Government expert adviser and chair professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, Yuen Guoyong, said in an interview with the media today (24th) that most children should be vaccinated before the start of school, and that even if there were 0.01% (ie 5) deaths, it may sparked another public panic.
He also believes that as long as Hong Kong does its best to reduce the number of cases, there is no need to worry about the opening of the border with the Mainland.
Yuan Guoyong, a government expert adviser and chair professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, said most children should be vaccinated before school starts.
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Advocating to improve ventilation in nursing homes, international tourism should be relaxed under sufficient testing
Yuan Guoyong believes that the degree of relaxation of epidemic prevention and control measures should depend on the number and speed of vaccinations. If the elderly and children reach a high vaccination rate, there is no need to worry about relaxing prevention and control measures.
Yuen believes that most children should be vaccinated before school starts, because there are at least 500,000 primary and secondary school students in Hong Kong. If only 90% of them are vaccinated, there are still 50,000 people who have not been vaccinated. He also pointed out that even 0.01% (that is, 5 cases) The deaths could also spark another public panic.
As for residential care, he stressed the need to work hard to increase vaccination rates, ventilation and infection control measures in nursing homes before the sixth wave.
Yuan Guoyong also believes that international travel should be relaxed with sufficient testing, because when there are more than 10,000 confirmed cases in Hong Kong every day, the risk to international tourists to the local is very small.
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Vaccine passes should not be restricted to A&E departments
Regarding the government's requirement to implement the third "vaccine pass" one month earlier, Yuan Guoyong believes that the impact of the vaccine pass on the vaccination rate will not be obvious now, because many people have been infected, so he believes that three months later You can see the effect.
As for the scope of application of the "vaccine pass", Yuan Guoyong believes that people should not be restricted from going to the hospital's emergency room for treatment. However, public transport, schools, restaurants and other listed places should set up "vaccine passes".
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Minimize cases so you don't have to worry about customs clearance
Yuan Guoyong also pointed out that as long as Hong Kong does its best to reduce the number of cases, there is no need to worry about the opening of the border with the mainland, and reiterates that there should be no contradiction between dynamic clearing and coexistence with the virus. The clearing policy is to allow time for each compliance Anyone with the condition has the opportunity to be vaccinated.
He also pointed out that although many elderly people have missed the opportunity, they should still strive to do better before the sixth wave arrives before it is too late.
Young students 'pat and drag' injections and take selfies
In addition, the Hong Kong Mainland Youtang Vaccination Center has been operating for about a month.
Yuan Guoyong expressed the hope that people who come to get vaccinated can leave good memories of the vaccination center in the classical music and beautiful environment, instead of fear, worry and pain.
He also pointed out that he noticed that many young students were "patting and dragging" to get vaccinated. "Afterwards, we took selfies together in this beautiful and romantic Lu Youtang." He said that this is the place where Sun Yat-sen gave a speech in 1923. During World War II It was changed to a hospital and is now a vaccination center for Hong Kong people during the epidemic.
He also pointed out that the number of people vaccinated at the Lu Youtang Vaccination Center used to be as high as 1,700 people a day, but now it has dropped to only 400 people. The good news is that "the vaccine is waiting for people", but the bad news is that many people have been infected and have to wait. 3 months before the second or third dose of the vaccine is given.
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