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New crown pneumonia | He Boliang questioned the difficulty of implementing universal testing

2020-08-03T04:04:17.725Z


The third wave of new crown pneumonia outbreaks continued. Seven advance team members from the Mainland's nucleic acid testing support team arrived in Hong Kong yesterday (2nd) to increase Hong Kong's virus detection capabilities. Regarding whether to implement universal testing, He Boliang, director of the Infection and Infectious Diseases Center of the University of Hong Kong, said on the radio program this morning (3rd) that the operation is not easy, and the effectiveness is doubtful. Due to the rapid spread of the virus, it will be tested for 7.5 million people in 4 days. , And quarantined those initially diagnosed; he believes that testing for higher-risk categories can be expanded, including those currently exempt from quarantine. He also believes that mainland personnel can set up street stations in Hong Kong to test people with symptoms. He Boliang also said that since January, there has been no significant increase in the number of laboratories and testing personnel, and there has been no large-scale recruitment by the government at home or abroad, and the purchase of related equipment. He said that if the government uses up its existing resources and still cannot significantly increase the number of tests in the short term, it needs to consider the need to seek foreign aid.


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Written by: Huang Weilun

2020-08-03 11:54

Last update date: 2020-08-03 11:57

The third wave of new crown pneumonia outbreaks continued. Seven advance team members from the Mainland's nucleic acid testing support team arrived in Hong Kong yesterday (2nd) to increase Hong Kong's virus detection capabilities. Regarding whether to implement universal testing, He Boliang, director of the Infection and Infectious Diseases Center of the University of Hong Kong, said on the radio program this morning (3rd) that the operation is not easy, and the effectiveness is doubtful. Due to the rapid spread of the virus, it will be tested for 7.5 million people in 4 days. , And quarantined those initially diagnosed; he believes that testing for higher-risk categories can be expanded, including those currently exempt from quarantine. He also believes that mainland personnel can set up street stations in Hong Kong to test people with symptoms.

He Boliang also said that since January, there has been no significant increase in the number of laboratories and testing personnel, and there has been no large-scale recruitment by the government at home or abroad, and the purchase of related equipment. He said that if the government uses up its existing resources and still cannot significantly increase the number of tests in the short term, it needs to consider the need to seek foreign aid.

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He Boliang accepted interviews with Hong Kong and Taiwan's "Millennium" and Commercial Taiwan's "Starting on a Sunny Day" this morning. He said that the third wave of the epidemic has not come down. The number of confirmed cases has exceeded 100 for 12 consecutive days. The situation is worrying, and Hong Kong has insufficient facilities in all aspects. He pointed out that when the epidemic broke out in January, the Department of Health had one laboratory, and the HA had about 11 or 12 laboratories. However, as the epidemic progressed, the number had not increased, and the number of people and equipment was not known Significantly rise.

He pointed out that the government has not seen large-scale recruitment and purchase of relevant equipment at home and abroad, but "don’t dare to say that the government has no intention of doing it." If the government uses up its existing resources, it still cannot increase the number of tests in a short period of time, and it needs to consider the need to seek foreign aid. Sex.

Community isolation center is also an important link

In addition to the amount of testing, He Bailiang believes that community isolation centers are also a very important part of the fight against the epidemic. He pointed out that many people who have been diagnosed have not been sent to the hospital, and there is a delay in communication among them. Family members living with them, including medical and nursing staff, are still working, resulting in more groups. He said that patients with confirmed symptoms should not wait more than 3 days to be sent to hospital, but in some cases, they have to wait more than 5 days.

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7.5 million people must be tested in 4 days

Regarding whether the national test is feasible, He Boliang said that the operation is not easy, and the effectiveness is questionable. He continued that the whole process needs to be faster than the spread of the virus, that is, 7.5 million people will be tested in 4 days, and those initially diagnosed will be isolated. He said that since the amount of testing is increasing with the assistance of the Mainland, the current deficiencies in the testing system should be improved. For example, relevant personnel can set up one or two hundred street stations in Hong Kong to test people with symptoms; secondly, border exempt persons still Many are exempt from testing, and relevant people can now be tested for viruses.

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