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Written by: Chen Shuxia
2020-03-22 18:50
Last updated: 2020-03-22 18:53The new crown pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) epidemic is raging, and confirmed patients have been in Languifang. There were 44 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong. Several people had met in Lan Kwai Fong. One of the new patients was a band musician who performed in restaurants in Lan Kwai Fong.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, believes that social gatherings such as drinking are high-risk activities, or that someone is at risk, but whether to close Lan Kwai Fong, she believes that the key is not the location, but the mode. She bluntly stated that instead of closing one place, the risk of transmission could be reduced. Because the citizens or change to other places to gather, the most important thing is to change their attitudes. "We need to reduce social contact for all people."
Zhang Zhujun believes that instead of closing a certain place, the risk of transmission can be reduced. Because the citizens or change to other places to gather, the most important thing is to change their attitudes. "It is necessary to reduce the social contact of the whole people." (Photo by Luo Junhao)
Zhang Zhujun said at a press conference that the 276th diagnosed person working in Lan Kwai Fong was a band musician and worked in several restaurants believed to be bars, but no specific information was available.
Liang Zhuowei, a member of the government's epidemic prevention expert advisory group and the dean of the University of Hong Kong Medical School, has proposed that the theater and restaurants should be temporarily closed. When asked if it was necessary to close Lan Kwai Fong, Zhang Zhujun pointed out that this was not a local issue but a mode, including close-talking and drinking. Some people did not wear masks during social activities, which led to transmission. virus.
Drinking and partying increase transmission risk
She later explained that even if Lan Kwai Fong is closed, some people may be reunited at home or elsewhere. "It is not about one place, but about gathering." She stated that the most important thing is to change her attitude. Reduce social contact. "
She also mentioned that those diagnosed with Lan Kwai Fong were difficult to identify as a group because some people had travel history and some did not. The diagnosed patients did not go together or met each other, but she reminded that many people went out to "drinking food and eating food" and "going to a few of them" on weekends. They would talk to each other whether they met or not, thus increasing the risk of human transmission. She pointed out that if some people had travel history but did not know they were infected, they might be infected.
She also said that diagnosed persons who had visited places including bars, etc., would ask the other party to carry out a large cleansing, and the FEHD had stepped up cleaning of public places.
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