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Jordan Closed Area|Liang Zichao: To review the efficiency of raids and to strengthen detection of outbreaks around designated areas

2021-01-23T11:46:40.549Z


At 4 a.m. today (23), the government blocked Jordan’s designated "restricted areas." In order to implement a precedent for banning foot testing, about 100 buildings were sealed off, affecting about 10,000 residents. Liang Zichao, a respiratory specialist, believes that measures


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Author: Zheng Qiuling

2021-01-23 19:28

Last update date: 2021-01-23 19:29

At 4 a.m. today (23rd), the government blocked Jordan’s designated "restricted areas." In order to implement a precedent for no foot testing, about 100 buildings were sealed off, affecting about 10,000 residents.

Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao believes that the purpose of the measures is believed to be to include people who have not cooperated in the past to detect infections in one fell swoop. However, the implementation of this time failed to achieve "raid attacks", which greatly reduced the cost-effectiveness of the operation.

Liang Zichao is concerned that the outbreak situation around Yau Ma Tei is now more serious than the designated area. It is recommended that the entire Yau Tsim Mong district strengthen testing services, and when a unit has a confirmed diagnosis, mandatory testing can be arranged, and the transmission must be cut off as much as possible in the short term. The daily number of confirmed diagnoses will soar for two weeks, or exceed the daily increase of 140 cases during the third wave of peak hours.

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On January 23, Jordan closed the area, and residents were forbidden. After nightfall, the area was deserted like a dead city.

(Photo by Luo Junhao)

▼Jordan specified restricted area blockade and detection conditions on the night and day of January 23▼

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The government blocked Jordan’s designated "restricted area" and the target was completed in approximately 48 hours.

Liang Zichao believes that the effect of the ban on foot testing is not to "clear", because a test in two days cannot cover the 14-day incubation period of the virus, and in the past, most citizens have cooperated in mandatory testing. I believe the purpose is to cover the past failures in one fell swoop. The cooperators are all tested, but this time the government made preparations for leaks, restricting the freedom of movement of 10,000 people, but failed to "raid" people who have always been unwilling to be screened. They took the opportunity to leave overnight. "The people who most want to be included cannot "Coverage" has greatly reduced the cost-effectiveness of the operation. I think the government needs to review it.

Liang Zichao, a specialist in respiratory system.

(Information Picture/Photographed by Lu Yiming)

If the positive rate is found to be low, it can be tested for individual buildings

As for whether one test is sufficient, Liang Zichao said that the density of tests in the designated area within a month is already quite high. Many people participated in the "Wish to check all tests" stage. Compulsory tests have just been completed in the core areas, although there are continuous samples of sewers from buildings. It is positive, but there are multiple reasons, such as a continuous outbreak, or many people have passed the period of respiratory transmission, but the nucleic acid test may not be able to detect inactive transmission.

He believes that depending on the test results, if the data is almost the same as the previous mandatory test, it is a single number. "It may not be worth re-inspection for the entire district." It is only necessary to arrange the mandatory test 3 to 5 days after the individual building where the case is found. Once, but if the positive rate is abnormally high, if there are dozens of cases, "the whole district will have to do another test."

However, he believes that there is no need to impose a ban on footing, because the people who stay at the bottom "generally will cooperate again", and the least trouble to the resources and residents.

Need to strengthen the detection work outside the designated area

In addition, he is particularly concerned about the serious outbreaks surrounding Yau Ma Tei except for designated areas and signs of spreading. "Gradually, a large proportion of the outbreaks are going to all parts of Hong Kong." Because the number of cases in the surrounding areas is already greater than that in the designated areas, he emphasized that we should not only look at designated areas. It is the "tip of the iceberg" of all spread. It is recommended that the entire Yau Tsim Mong district strengthen testing services, including tightening up to a single unit case requiring mandatory testing of the entire building.

He emphasized that if there are no special measures to strengthen control in other places in the short term, and outbreak hot spots appear again, a "geometric" upward trend may occur. He is worried that the daily number of confirmed diagnoses may exceed the peak of the third wave in the next one or two weeks. 140 records added.

▼In the early morning of January 23, residents of Unit C of Kingway Building were evacuated to the quarantine center▼

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Six additional buildings are subject to mandatory inspection, including Wan Chai Star Moon Court, To Kwa Wan Yi Man Building and Yau Ma Tei Shun Feng Building

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