Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said before attending the executive meeting that most of the quarantine exemption arrangements for overseas visits to Hong Kong will be cancelled.
Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao pointed out on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" today (27) that there have been many problems with monitoring the activities of persons exempted from quarantine in the community. In addition, the consumption activities in Hong Kong are almost fully restored. Therefore, foreign imports should be prevented. "zero tolerance".
He suggested that the government should review each category of exemption from quarantine to ensure that the activities exempted from quarantine are necessary and can have no contact with the community.
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Worry that imported cases will flow into the community will explode
Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao pointed out that the cancellation of the quarantine exemption arrangement is important for customs clearance and zero clearance. Since almost all internal consumption activities in Hong Kong have resumed, the spread of the mutant virus is fast and the risk is high. If imported cases enter the community, it will cause widespread transmission; In addition, after customs clearance, it is necessary to conduct joint prevention and control with the mainland. If the quarantine exemption is not cancelled, it is difficult to make customs clearance arrangements. The government should adopt "zero tolerance" for foreign defense imports.
He pointed out that in the past, the government had many problems with the monitoring of persons exempted from quarantine. For example, the crew had to arrange transportation on their own.
He suggested that the government should review each exempted quarantine group and strictly approve exempted persons to ensure that their activities are necessary for Hong Kong and that they have no contact with the community. It is difficult to achieve "closed-loop management" in Hong Kong, which is an abusive term. , Because the mainland arranges people who have contact with people exempt from quarantine, they also need to be quarantined if they leave the community.
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Starting today (27th), patients who have been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia must be quarantined at the Hong Kong Infection Control Center of North Lantau Hospital for 14 days after being discharged from the hospital. They live in a temporary hospital and cannot go home directly.
Liang Zichao pointed out that after being discharged from the hospital, the confirmed cases did not rule out false negatives or failure to completely eliminate the virus. In the past, there have been cases of variant viruses spreading in hospitals in other places.
He believes that although the risk is not high, since the community has been cleared, Hong Kong is able to do it.
Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao pointed out that the cancellation of quarantine exemption arrangements is important for customs clearance and zero clearance.
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The Hong Kong government has tightened the discharge criteria for confirmed cases starting from Wednesday and must go to a temporary hospital to isolate the new coronary pneumonia for 14 days. Recently, 95% of imported cases have been imported.
10.26｜The government tightened the discharge criteria on Wednesday and cut the quarantine-free arrangements for entry
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