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Written by: Kong Fanxu
2020-08-10 11:29
Last update date: 2020-08-10 11:30The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong continues. The government expects to launch universal testing in two weeks to conduct virus testing for the public. The director of the Infection and Infectious Diseases Center of the University of Hong Kong, He Boliang, said on a radio program today (10th) that he believes that the test must have results on the same day and immediately transport the confirmed patients to quarantine, otherwise the delay will cause a chain of transmission in the community. He also pointed out that the quarantine exemption system should be abolished. For example, a recent imported case was originally false negative, but was tested positive after arriving in Hong Kong. "I don't know if there is a loophole in the community."
Ho Pak Leung, Director of the Infection and Infectious Diseases Center of the University of Hong Kong (Photo by Huang Baoying)
He Boliang stated in "Departing on a Sunny Day" on the commercial platform that the government estimates that there are 1,500 invisible patients in the community, but if citizens use swabs to sample, there may be false negatives, and eventually only 300 to 400 people. He believes that the most important thing for universal testing is the sunrise result. Otherwise, there is no. The current trend shows that the median of 6 days for symptomatic patients to be admitted to the isolation center, only 25% within 4 days, unable to perform rapid testing.
The proportion of unknown source remains high
He also pointed out that there are loopholes in the current border jurisdiction. He said that six seafarers had been diagnosed recently, and they should have had a negative result before arriving in Hong Kong, but they tested positive after arriving in Hong Kong. There were 4 imported cases last week and they were tested for the second time. The diagnosis was confirmed only ten days after the quarantine, but many policy bureaus failed to provide relevant exemption figures. "The border exemption should be eliminated." He also said: "Singapore noticed that some seafarers have been deleted and modified as a result. All have to come back."
Celebration group and Tuen Mun Fu Lam are not docked
He continued to point out that the number of confirmed daily cases has dropped, which can be regarded as mixed. He believes that the most effective anti-epidemic measure is the ban on eating orders. Since the number of cases peaked after two weeks of implementation, the number of catering industry groups has also decreased. Only Yu Qing's return group and Tuen Mun Fu Lam have not docked.
As for groups such as markets, construction sites, and residential care homes for the elderly, the situation is worrying, and the proportion of unknown sources remains high, with 30% of the source unknown every day; the proportion of new cases over 60 is also high, about 30% every day, many of which are of unknown origin.
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