Recently, there have been a number of cases of unknown origin in Hong Kong. The community suspects that an invisible chain of transmission has emerged. This raises concerns about whether the government will implement a "vaccine bubble" earlier on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year (February 4), and reopen listed premises and dine-in restaurants in the evening.
Lam Shun-chao, a member of the election committee and an ophthalmologist, believes that there is a great chance of delaying the reopening of listed premises and dine-in in the evening market. He is also not optimistic about customs clearance, and believes that three conditions must be met before customs clearance.
Zhang Zhujun: Hong Kong's epidemic "begins very severe"
The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, said in a TV program earlier that the Omicron variant virus is highly transmissible, and he does not want the epidemic prevention and control measures to be "retracted". For the sake of prudence, the measures will be extended until the third day of the Lunar New Year. That is, it can be gradually lifted as soon as the fourth day of the new year.
Chen Zhaoshi said whether it is possible to relax the business restrictions on restaurants and listed premises on the basis of the "vaccine bubble" on the fourth day of the new year. She said that the priority is to reopen dine-in restaurants in the evening market, emphasizing that gradual relaxation is a more prudent approach.
However, there are still cases of community transmission of the Omicron variant virus in the past few days. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, also stated yesterday (19th) that the epidemic situation in Hong Kong "started very serious", describing the current transmission chain as "several hot spots". head".
The epidemic has not calmed down for a long time, and it is only 15 days from the fourth day of the new year. It is still unknown whether the dine-in in the evening market can be reopened.
Lin Shunchao said that only by strengthening tracking, national testing and injections can customs clearance be expected
Lam Shun-chao said that Omicron is highly infectious through the air. If there are more cases of unknown origin, the local epidemic may break out in geometric progression.
He believes that there may not be a chance to reopen the listed premises ordered to close earlier in February, and the situation of customs clearance with the mainland is not optimistic.
He said that at present, "Safe Travel" does not have a tracking function. The authorities have to rely on Octopus, credit cards and CCTV records to successfully trace close contacts, which is slow.
He believes that the government needs to strengthen the tracking ability, increase the vaccination rate to 85% or above, and test the whole people, and then the three-pronged approach is expected to pass the customs.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, described the current chain of transmission with "several sparks".
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Mai Meijuan said that the epidemic reflected that there were loopholes in foreign defense and advocated nationwide testing
Mak Meijuan, a member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, pointed out that she hopes to reopen listed premises and dine-in restaurants as soon as possible.
She pointed out that the fifth wave of the epidemic reflects that there are loopholes in Hong Kong's foreign defense imports, but the customs clearance work with the mainland has been in preparation for a long time.
She urged the government to carry out universal testing, but at present, Hong Kong does not have enough manpower to carry out universal testing, and it is expected that the state will need assistance.
She also suggested that the government increase the number of vaccinations to meet the demand.
Chen Manqi, a member of the election committee, believes that the most important thing at present is to cut off the invisible chain of transmission. Due to the repeated epidemics, if the premises cannot be reopened on the fourth day of the new year, the public is not happy, but it is also necessary to "bear the pain". I am disappointed to be able to clear customs with the mainland, and I think that all sectors of society should stick to their posts and do a good job in epidemic prevention.
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