Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor today (September 27) issued a monthly anti-epidemic report, stating that the local new crown pneumonia epidemic has lasted for more than 40 days and there are no new cases, and it is basically "cleared". The next government work will focus on striving for customs clearance with the mainland. At the meeting, we are actively following up on matters raised by mainland experts in the matchmaking meeting.
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No new local cases have been added for more than 40 days
Lam Cheng pointed out that since August 17, there have been no local cases in Hong Kong for more than 40 days, and it has basically reached "zero".
In fact, the local epidemic has been under control for a period of time, and the few local cases that have occurred before have also involved "Fuyang" or other special circumstances, and no community infection has occurred.
The imported cases recorded in the past month were all discovered during entry or during the quarantine period under the strict "foreign import prevention" measures, and did not pose a threat to the community.
However, she pointed out: "We dare not take it lightly. For every case involving a confirmed person staying in Hong Kong during the incubation period of the virus, we have adopted the compulsory virus testing measures of "Ning to indulge."
She also mentioned that although the overall number of global cases has shown signs of declining recently, hundreds of thousands of cases are still recorded every day, involving different variants of viruses. In addition, some countries have given up "zeroing", and the situation is not optimistic. .
Lam Cheng recalled the anti-epidemic related work from the end of August to the present, including the opening of 800 units of the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center on Lantau Island for quarantine when foreign domestic helpers come to Hong Kong, and the restoration of Hong Kong residents returning to Hong Kong from other mainland areas outside Guangdong Province and Macau through the "Return to Hong Kong". "Easy-Hong Kong" returns to Hong Kong without quarantine, and allows non-Hong Kong residents living in Guangdong and Macau to come to Hong Kong without quarantine through the "Easy-to-Hong Kong" program.
Carrie Lam shared the "Monthly Anti-epidemic Report" through social networks.
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Calling "Easy to Hong Kong" has taken another step for customs clearance
Lam Cheng mentioned that the government has been cautiously gradually relaxing social distancing measures, but on the whole, people's daily life has generally returned to normal. The people are now looking forward to the restoration of cross-border movement of people, especially customs clearance with the Mainland.
She described that the "Easy-to-Hong Kong" program has been in operation for some time, and the "Easy-to-Hong Kong" program is another step towards resuming "customs clearance".
As for allowing Hong Kong citizens to return to the Mainland without quarantine, Lam Cheng expressed that he has been reporting to the Central Government over the past period of time and hopes that the two places will be connected at the expert level as soon as possible to create conditions for the resumption of customs clearance.
"The Chief Secretary for Administration has led a delegation including experts from the Centre for Health Protection and Professor Xu Shuchang, a member of the government expert advisory group, to a meeting in Shenzhen with mainland ministries and experts, and is actively following up on their issues. For this purpose , The SAR government will make unremitting efforts.
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