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Taiwan Epidemic Deterioration Sharply Liang Zichao: People who have been injected from Taiwan should also be quarantined for 21 days

2021-05-18T12:15:43.250Z


The government announced that starting today (17th) the quarantine and testing requirements for people arriving from Taiwan will be further tightened. All Hong Kong residents who have stayed in Taiwan on the day of boarding or 14 days before must hold a negative test certificate.


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Written by: Yuan Shu

2021-05-17 09:06

Last update date: 2021-05-17 09:09

The government announced that starting today (17th), the quarantine and testing requirements for people arriving from Taiwan will be further tightened. All Hong Kong residents who have stayed in Taiwan on the day of boarding or 14 days before must have a negative test certificate, including those who have not completed the vaccination. People must be quarantined at the designated quarantine hotel for 21 days, and those who have completed the vaccination must be quarantined at the designated hotel for 14 days. Non-Hong Kong residents from Taiwan will not be allowed to enter.

Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao said on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" that the outbreak in Taiwan has caused local cases to rise rapidly. In addition, Taiwan’s previous epidemic control has been well controlled, and the public’s awareness of epidemic prevention is relatively low, and herd immunity is also high. Not high, I think it is necessary to pay attention to it, and agree that the 21-day quarantine should be imposed on people arriving from Taiwan regardless of whether they have been vaccinated.

Liang Zichao, a specialist in respiratory system.

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Taiwan's low herd immunity, Hong Kong government should pay attention

According to Liang Zichao's analysis, the outbreak of the epidemic in Taiwan has caused a rapid increase in local cases.

He said that Taiwan’s previous epidemic control was good, there were no local cases, and the vaccination rate was low, so herd immunity was very low; and the people’s life was relatively normal before, and their awareness of epidemic prevention was relatively low. He believed that the Hong Kong government really needs to pay attention to it. It will be very long.

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People arriving in Hong Kong from Taiwan should be quarantined for 21 days

Those who arrive in Hong Kong from Taiwan who have not completed their vaccination will undergo 4 tests during the 21-day compulsory quarantine.

Those who have completed the mandatory quarantine for vaccinations will be tested 3 times during the 14-day period, followed by self-monitoring for the next 7 days, and mandatory testing on the 16th and 19th days of arrival in Hong Kong.

Regarding whether vaccination can reduce the quarantine date, Liang Zichao pointed out that if there is a one-hundred-fold difference between the two places, even if the vaccine can provide a protection rate of 60 to 70%, there will still be loopholes. He believes that a pair of Taiwanese arriving in Hong Kong should be implemented 21 Daily quarantine.

He speculated that the epidemic in Taiwan had already begun in April, so those who had arrived in Hong Kong earlier should also pay attention to it, and should be tested for the virus for themselves.

As for the tourism bubble with Singapore, he said that the number of cases in Singapore is still on the rise. If this is still the case, the local epidemic may not be under control. He believes that it is inevitable to delay the tourism bubble.

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