The number of confirmed cases in the fifth wave is high, and many close contacts have been quarantined at home, reducing the demand for quarantine facilities. The utilization rate of hotels and centers originally provided by the government to these people is very low. According to recent data, 5 There are a total of 639 usable units in the quarantine facilities. The number of occupants on Tuesday (16th) was only 8, and almost all facilities were vacant. Yesterday (17th) at 12 noon, the number of occupants increased slightly to 14 people, but the government still More than 100,000 yuan of rent per day must be paid for each hotel.
Experts believe that the government can first convert vacant quarantine facilities into isolation camps, or convert them into dormitories for medical staff after the epidemic has stabilized.
"Hong Kong 01" is making enquiries with the Department of Health on the vacancy of quarantine facilities.
The hotel is unoccupied and the government pays more than 100,000 rent per day
According to the "Seventh Round of Designated Quarantine Hotels List" issued by the government, the Grand Metropolis Hotel has a total capacity of 214, and the nightly room rate (including three meals and all expenses) is at least RMB 560, and the total amount exceeds RMB 119,840; Hong Kong Far East The total capacity of Silka Hotel is 240, and the nightly room rate (including three meals and all expenses) is at least 580 yuan, and the total amount exceeds 139,200 yuan.
Facility vacancy rate over 90%
On Tuesday (16th), the number of occupants in the quarantine facility was as low as 8. Only the Junior Police Call Permanent Activity Centre and Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre had 6 and 2 occupants respectively, and almost all of them were empty.
Until 12 noon yesterday (17th), the quarantine facilities had changed from the original five to four. Among them, the Cosmo Hotel Hong Kong suddenly "disappeared". The remaining facilities are currently only occupied by 14 people, and the vacancy rate is still over 90%.
The number of rooms rented in many hotels is zero
The Grand Metropolis Hotel has 137 ready-to-use quarantine units, with zero in use; the Silka Far East Hotel has 212 ready-to-use quarantine units, with zero use; the Juvenile Police Call Permanent Activity Center has immediate use There are 113 quarantine units with 5 people in use; there are 75 quarantine units available for immediate use at Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Center with 9 people in use.
Quarantine facility occupancy for the past 3 days.
Reduced demand for home quarantine facilities
Au Ka-wing, chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said at a press conference on the epidemic that due to the severity of the epidemic, close contacts at home will be quarantined at home, resulting in a reduction in the current demand for quarantine facilities, and will continue to pay attention to the use of quarantine centres rate and consider converting quarantine facilities to isolation facilities.
Can be converted to isolation camps or dormitories for medical staff
Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao believes that the first step is to convert the quarantine hotels and centers into isolation camps to solve the current shortage of isolation facilities.
When other isolation facilities are completed, they will be able to cope with a large number of confirmed cases, and when the epidemic situation tends to stabilize, the quarantine facilities can also be converted into dormitories for medical and nursing staff.
Converting to dormitory allows employees to move in voluntarily
Leung pointed out that there is currently a serious shortage of manpower to fight the epidemic in Hong Kong, which he described as a "big gap".
He believes that the government needs to speed up the recruitment of nursing staff to cope with the large number of confirmed patients. Therefore, after the quarantine facility is converted into a staff dormitory, the government can arrange "voluntary accommodation" to provide employees with peace of mind and protection.
Not only can it reduce the risk of infecting family members after the unfortunate infection of high-risk workers, it can also further increase the willingness to recruit locally.
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