there are loopholes in the current public transportation and epidemic prevention in restaurants, so as to minimize the risk of transmission.

Leung Zhuowei, an expert consultant to the government and dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said that at present, the target should be set to reduce the proportion of cases of unknown origin to less than 10%, and then consider relaxing social distancing measures.

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Target of cases of unknown origin reduced to 10%

In fact, to curb the epidemic, self-discipline is better than other disciplines.

After the authorities introduced compulsory testing measures earlier, some citizens resisted it, but according to figures released by the government on Tuesday, 16 confirmed cases were found out of 55,000 compulsory tests. The positive rate was 0.03%, which is much higher than the popularization of communities in September last year. The 0.002% of the test indicates the role of strengthening the test. The public should check and record the trip more often to help the authorities cut the chain of transmission.

In Hong Kong, there are still double-digit diagnoses every day for more than a month. It is quite difficult to "clear" local infection cases. Epidemic prevention and polymerization restrictions have been implemented for a long time.

Coupled with the fact that it is only about a month before the Lunar New Year, society naturally hopes to see the light.

Leung Zhuowei, an expert consultant to the government and dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said that at present, the target should be set to reduce the proportion of cases of unknown origin to less than 10%, and then consider relaxing social distancing measures.

The government has the responsibility to try its best to trace close contacts of patients. Even with the slowdown of the epidemic, when the number of daily consultations is small, the government can follow the changes to trace one more layer of close contacts to prevent future large-scale outbreaks in society.

However, how to reduce the number of close contacts of confirmed patients in the market requires the cooperation of citizens to stay at home as much as possible to avoid unnecessary gatherings and going out.

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