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Author: Zhu Haiqi
2021-01-20 08:00
Last update date: 2021-01-20 08:00
The new coronavirus will hit the world in 2020, everyone will keep their distance and society will stop.
There is no change in the new year. Hong Kong people have not yet been able to "except and meet."
Recall that on January 23 last year, Hong Kong recorded the first confirmed patient who arrived from Wuhan. The city fell into panic and looted masks, and finally there was a local outbreak. The four waves of reincarnation caused nearly 10,000 people to be given patient numbers and taken away. More than 160 lives.
"Hong Kong 01" will be episodes in a row, reviewing the epidemic situation in Hong Kong over the past year, not forgetting the past, and stepping out of the anti-epidemic haze.
The first episode invited Zeng Haohui, the former director of the Center for Health Protection, for an exclusive interview.
The Hong Kong government's anti-epidemic work has been criticized repeatedly. From the initial refusal to close customs, the loopholes in the replacement of seafarers, and the lack of determination to "clear", all camps shouted loudly.
Zeng Haohui, who has participated in SARS and many other epidemic wars, commented that the Hong Kong government's anti-epidemic performance this time is at an upper-middle level, but there is a gap with public expectations, especially when the waiting time for quarantine is too long. The 62-year-old lady from Mei Lam Village, Tai Wai waits He was found dead at home for many days.
He felt sad about the incident and said bluntly that it shouldn’t happen. He believed that the Health Protection Center was effective in dealing with general infectious diseases. However, Century Epidemic had to cooperate across departments. "When the problem was discovered, there was an immediate mechanism to correct it, and it was wrong for many times. Learn in."
[One of the first anniversary series]
Extended reading: Interview | Zeng Haohui retired for 8 years to help the government promote the new crown vaccine
"Compared with the SARS battle, this time, regardless of the scale, scope, and duration of the measures, it is much better than 2003." Zeng Haohui joined the Department of Health in 1992 and fought numerous viruses and bacteria, which made him the most familiar battle. There is nothing more than SARS in 2003 and human swine flu in 2009.
When SARS was prompted by the Singapore health department, he led a team to the Metropark Hotel in Mongkok (renamed Metropark Hotel Kowloon in 2006) to investigate. He finally locked the 9th floor of the hotel as the source of the SARS outbreak and was praised by the outside world as a "prodigy. Praise its ability to track infectious diseases.
In the past, the Health Protection Center was known for its rapid investigations, but in the past year it was criticized for tracking backward and even paralyzed.
So many invisible patients, you click to connect them again? Tracking manpower must exceed SARS
Zeng Haohui explained that SARS patients have obvious respiratory symptoms, and most of them have to be hospitalized. There are few invisible cases and the chain of transmission is easy to be found. The new coronavirus is cunning and hidden. "It may not be known for many invisible patients. Click to link channels together?” I believe that the nature of the virus is a key factor in the follow-up investigation. It is impossible to judge the level of contact tracing capabilities of the protection center based on the proportion of cases with unknown source. Moreover, this epidemic is "unprecedented" and needs There are far more manpower than SARS. "In general, I believe that the protection center has dealt with it, not the century epidemic." Disciplinary forces have to cooperate, and the police have previously assisted in tracking complicated cases.
However, on December 9th last year (2020), a 62-year-old woman in Mei Lam Village, Tai Wai, was notified by the Department of Health to be quarantined and waited at home. On the 10th, she revealed to her family that she had nasal congestion but it was fine. She lost contact on the 11th and her family on the 12th. Asked the police for help. After breaking into the house, it was found that the woman was not ill. The body was sent to the Fushan Mortuary to take a nasopharyngeal sample to confirm the diagnosis of the new crown virus.
After the incident, the Department of Health was bombarded in many ways. The Director of the Food and Health Bureau, Chen Zhaoshi, also publicly stated that the department had insufficient manpower to "make a sound".
Zeng Haohui felt sad about the incident and believed that there should be no relevant situation, but he has left the place where the government is not aware of the problem. "When the problem is discovered, there is a mechanism to correct it. For many times, he has learned from mistakes." After that, the "Qinglong" was mobilized and promised to arrange relevant contacts to the quarantine center within 24 hours of issuing a quarantine order.
The Kai Tak Case Tracking Command Center, composed of the Immigration Department, Customs and other departments, did not appear until this month (January) to speed up tracking and arranging close contacts to enter the isolation camp.
Another example of a gap with public expectations is that the Department of Health once proposed to move the daily news conference on the epidemic to the Internet.
Zeng Haohui understands, "How do you count if there is an outbreak in the protection center? Zhang Zhujun will have to go to the isolation camp and order a military division." But you should first understand the expectations of the public and communicate with journalists. In the end of the communication, a compromise method was found and a large venue was selected for the press conference.
He believes that Hong Kong's anti-epidemic performance is at an upper-middle level, inferior to the Mainland, Macau, Taiwan and New Zealand, but also significantly better than Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States.
It’s hard to figure it out, the point is that the vertical transmission is hard to find the most
In 2003, the Amoy Gardens broke out. It is known that the virus can spread through pipes. After 17 years, many buildings still have vertical transmission problems.
Tsang Ho-fai said that there are many buildings in Hong Kong, and the pipe problem is a huge project, and it is beyond the scope of his work and knowledge. "It is a special case to live with SARS, and there is no such situation in Hong Kong in the world. I don’t even know how to figure it out, but it’s hard to understand that vertical transmission means that we have found the most, and it seems like foreign countries have nothing."
Zhang Zhujun will carry forward the 430 press conference
Zeng Haohui has a wealth of experience in fighting the epidemic. How can he pass on his experience to the next generation? "It's not like martial arts to get through the two lines of the sun and the governor. For many times, he uses daily life to deal with the epidemic to exchange experience and share."
He said that part of the system is still in use today. In 2003, the teams in Hong Kong and Kowloon worked separately, but found that patients would move across regions, and the information was scattered and it took time to control the epidemic. So he established a centrally coordinated "War Room" ( The heart war room), the distribution of cases in Hong Kong can be seen at a glance. "Zhang Zhujun is in this heart war room to direct the epidemic every day." "430 (press conference) was started by Margaret Chan, and the family It's time to carry forward Zhang Zhujun."
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