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New crown pneumonia, dismantling the bureau: Zhong Nanshan, an authority on disease, advocates national testing, will Lam Cheng listen?

2020-07-30T14:49:15.585Z


The third wave of new crown pneumonia in Hong Kong is severe, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has broken the 3,000 mark. Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the leader of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission, was interviewed in Guangzhou yesterday (30th). He pointed out that there has been community transmission in Hong Kong, but there has not been a geometric growth. The key depends on the next prevention and control situation. ; It is also said that the main problem in Hong Kong is not medical care, but public health prevention and control, and urges the authorities to start a nationwide nucleic acid screening as soon as possible. Zhong Nanshan is an authority in epidemiology in the mainland, and his words are very powerful. Even President Xi Jinping needs to pay attention to his opinions. At the beginning of this year, the virus broke out in Wuhan, and he first confirmed that the virus would spread from person to person. Now that Zhong Nanshan talks about the Hong Kong epidemic, will it affect the decision of Chief Executive Carrie Lam?


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Written by: Lin Jian

2020-07-30 22:35

Last update date: 2020-07-30 22:41

The third wave of new crown pneumonia in Hong Kong is severe, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has broken the 3,000 mark. Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the leader of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission, was interviewed in Guangzhou yesterday (30th). He pointed out that there has been community transmission in Hong Kong, but there has not been a geometric growth. The key depends on the next prevention and control situation. ; It is also said that the main problem in Hong Kong is not medical care, but public health prevention and control, and urges the authorities to start a nationwide nucleic acid screening as soon as possible.

Zhong Nanshan is an authority in epidemiology in the mainland, and his words are very powerful. Even President Xi Jinping needs to pay attention to his opinions. At the beginning of this year, the virus broke out in Wuhan, and he first confirmed that the virus would spread from person to person. Now that Zhong Nanshan talks about the Hong Kong epidemic, will it affect the decision of Chief Executive Carrie Lam?

Zhong Nanshan is very important in the prevention and control of infectious diseases in the Mainland. (Profile picture)

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During the SARS epidemic in 2003, Zhong Nanshan was known for receiving patients and researching treatments in Guangdong Province for his long-term attention to the virus epidemic. He is known as a leader in the fight against SARS.

From the end of last year to the beginning of the year, at the beginning of the outbreak of the new crown virus in Wuhan, the outside world did not pay enough attention to the severity of the virus. The focus was only on the local South China seafood market, and it was not determined whether it would spread from person to person. On January 18, the National Health Commission urgently called Zhong Nanshan, inviting him to lead a team of experts to investigate in Wuhan. When Zhong Nanshan was interviewed by CCTV on January 20th, he said that there was concrete evidence that the virus was spreading from person to person, which has attracted widespread attention from public opinion.

With the great attention of Zhong Nanshan and other experts, the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic has entered the central leadership level. On January 20, President Xi Jinping issued instructions to the epidemic for the first time, requesting great attention and full efforts to prevent and control the epidemic. On the same day, Premier Li Keqiang called for good communication and coordination with the World Health Organization, relevant countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

As an authority on infectious diseases, Zhong Nanshan "keep the pulse" of the epidemic in Hong Kong and advocated nationwide testing to control the epidemic. It is estimated that Carrie Lam also felt "pressure" and had to seriously consider it. (Profile picture)

The number of tests in Hong Kong has been slow to keep up with demand

In Hong Kong, the situation of virus testing has always been of concern to the outside world. Since the first outbreak of the local epidemic, the community has paid wide attention to whether there is an invisible transmission chain in the community, so early detection is the cure. The second wave of the epidemic broke out in Hong Kong in March, but as of March 28, there were only about 2,000 tests per day. However, there were also thousands of people entering the country every day, which was obviously insufficient. Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, said in an interview on March 29 that 7,500 tests should be performed every day to be effective.

However, Yuan Guoyong's goal has been delayed. On May 19, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor stated that the maximum number of tests per day was 4,500 and that he would try to increase it to 7,000. It was not until July 10 that the Director of the Food and Health Bureau, Chen Zhaoshi, said that the number of daily virus tests could increase to 7,500 at the end of the month. At that time, the third wave of the epidemic had begun and was more serious than the first two waves. The government subsequently introduced free testing for high-risk groups and arranged virus testing services for residents of Tsz Wan Shan public housing estate this Monday. However, many reporters questioned at the press conference on the same day that the virus had already spread to many districts. Only for the residents of Tszyunshan to test whether it is sufficient.

Looking at the overall figures, as of July 21, the total number of tests conducted by the Department of Health and Hospital Authority in Hong Kong was 524,969. In a report published on July 25, Lam Cheng mentioned that "over the past ten days, an average of more than 10,000 tests were carried out per day, and services were purchased from private laboratories as needed." Although it is an improvement over the past, there is still a long way to go before national testing. With this figure, it is believed that it is very difficult to cut off the invisible transmission chain. Now, Zhong Nanshan, as an authority on infectious diseases, is "taking the pulse" of the epidemic in Hong Kong and advocating nationwide testing to control the epidemic. It is estimated that Carrie Lam also feels "pressure" and has to seriously consider it.

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