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Omicron | Quarantine period for close contacts is reduced, experts say no going out during home surveillance

2022-01-11T03:39:55.731Z


The Omicron variant virus is raging, and the number of people sent to Penny's Bay for quarantine has risen sharply recently. The government said yesterday (10th) that it has decided to shorten the quarantine period for close contacts from 21 days to 14 days, plus 7 days of self-monitoring at home


The Omicron variant virus is raging, and the number of people sent to Penny's Bay for quarantine has risen sharply recently. The government said yesterday (10th) that it has decided to shorten the quarantine period for close contacts from 21 days to 14 days, plus 7 days for self-monitoring at home.

Xu Shuchang, a government expert advisor and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System at CUHK, described on a commercial TV program this morning (11th) that the quarantine period on the 14th was "stable". Sickness inside.

He believes that during the home surveillance period, you should stay at home most of the time, and you can only go out for 1 or 2 hours a day to buy necessities, "not to drink tea."


Kong Fanyi, a clinical professor of the Department of Internal Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, also said on the RTHK program that the relevant measures are "stable", and believes that all immigrants in the future can adopt the "14+7" plan.


▼1.7 Status of Penny's Bay Quarantine Center▼


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Xu Shuchang said on the commercial program "Let's Go on a Sunny Day" that the incubation period of the Omicron virus is short, the median number of days of onset is 3 days, and the disease usually occurs within 7 days. "The plan is "more stable". Even before the outbreak of the Omicron virus, only 1% of the new crown cases developed after 14 days, and the new measures "have a very small chance of leakage."

However, Xu Shuchang also pointed out that during the home surveillance period on the 7th, apart from going out to buy necessities and take tests, in principle, you should mainly stay at home at other times.

When asked if it was necessary to use a wristband, he said he would be "steady", but he didn't know if it was feasible because a large number of people would be involved.

▼1.8 Several officials and legislators left the Penny Quarantine Center▼


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Kong Fanyi also said on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium Times" that the new measures are "steady", and the chances of a diagnosis after 14 days are very small.

He said that in the future, foreign defense imports can be considered to be changed to "14+7", which can solve the problem of insufficient quarantine measures in the long run.

Zeng Qiyin, co-chairman of the Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases of the Medical Association, said on the same program that the new measures are "stable" and do not think they will "leak" and have "caught" most of the patients.

However, he also said that home surveillance should be in line with other legal norms, that out-time should not be "too outrageous" and should have a specific scope.

In addition, the society is concerned about whether it is necessary to tighten the epidemic prevention measures under the current epidemic situation.

Kong Fanyi said that it depends on whether there will be more cases without source in the next few days. If there are more cases, it needs to be tightened, but there is no need to suspend classes for the time being.

Xu Shuchang also said that the current preventive measures are effective, and there has been no "sea-like" increase in cases, but it still depends on whether there will be more cases of unknown origin.

The Jockey Club confirms that three patients visited Happy Valley Million Wing on New Year's Day. Disinfection and suspension of classes | Kindergarten and primary school to suspend face-to-face classes on Friday. Omicron | North Point Securities Co., Ltd. accumulatively 3 new patients infected with the virus, living in Meifu Xincun without vaccination, SOGO, a saleswoman and her father suspected of being infected by Cathay Pacific Airways

Source: hk1

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