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Written by: Wang Jieen
2021-05-10 09:36
Last update date: 2021-05-10 09:36
The government has revised its quarantine arrangements earlier. If a building has a variant virus case, the authorities will first make a "restriction and testing announcement" and arrange testing for all residents in the building, and then compulsory testing on the 3rd, 7th, 12th, and 19th.
However, the patient's home contacts, or cases living in sub-houses, still maintain the 21-day arrangement for inspection.
Xue Da, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, stated on a radio program today (10th) that he agreed to the above arrangement and believed that the relevant methods were reasonable.
He explained that if they have not had close contact with the patient, the risk of infection should be low. If they stay home for quarantine and take regular tests, I believe it will not cause a community outbreak.
Regarding the government's announcement that vaccinations and 14 days later can shorten the quarantine period and replace them with encrypted testing, Xue Da believes that this will encourage the public to get injections. He also pointed out that the current rate of vaccination in Hong Kong is relatively slow, so he supports the relevant measures.
Residents of Block R in Allway Gardens left the quarantine center and returned home on May 9
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The community has not seen any more cases of variant viruses described as stable
Xue Da pointed out that in the South African variant virus, the N501Y gene mutation will increase the infectivity of the virus, and E484K will reduce the effectiveness of the vaccine, so the situation is worrying.
However, he pointed out that there are cases of variant virus in Hong Kong. The relationship between the patients is known so far, and the community has not seen any more cases of variant virus. Therefore, he described "the situation is stable and reassuring." However, he emphasized that because of the arrogance of the virus The period lasts from 14 days to 21 days, so we still need to observe in the future.
Regarding the fact that there is no large-scale outbreak of the variant virus in the Hong Kong community, Xue Da estimated that it is related to the long-term wearing of masks by Hong Kong people, and it also depends on whether the patient has close contact with other community members. However, he pointed out that the variant virus is more contagious. Gao, frankly said that "there may be no good next time."
Residents of Block N2 of Kornhill Gardens left the quarantine center and returned home on Mother's Day, May 9
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Shortening the quarantine period can encourage citizens to get injections
In addition, the government will adjust the quarantine period according to the risk of the departure area starting from Wednesday (12th). If people have been vaccinated with two doses, such as those from low-risk areas such as Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, the quarantine period can be shortened to 7 days. .
In addition, the quarantine period for close contacts of a confirmed patient can be shortened by half to 7 days; if a variant virus strain is involved, the mandatory quarantine period for close contacts of the confirmed patient at the quarantine center can also be shortened from 21 days to 14 days.
Xue Da pointed out that the current rate of vaccination in Hong Kong is relatively slow. If this method is used to encourage the public to get injections, he frankly said that "it is totally worth trying."
He also pointed out that the current tracking work in Hong Kong is "sufficient." Therefore, in addition to quarantine, protection can be provided on the other side to reduce the possibility of community outbreaks.
He also emphasized that it is expected that the new crown pneumonia virus will not disappear. If it is not practical to continue to live with rigorous methods in the future, it is necessary to find a way to coexist with the virus and generate herd immunity through injections.
When asked about the importance of antibody testing, he said that he has doubts about the role of antibody testing, because even if the result is positive, it does not mean that there is 100% protection. Because ordinary antibody testing does not detect the quality of the antibody, it only examines the body. Whether there are antibodies in it.
He continued that some antibody tests are more complicated, and the results will be available after a few days, and even after vaccination, some people will not have antibodies, such as chronically ill patients, but they will also have resistance and help. Reduce the severity of the virus.
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