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Written by: Chen Shuxia
2021-01-04 15:32
The last update date: 2021-01-04 15:32
The Department of Health and the Hospital Authority announced yesterday that the epidemic press conference will be conducted online from today. Many media unions expressed dissatisfaction and worried that the public's right to know will be weakened. Experts also believe that the risk of on-site transmission of the press conference is not high.
The day after the incident, the authorities announced that they would "kneel down." The location of the press conference would be changed to the underground lecture hall of the Government Headquarters. The spokesperson also emphasized that it attaches great importance to the open and transparent distribution of epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic information, responds to the opinions of stakeholders, and takes into account the implementation of social distance. Measures are required to protect public health, and there are related arrangements.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, has represented the government at press conferences over the past year to explain the epidemic situation.
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Since the epidemic, press conferences have always been conducted in a face-to-face "entity" manner, but the authorities announced yesterday that they would change to using video conferencing software to hold press conferences online.
Media representatives need to ask questions in text messages. Voice messages are not available for the time being. If questions are repeated, they will be handled in a comprehensive response.
The authorities stated that the arrangement is to effectively implement social distancing measures in the CHP building to minimize the risk of virus transmission.
However, the relevant arrangements aroused dissatisfaction with the media unions, worried that the government would use this to screen reporters’ questions, avoid answering sensitive content, stifle reporters’ right to follow up questions, and affect the public’s right to know. Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao also pointed out that the risk of infection at the scene is not high, but The media plays an important role in disseminating epidemic information, and the government should consider how to facilitate the work of the media.
The authorities today issued a press announcement before the original scheduled time for the press conference to explain the latest arrangements, and finally decided to withdraw the online format and move to the underground lecture hall of the Political Consultative Conference to hold the press conference.
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