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Class Suspension|News: All secondary schools in Hong Kong suspend face-to-face teaching from 1.24 Liang Zichao: Students do not need to walk around

2022-01-20T04:25:23.068Z


The Omicron variant of the new coronavirus continues to spread, with an increase in cases of unknown origin, and the epidemic has reached many schools. Sources said that following the announcement of the suspension of kindergartens and primary schools earlier, the government is studying whether to suspend classes in secondary schools, so that middle school students will be able to suspend classes earlier.


The Omicron variant of the new coronavirus continues to spread, with an increase in cases of unknown origin, and the epidemic has reached many schools.

According to sources, following the announcement of the suspension of kindergartens and primary schools earlier, the government is studying whether to suspend classes in middle schools and allow middle school students to take the Lunar New Year holiday earlier.


Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao said today (20th) on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" that many epidemic prevention measures are "lost at the start", suggesting that the authorities should completely stop face-to-face courses in schools, and encourage working from home to reduce the flow of people in the market. Only by reducing it by less than half can it help to reduce the speed of transmission.


Suspension of classes | The epidemic has entered the middle school and the academic community tends to maintain face-to-face teaching, and some schools have full-time classes instead of half-day classes

Transmission cluster of Omicron BA.2 subtype induced by women of Pakistani descent.

Liang Zichao described that many anti-epidemic measures are "lost at the start". The suspension of kindergartens and primary schools earlier announced should also apply to middle schools. He explained that Omicron and Delta can cause large outbreaks, and existing anti-epidemic measures can only block droplets, Contact transmission, but very limited for short-distance airborne transmission.

He pointed out that more than one school is currently experiencing a spreading outbreak. Schools, families, religions, social activities, etc. are all prone to transmission networks, so that the epidemic can spread rapidly. Can’t catch up”, otherwise the school will have a chain outbreak.

One of the cases of unknown origin involved a female kindergarten teacher at Quarry Bay School of Education in Mei Foo Sun Chuen.

Liang Zichao pointed out that the existing social distancing measures are not thorough enough, and the number of people in the market has only been reduced by 30%. In addition, the symptoms after vaccination are mild. If there is no comprehensive control as in the mainland, invisible cases will be detected through continuous investigation, and when the public has mild symptoms, or Considering the cost of time and money, I may not be willing to see a doctor. I think the government should encourage people with symptoms and risk factors to get a deep throat saliva sample collection kit to identify people with hidden symptoms as soon as possible.

He suggested that the authorities should completely stop face-to-face classes and switch to online classes, so that students have no time to "walk around", and encourage working from home to reduce the flow of people in the market by half or less, thereby reducing the speed of transmission.

▼1.18 Yuan Guoyong and the Department of Health went to Dongmanlou, Dakengdong Village to investigate vertical transmission▼


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In addition, a 17-year-old male student in Chuyang tested positive for L452R (i.e. suspected of Delta), which is also a case of unknown origin. He has never been to Little Boss, a pet store where a clerk infected with Delta, and he has never been in contact with hamsters.

Liang Zichao believes that the case data is related to the hamster group, or when the infected shop staff is sick and the virus is at its highest, it is spread by contacting a large number of customers. He believes that more than 100 customers who have been in contact with the staff should be identified as soon as possible to find out whether there is invisible transmission; However, there is also a chance that hamsters are infected on the farm or during transportation, and continuous transmission occurs in a dense environment, thus causing environmental pollution in the warehouse.

He pointed out that pet owners should hand over the batch of hamsters involved for testing as soon as possible. If there is another positive case, the owner's family will be subject to quarantine, but even if it is negative, it does not mean that it is not in the incubation period or there is no intermittent discharge. Not completely safe and must be destroyed humanely.

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Source: hk1

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