The number of new coronavirus cases fell by at least 30,000 on Friday (11th), and there has been no geometric increase. The key in the short term is how to further reduce the number.
On the same day, Xia Baolong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council, presided over the eighth coordination meeting to support Hong Kong's anti-epidemic work in Beijing on Friday via video link. Some of the contents are worth mentioning.
It must be known that repeated epidemics are the norm, and a decline in a week or two does not mean that the epidemic will be under control.
As Xia Baolong pointed out, the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is still at a high stage, the situation is still severe and complex, and the epidemic prevention and control cannot be relaxed.
Xu Shuchang, an expert adviser to the government and a professor at CUHK, also said the next day that it was impossible to relax the epidemic prevention measures at present.
Neither anti-epidemic officials nor the public can take it lightly. Instead, they should be more cautious so as not to damage the downward trend.
Secondly, Xia Baolong borrowed the metaphor of "sticking acupuncture and moxibustion" to point out that the working methods should be more precise and in place.
This is actually similar to the "three reductions" proposed by Liang Wannian, an expert on mainland aid to Hong Kong, which is also aimed at targeting the most prominent problems.
As we all know, a major challenge in the fifth wave of the epidemic is the lack of protection for the elderly. Nearly 60% of the deaths came from residential care homes for the elderly.
However, the vaccination rate in residential homes has only reached half so far. The authorities must focus on increasing the number of outreach vaccine injections in residential homes in order to find the right medicine.
Make good use of resources
Solving problems undoubtedly requires human and material resources. In the past, government officials have repeatedly mentioned the difficulty of capacity resources.
However, not only did Vice-Premier Han Zheng recently mentioned that he "accepts all requests and orders" for Hong Kong, but Xia Baolong also said on Friday that General Secretary Xi Jinping of the Communist Party of China and other central leaders expressed concern about the epidemic in Hong Kong, and they would do their best to support Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic. Work.
At present, nearly 100 people from relevant ministries and commissions of the central government are concentrated in Shenzhen, and more than 160 people from Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City directly participate in the special class work.
It can be seen that Hong Kong not only needs to fight the epidemic by "sticking acupuncture and moxibustion", but also "borrowing needles" from the mainland as needed, making good use of the advantages of "one country, two systems".
Furthermore, Hong Kong society itself has strong capabilities and resources, and the focus is on whether it can be actively mobilized and properly deployed.
From the introduction of anti-epidemic taxis to private hospitals to assist in the treatment of mildly ill patients, we have seen the society gradually develop its strengths and contribute to it.
This is probably what Xia Baolong said "to further mobilize social forces to participate in the fight against the epidemic."
Finally, there is the dissemination of information.
Since the fifth wave of the epidemic, society has been in chaos, and information is even more chaotic.
Questions such as when there will be shortages of supplies, whether they will be "grounded", and whether businesses will close their doors are widely circulated. In panic, citizens will forward false information and rush to buy supplies, exacerbating panic.
A few days ago, the government finally set up a special press conference on the epidemic to directly respond to social questions and authoritatively release official information.
Compared with Xia Baolong's emphasis on "deeply exposing and criticizing all kinds of slanderous words and deeds", effective information dissemination is undoubtedly more active and important.
From the central government to the Hong Kong society, it has been repeatedly emphasized that the SAR government is the main body of the fight against the epidemic and must play a leading, coordinating and coordinating role.
As the saying goes, "a good start is half the battle". Now that the anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic work has taken shape, the geometric increase in new cases has temporarily stopped. Officials should grasp five key points to quell the new crown epidemic as soon as possible, so that people's lives can return to normal as soon as possible. - Merchants have businesses, employees have jobs, and students have school returns.
The fifth wave of the epidemic｜Increasing the vaccination rate in residential homes and properly implementing the fifth wave of “reverse isolation”