Xu Shuchang stressed that the epidemic was never under control, the party list of 100 people was incomplete or someone was infected and wandered in the community

The novel coronavirus continues to spread, with two cases of unknown origin reported in Hong Kong within three days.

Government expert advisor, CUHK Chair Professor of Respiratory System Xu Shuchang said today (10th) on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" that the number of confirmed cases is still increasing. The attendance list is incomplete, and some people or infected people are still wandering in the community, emphasizing that the current epidemic is definitely not under control.

He also pointed out that if the source of infection has not been found in a case, the government should decide as soon as possible whether to tighten the epidemic prevention measures, including considering extending the Lunar New Year holidays in schools and implementing civil servants to work from home.

Cathay Pacific flight attendants and mothers caused 5 chains of transmission in the Omicron group.

(Hong Kong 01 cartography)

Xu Shuchang said that there are currently at least two invisible transmission chains, and the number of confirmed cases is still increasing every day, reflecting that the epidemic is not under control. He believes that if the source of Sogo salespeople is still unknown, the current social distancing measures need to be further tightened, such as allowing school children to have a longer During the Lunar New Year holiday, some civil servants will be arranged to work from home to minimize the flow of people in the community. I hope the government will make a decision as soon as possible.

For Hong Weimin's birthday party, a representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress, another attendee was infected with the virus, involving a 43-year-old woman who was not on the birthday party list and was a friend of the person who was diagnosed earlier.

Xu Shuchang believes that the attendance list on that day is inaccurate, and friends of friends can also attend, which is unexpected. Once more than 10 people are like this, the situation is worrying, and it also delays the tracking of the Department of Health. With safe travel and credit card billing records, there are still difficulties in tracking.

Xu Shuchang, a government expert advisor and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at CUHK, said that there are at least two invisible chains of transmission, and the number of confirmed cases is still increasing every day, reflecting that the epidemic is not under control.

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When asked whether it is necessary to implement universal testing, Xu Shuchang believes that for the measures to be effective, it needs to cooperate with the stay-at-home order and sufficient testing volume. .

He also pointed out that the current tracking work of the Department of Health is good, otherwise we would have seen a tsunami-like outbreak, but he believes that if there are resources, there must be goals to do, such as sending close contacts of confirmed cases to quarantine centers, and implementing mandatory testing at places of residence and work. , so as not to waste ammo.

He also suggested that the onset of Omicron infection cases was earlier, and the government could consider shortening the quarantine period for close contacts of confirmed cases from 21 to 14 days before adequate quarantine measures were taken.

As for the quarantine hotel arrangement, he believes that the rooms are ventilated 6 times per hour, or the use of high-efficiency air filtration equipment is a feasible alternative.

As for vaccination, Xu Shuchang pointed out that when the Omicron outbreak occurred in South Africa, many children under the age of 12 who were not vaccinated were infected, and 30% of the children had complications. Therefore, this week, the Vaccine Special Committee held a meeting to discuss lowering the vaccination age, but Fosun still There is no application for a reduced age of vaccination for the Fubitx vaccine.

Seeing that the United States and Europe have approved the vaccination of children, he believes that as long as the adult dose is reduced to 1/3, based on objective data, the two vaccines can be approved at the same time to lower the vaccination age, and parents will have one more choice.

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