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Written by: Zhu Haiqi
2021-06-20 16:29
Last update date: 2021-06-20 16:31
There were no cases of unknown origin in Hong Kong for 15 consecutive days, and the social distancing measures expired on Wednesday (23rd).
According to the news, the new round of social distancing measures may be slightly relaxed, such as restaurant business hours and the number of people on the same table, and the degree of relaxation of injections will be even greater, and it remains to be discussed within the government this week.
Some government experts said that it is currently impossible to be sure that the community is safe. It is believed that the government can significantly relax the epidemic prevention restrictions if herd immunity is achieved.
Another expert said that to relax local epidemic prevention regulations, we must first guard the border. However, the government allows people entering high-risk or lower areas to reduce quarantine days after injections. There are loopholes in reducing the quarantine days. If the social distancing measures are relaxed, a fifth wave will be fatal.
A confirmed case was recorded in Hong Kong today. It was a man who came to Hong Kong from Russia with a variant strain of the virus.
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The last time a sourceless case was recorded in Hong Kong was to count the 17-year-old girl (No. 11852) diagnosed on the 5th of this month with a British variant virus strain (Alpha), and only her mother (No. 11859) was the only one on the 15th. She and her sister (No. 11860) were infected with no cross-family transmission.
The current round of social distancing measures expires on Wednesday. Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System of the Chinese University School of Medicine, said that before the 17-year-old girl was diagnosed, in fact, Hong Kong had tried 42 days without a case of unknown origin. Therefore, the girl has been infected so far. There were no patients with unknown source on the 15th, and it was difficult to assume the safety of the community.
Xu Shuchang believes that only if the community has herd immunity, the government will significantly relax the epidemic prevention restrictions.
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Xu Shuchang mentioned that Hong Kong's vaccination rate is very low, Singapore's vaccination rate is higher than that of Hong Kong, but because the ground handling of Changi Airport is infected by immigrants, it will lead to a new round of outbreaks. I believe that Hong Kong will achieve herd immunity before the government will greatly relax epidemic prevention. limit.
Based on the first shot of vaccine, 26% of the population in Hong Kong received the injection as of yesterday; as of the 14th of this month, 46% of the population in Singapore received the injection.
Respiratory system specialist Liang Zichao said that external defense and internal defense need to complement each other. To relax internal measures, we must guard the border. In the summer vacation is approaching the return of people, the government allows people from high-risk or lower areas who have already received injections. The reduction of the number of quarantine days for immigrants is likely to cause a major outbreak and accelerate the fifth wave of risks. If the internal measures are also relaxed, any imported case can be fatal.
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He mentioned that the infectivity of the Indian variant virus strain (Delta) has doubled. Even if the vaccine coverage rate in a region reaches 50%, the protective barrier can easily be offset. On the contrary, when the government guards the border, all internal measures can be relaxed, including Restaurant business hours, number of people per table, gathering restrictions, etc.
A case was recorded in Hong Kong today (20th). The patient was a 36-year-old man from Russia (No. 11887).
He arrived in Hong Kong on flight RL9933 yesterday, with the Delta virus strain and has not been vaccinated against the new crown.
Fewer than five preliminary confirmed cases were recorded today.
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