Recently, news about "city closures" and "foot restrictions" have been flying all over the sky. Government officials said, "Foot restrictions are not ruled out." Citizens immediately went to supermarkets to buy food and daily necessities, and the market fell into a panic.
"Hong Kong 01" was the first to report the day before yesterday that the government initially planned to implement it from March 26 to April 3 for a period of 9 days, with a total of three tests and a limited 4-day confinement period.
However, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said in a meeting with reporters yesterday (2nd) that there will be no "foot-free" or "city closure" in the city, but there will be some degree of restrictions on going out to greatly reduce the flow of people.
As soon as Lam Cheng's words fell, many citizens thought that the government would turn the page again and would not issue a foot-stop order to cooperate with the nationwide compulsory inspection, and the looting of shopping resources would become "useless", but in fact what Lam was referring to would not be "comprehensive" Foot ban, in other words, citizens can still go out under certain circumstances.
It is understood that the government is still promoting the "small foot ban" plan, and it is studying to allow citizens to visit supermarkets, pharmacies and clinics within a limited time. It is not a complete ban on going out of the street.
▼On March 2, there was a panic buying trend in AEON Lantian branch▼
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During the 9-day testing period, there will be 4 days of "small foot restriction" to buy food and medicine
The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, said earlier that the government has not made a decision that there will be no foot ban during the compulsory nationwide testing. He pointed out that it is still under discussion. "Purchase" to store grain, there have been long queues in supermarkets for several days.
It is understood that the government is studying the details of the nationwide testing. The initial plan is to implement it from March 26 to April 3, with three tests within 9 days. It is also studying the implementation of a "small foot ban" on the first 4 days.
The so-called "small foot ban" refers to allowing the public to go out to buy designated items, such as food and medicine, the specific details are yet to be finalized.
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In fact, the government has also considered that it is not feasible to prevent citizens from going out for several days, so they are studying the relevant details and how to reduce the flow of people as much as possible.
When Lin Zhengyue received the first train of goods from the mainland to Hong Kong yesterday (2nd) in Luohu, she said: "In some places, it is not necessary to implement a city-wide 'foot ban' or 'closure', and Hong Kong will definitely not implement this. A certain degree of restriction on going out, so as to achieve the purpose of greatly reducing the flow of people, this has been done in the past, and I believe it will be implemented in the future in order to cooperate with the national testing.” She emphasized that all measures must take into account the actual situation of Hong Kong and the needs of the public.
As for the date of national testing, it was revealed that there were different opinions during the discussion. Experts from the Hong Kong government advocated that it should be postponed to mid-April, and it would be more efficient to do it when the epidemic has dropped from the peak, so as to isolate all hidden cases and "break the tail". , to achieve "dynamic clearing", but mainland experts hope that the sooner the better.
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From the government's standpoint, even if the forced inspection is carried out early, it may be "impossible", because a large number of isolation facilities need to be established, and a diversion method between entering isolation camps and staying at home to fight the epidemic needs to be established.
Lin Zhengyue also mentioned yesterday that in the face of tens of thousands of cases every day, it is impossible to remove everyone from their homes and place them in isolation facilities. How to divert the treatment depends on the physical condition of the confirmed patients, home environment, etc. .
Regarding the ability of citizens to go out to buy food, the establishment faction with knowledge of the situation revealed that the plan under the government's study is a "small foot ban", allowing each family to go out to the supermarket for shopping, or go to the pharmacy within one to two hours. , clinic to see a doctor.
The person stressed that the government is still discussing the details, and all plans have not yet been finalized.
▼On March 2, there was a panic buying trend in AEON Lantian branch▼
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Tian Beichenji: Those who have not given injections must enter the isolation facility as soon as possible
Tian Beichen, a member of the Legislative Council of the Roundtable on Actual Politics, said that he has repeatedly suggested that the "city closure" for the 9th to cooperate during the nationwide compulsory inspection, but allows citizens to go out under certain circumstances, such as buying food and seeing a doctor.
As for the implementation time, he said that from the perspective of citizens and operators, there have been tens of thousands of confirmed cases every day recently, coupled with the surge of panic buying, he believes that the mental health of Hong Kong people is already very poor, "many people are not going well", so personally Think the sooner the better.
For the nationwide testing that may find hundreds of thousands of confirmed patients, it is impossible to send all of them to the isolation facility. Tian Beichen pointed out that the government must set the order of entry into the isolation facility. If they are positive, they must be sent to an isolation facility. It is believed that this plan can also have the effect of "gut needle".
Tian Beichen suggested that the priority of use of the isolation center should be established, so that the most needy people can use it first.
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