The fifth wave of the epidemic is out of control, with more than 50,000 confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (3rd). It is understood that the government plans to implement compulsory testing for all people by the end of this month, and will implement a partial "foot-stop order".
Yuan Guoyong, a government expert advisor and chair professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, said today (3rd) that he is worried that the epidemic will continue to run rampant until all Hong Kong people are diagnosed, "the epidemic can be brought back to the ground, and there will continue to be cases horizontally along the way, until the population of tens of millions of people. If they are all infected, they will stop first.”
Yuan also pointed out that the situation in Hong Kong is different from that of the mainland, there is no health code and a complete facial recognition system, etc., and the isolation facilities are insufficient. Hong Kong does not have all of it, Hong Kong has to find its own way out, and then decide what Hong Kong will do and when is the best time to do it.”
▼On March 3rd, Yuan Guoyong, an expert from the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, visited Xinwanfu Nursing Home in Xihuan▼
Yuan Guoyong met with the media after visiting a nursing home to vaccinate the elderly today, and was asked if the epidemic had peaked.
He emphasized, "It's not about worrying about whether it will go up or not. It's because it (the epidemic) will fall and return after it reaches the top. He can go back and forth, and there will continue to be cases along the way until tens of thousands of people are infected. Stop it." He pointed out that the continued high number of confirmed cases will affect the time for the most effective implementation of universal testing and reduce the effectiveness of building sewage testing.
Yuan: There are health codes, surveillance cameras, and street housing organizations in the mainland
Yuan believes that the implementation of nationwide testing in the mainland is indeed effective and can eliminate cases.
However, he believes that the situation in Hong Kong is different from that of the mainland. The mainland has a health code, a complete facial recognition system and monitors, and every housing estate and street has an organization to track patients.
"Hong Kong doesn't have everything. Hong Kong has to find its own way out, and then decide what Hong Kong will do and when is the best time to do it."
▼The construction site of Kai Tak isolation facility on March 3▼
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Worry about the lack of isolation facilities, which will reduce the effect of national testing
Yuan Xu pointed out that if the nationwide testing is implemented under the conditions of insufficient isolation facilities, the effect will be quite low.
For example, he pointed out that the government needs to consider how to support people living alone, and it also needs to solve the problems of patient follow-up or taking medicines. It can only be implemented after all the supporting facilities are perfected. I believe that the CHP is making intensive preparations.
He also suggested that social distancing measures should continue to be strengthened until the number of confirmed cases has decreased or dropped to hundreds, and the isolation measures can receive all patients and close contacts, which will be most helpful at that time.
"There are 50,000 cases every day. If I go to the public for testing, I can see that it is not very helpful. When it falls to a few hundred cases, it may be helpful."
Yuen Guoyong estimates that only 20 to 30% of the residents in Hong Kong's institutions are free of the infection. The time for injections has passed, and the mortality rate is high. Spread Yuan Guoyong's apology, saying that there is a problem with non-accusation teaching Yuan Guoyong pointed out that human resources are unable to respond to the epidemic, and called for vacating the Penny's Bay to isolate the uninjected elderly