Kwai Chung Village | Worrying about the blurring of the transmission chain, Leung Tsz-chao: Omicron may not happen in Hong Kong

Kwai Chung Village broke out, and the number of infected cases rose to more than 170 in 7 buildings.

Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao said today (24th) on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium" that quickly controlling the spread of the epidemic to the community is the top priority in the next week. 4 weeks, otherwise the virus will infiltrate the community, the transmission chain will become more and more blurred, and the tracking efficiency will become lower and lower. We call on the public to cooperate to prevent the epidemic from spreading.

▼1.23 Residents of Yat Kwai House and Ying Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village▼

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Liang Zichao appeals to residents of Kwai Chung Village to go to work after testing negative for 3 consecutive times

Leung Tsz-chao said that there was a spreading outbreak in Kwai Chung Village, which spread to the outside of the village, so the enclosure arrangement was necessary.

He believes that residents of the village should stay at home as much as possible, go out to buy necessities only when necessary, and go to work after at least three consecutive negative tests to avoid bringing the virus back to the workplace.

Don't imagine that it can coexist with the virus and reduce the contact density of citizens to 30% to help reduce the transmission rate by 90%

He pointed out that the disease caused by Omicron in foreign countries is not serious, and it comes and goes quickly, but stressed that herd immunity in relevant areas is caused by continuous economic damage and tens of thousands of lives. So don't imagine that it can coexist with the virus.

He believes that to control the epidemic, it is necessary to reduce the density of people's going out to 30%, which will help reduce the transmission rate by 90%.

Liang Zichao: If there is no significant drop in the number of confirmed cases in the next 2 to 3 days, you must be mentally prepared for evacuation and quarantine

He said that if the number of confirmed cases does not drop significantly in the next 2 or 3 days, residents must be psychologically prepared to leave the quarantine, or stay home as if they were in an isolation camp, so that the continuous transmission can be controlled in a short period of time.

For those who have tested and sampled people who are also infected, Liang Zichao believes that samplers have the risk of frequent exposure. Faced with the risk of airborne transmission, even if they wear N95 masks or have air leakage, the efficiency is only 90%. Therefore, they should be careful and accept frequent exposure during work. screening.

Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao.

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The next week will be critical as the virus infiltrates the community transmission chain will become more and more blurred

Liang Zichao also pointed out that the ability to quickly control the spread of the epidemic to the community in the next week is the top priority. It is hoped that the public should stay at home as much as possible, and the epidemic period is expected to be shortened to four weeks. If the virus infiltrates the community, the transmission chain will become more and more Fuzzy, tracking efficiency is getting lower and lower, citizens may experience anti-epidemic fatigue, I believe they can't last for 1 or 2 months.

He believes that companies should strongly urge employees to work from home where feasible, or arrange for half of their employees to return to their workplaces every day, or arrange flexible work, and remind the public to take out as much as possible when necessary.

He emphasized that this week, a large number of fires have spread out of the community, and he appealed to the public to stand together and not let the fire spread quickly.

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