Epidemic ｜ Hong Kong's new direction advocates mandatory national testing, saying that there is no need to limit

Hong Kong recorded 351 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia today (5th), many locations have to be closed for testing, and testing stations are full of citizens for mandatory testing throughout the day, the epidemic situation has obviously become more serious.

The new direction of Hong Kong stated that the most effective means to block the spread is to quickly and mandatory nationwide testing, and at the same time, it believes that there is no need to limit the number of people.

As soon as the news of the outbreak in Yuen Long Plaza came out, a large number of citizens immediately went to the testing center to queue for samples.

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The new direction of Hong Kong said that the scientific community generally believes that Omicron is highly infectious, and its severe disease and mortality are also higher than those of influenza.

The party pointed out that Hong Kong's living environment is highly dense, its aging population structure, relatively insufficient critical medical resources, and a low vaccination rate, so Hong Kong does not currently have the conditions to coexist with the virus.

With the increasing number of cases of unknown origin, Hong Kong's new direction believes that the most effective means to stop the spread is the rapid and mandatory universal testing.

They pointed out that if a mixed test method is used, with the testing capacity and speed that Hong Kong can achieve by itself, and with the support of Guangdong, they believe that it can be completed in 3 to 5 days.

The party also stated that national testing does not mean grounding. If the national sampling can be completed quickly, the results can be obtained in a short time, and with appropriate social distancing measures, they believe that hidden cases can be extracted before the transmission chain spreads further. After one to three rounds of testing, Citizens in non-risk areas can be determined to be basically free from risk.

The new direction of Hong Kong proposes to centralize the "Safe Travel" data and expand the "Vaccine Pass" to strengthen the case tracking ability. The Mainland practice can also be considered to distinguish citizens who need to undergo compulsory inspection or isolation by color, so as to reduce the number of cases entering the community. risks of.

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