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Epidemic ︱ 3.5% of people are not afraid of a fine of 10,000 yuan and do not do forced inspections 10% do not answer the door and admit that it is difficult to fully cover the enclosure

2022-03-28T04:11:26.986Z


The government has enclosed many residential buildings that tested positive for sewage every day, and recently re-launched the announcement of mandatory testing, uncovering many invisible patients. Chief Executive Carrie Lam recalled today (28th) that those who do not comply with the requirements are forced to prosecute


The government has enclosed many residential buildings that tested positive for sewage every day, and recently re-launched the announcement of mandatory testing, uncovering many invisible patients.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam recalled today (28th) that although those who do not comply with the requirements will have to pay a fine of 10,000 yuan, but in the fifth wave of the siege operation, violators still account for 3.5%, and about 16,000 households are in There was no answer to the door during the operation, accounting for about 10% of the number of door-to-door shots. He admitted that it is difficult to achieve 100% comprehensive coverage for the mandatory inspection of the enclosure.


▼After the peak of the epidemic on March 27, the market flow increased on Sunday▼


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Carrie Lam said that the current daily nucleic acid test can reach 300,000 times, and the compulsory testing and testing actions include enclosed testing and compulsory testing announcements.

One out of four buildings in Kwong Fook Village, Tai Po was infected

She pointed out that the fifth wave has carried out 287 enclosed and forced inspections so far, that is, an average of 3 or 4 times a day, most of which can be completed within 24 hours, and the proportion of confirmed cases found in the past week has dropped to single digits.

Take Kwong Fook Village in Tai Po as an example. Last weekend, 4 buildings were closed for intensive inspection. During this period, 5,383 people were inspected, and 263 confirmed cases were found. The recruitment rate was 4.9%, which was a relatively low rate, but she pointed out that 1,149 residents said they had been diagnosed earlier and did not need to be re-tested (about 20%), so it is believed that 1/4 of the residents of the 4 buildings have been infected successively.

▼March 27th Tai Po Kwong Fook Village Enclosure Inspection▼


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A fine of 10,000 yuan still fails to comply

During the enforcement process, Lam Cheng said that during the fifth wave of siege, 2,800 residents, or 3.5% of the total, were not tested. Although violations of the rules required a fine of 10,000 yuan, there were still people who did not comply.

She also pointed out that even if government personnel came to the door and asked residents to go downstairs for testing, there were still 16,710 households who did not answer the door during the operation (accounting for 10.5% of the number of doors that were photographed), so she believed that it was difficult to achieve 100% comprehensive coverage for mandatory enclosure testing.

Still believe that forced testing is an effective tool

In terms of mandatory testing announcements, Lam pointed out that since the fifth wave, the Food and Health Bureau has issued announcements on 2,118 locations. After the re-launch earlier, it was found that the testing volume was stable and there was no sudden surge. About 80,000 tests were carried out every day. It is believed that The current detection capacity is sufficient to cope.

Taking March 25 as an example, it was found that preliminary positive cases accounted for 6.3%, so she believed it was still an effective tool.

Call on the public to take the initiative to report

As for the increasingly popular rapid antigen test, she also believes that it is a useful and popular screening tool. The result can be obtained within 20 minutes, and the government warehouse supplies 1 to 2 million packets per day.

She revealed that 70 million sets of rapid test kits have been reserved for the distribution of anti-epidemic kits to all households in Hong Kong in the future. She appealed to the public to use more and take the initiative to report so that the Centre for Health Protection can grasp the confirmed situation and provide appropriate isolation and treatment.

▼On March 25, the government announced that it will distribute epidemic prevention service packages to citizens in early April▼


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From Tuesday, a quick test must be taken before boarding the plane to fly to the mainland Lam Cheng: It is the responsibility of the country to prevent the "bed and others" in the isolation facility for exporting cases. Carrie Lam of Japan: The imported cases are controllable and the tolerance of the citizens must be considered home injection

Source: hk1

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