New crown pneumonia | Zeng Qiyin: The epidemic is expected to linger in January. Dozens of flower markets should be scattered every day

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Written by: Yuan Shu

2021-01-12 10:30

The last update date: 2021-01-12 10:33

The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. The Department of Health announced yesterday (11th) that 41 new cases have been diagnosed. The number of confirmed cases has rebounded slightly, and more than 40 cases have been initially confirmed.

Zeng Qiyin, the co-chair of the Infectious Disease Advisory Committee of the Medical Association, said in the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" today that the current epidemic in Hong Kong is reflecting the situation at the end of December and there is a certain lag. He believes that the epidemic in January will still linger. Dozens of cases every day.

▼Social distancing measures will continue until January 20▼

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Zeng Qiyin pointed out that the current figures are lagging, reflecting the situation at the end of December.

The Government has set up a case tracking office in the Kai Tak Community Hall and seconded 100 disciplined services to assist in case tracking.

He once pointed out that the current social distancing measures are already "very hot and almost exhausted" for the public, and the government should be more precise in implementation and testing.

He pointed out that there were many cases of no source in December, but they could not be thoroughly investigated at the time. Therefore, it is believed that there were dozens of cases per day in January.

Zeng Qiyin predicts that in January, there will still be dozens of cases per day.

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In addition, the Hong Kong Government announced earlier that it would cancel the Lunar New Year Eve. There is also news that activities such as the incense sticks on the top of Wong Tai Sin and the visa application at Che Kung Temple will not be held as usual.

Zeng said that this year really needs to be careful, especially the epidemic has not yet been controlled.

He said that in the past, Lunar New Year's Eve, Che Kung Temple, Shangtou Xiangxiang and other New Year activities were crowded with people, and tracking work was relatively difficult to carry out.

He said that if you want to hold it or you can implement crowd control, the flower market is conducted in a decentralized manner.

As for residential care homes for the elderly, he still feels that he must be very careful, and for the time being, it is still going through video.

The epidemic situation in the Mainland has also rebounded. It has been said that when a case occurs, it must be dealt with as soon as possible.

Many measures are being implemented in the Mainland. He believes in the execution power of various measures in the Mainland and feels confident that they can be controlled, so he does not need to worry too much.

As for whether Hong Kong will tighten the measures for entering Hong Kong from the Mainland, he said that the Hong Kong government and the Mainland government need to communicate in time.

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