Omicron｜Liu Yulong: Schools that have been unable to withstand the tsunami outbreak of the epidemic may have to suspend classes

The mutant virus Omicron is on the rise, and the community has found multiple chains of transmission.

Liu Yulong, chairman of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases, said this morning (8th), "Omicron is already unstoppable." The epidemic has broken out like a tsunami. At present, the height and speed of the epidemic should be curbed as much as possible to avoid the collapse of the medical system, otherwise death rate will rise sharply.

He mentioned that the focus is to increase the vaccination rate, and described the low vaccination rate of children and the elderly as "two ends cannot reach the shore", and "two ends should be forced to get injections" to prevent severe illness.

Xu Shuchang, an expert advisor to the government and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at CUHK, also said that the fifth wave of the epidemic has now entered. There were preliminary positive cases without a source yesterday, and there have been multiple chains of transmission in the community. The city and other new rounds of tightening social distancing measures will need to be further extended after they expire on January 20. If there are cases of unknown origin, suspension of classes and civil servants working from home should be considered.

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Xu Shuchang said on the commercial program "Politics and Economics Saturday" in the morning that the source of the infection is still unknown for the 58-year-old female tally clerk who was initially positive yesterday. The worry, if it turns out that the source of the infection is unknown, will be even more worrying.

He also pointed out that there have been multiple chains of transmission in the community, describing it as entering the fifth wave. The Department of Health has sent close contacts to quarantine as soon as possible, and has also conducted encrypted testing, hoping to control the epidemic and prevent it from spreading in the community. There will be no outbreak of the epidemic.

He also pointed out that Omicron is 4 to 8 times more infectious than Delta. The mother of Cathay Pacific flight attendants has directly or indirectly infected 13 people, reaching 4 generations of transmission, and there are at least 3 transmission chains. Vaccines increase the viral load.

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He said that there have been more transmission chains in recent days, describing the government's sudden overturn of the decision on Wednesday (5th), announcing the decision to ban the evening market and close multiple premises. Time to distance measure.

He also called on the restaurant to turn on the air filter after opening, citizens to wear masks immediately after eating, and to avoid large gatherings.

As for whether classes should be suspended and civil servants should work from home, he said that it depends on whether there will be cases of unknown origin.

Liu Yulong, chairman of the Scientific Committee on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, said, "Omicron can't be held back." If a cluster breaks out to the fifth generation of transmission, its branches can no longer be found. "Every citizen must have psychological expectations. 𠵱The family has already entered a very serious situation, this one is already a tsunami, but this tsunami we try our best to reduce its speed and its height so that our medical system will not collapse.” Once the medical system is suppressed collapse, the death rate will skyrocket.

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He also quoted overseas research as saying, "The second and third injections will take a few weeks for defense, and the third injection will help you for two more months. Prevention of infection is impossible to prevent." But he emphasized that vaccines can prevent severe illness. "We just grit our teeth. In short, it doesn't matter if the citizens fight one or the other.

The vaccination rate for the elderly over 80 is only 23%, and the same is true for those aged 70 to 79, and children under the age of 12 cannot be vaccinated. He is worried that once a large-scale outbreak of children will cause paediatric services to collapse, he describes the most vulnerable children and the elderly are vaccinated The rate is still strong and unsatisfactory: "Two ends can't reach the shore", "We have to force both ends to fight."

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"The most important thing must be the elderly. The benefits of the first injection for the elderly are far better than the third injection for any citizen, or the first injection for young people." He emphasized the need to rethink the sequence of injections.

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He revealed that the expert committee is stepping up its meetings to discuss further lowering the vaccination age.

Xu Shuchang added that the CHP will distribute relevant documents to members today and hold a meeting next Wednesday (12th). He described lowering the vaccination age as a "breakwater".

As for whether the fourth injection will be needed in the future, it is expected that the second generation of vaccine will be available in the middle of this year, and it is believed that the fourth injection will be injected with a new generation of vaccine.

Liu Yulong also pointed out that the current number of vaccinations has been "exhausted", and it reached 40,000 injections yesterday (7th), but he emphasized that the injections should be prioritized, and the elderly should go in groups quickly, "So he must think about one. Strategy, the old man's first shot, you go first, this one is the first priority, the old man's first shot should be short enough that he needs to be shot every day." He described every shot They are all precious. The government should try to break through the bottleneck of the current vaccination volume, including increasing the number of vaccination centers or mobile injection sites.

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