The bar was allowed to reopen shortly after the outbreak. Two bars in Lan Kwai Fong, Central, temporarily recorded 26 customers with confirmed cases. About 700 people visited on the night of the outbreak, and some customers took off their masks and danced.
He Bailiang, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong, pointed out in an interview on the commercial platform "Sunny Day Departure" that the two bars may have the opportunity to violate the regulations. He believes that the industry should take the initiative to suggest feasible management plans to the government, including how to effectively manage the number of visitors. And regulate the wearing of masks and the distance between people in the venue.
However, he pointed out that the current epidemic situation is still stable and declining gradually. If the daily new cases remain at 200 to 300 and the patients are mostly mild, there is no need to tighten the current social distancing measures.
However, he reiterated that if the violations of catering or listed premises are "too outrageous", it will be difficult for the Hong Kong government not to enforce the law.
▼On May 29, the Department of Health announced the outbreak of the Central Bar The Iron Fairies & Co▼
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Two bars in Lan Kwai Fong, The Iron Fairies and Zentra, in Central, broke out successively. Ho Pak Leung said that there were about 20 people infected with the virus in the bar group in Central, where the outbreak occurred recently. Most of them were young people. , or someone has already received three injections, thinking that the chance of serious illness is very small, but it is necessary to observe whether it will cause large-scale transmission and implicate other unvaccinated people or the elderly.
He continued to point out that the industry should take the initiative to suggest feasible management plans to the government based on the capacity restrictions of premises and the situation of wearing masks in venues. There are about 700 people entering the two bars due to the epidemic, and there may be opportunities to violate the regulations. The industry can propose to the Hong Kong government how to effectively manage the number of admissions and make the capacity compliant; also pay attention to the fact that guests wear masks in the venue.
He Bailiang said that it is currently required to wear a mask when leaving the table or seat. In addition, if there are hundreds of guests in the venue and the distance between people is close, "if an infected person enters, there will be an outbreak." He believes that the industry needs to Discuss possible options with the Hong Kong government.
Ho Pak Leung, director of the Centre for Infection and Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong.
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As for whether it is necessary to tighten the epidemic prevention restrictions again, he believes that the current epidemic situation is still stable, and it is going down. If the daily new cases remain at 200 to 300, and most of the patients have mild symptoms, they can continue to be regulated. Under the premise of maintaining the existing measures, there is no need to tighten them, but he mentioned that if the violations of catering or listed premises are "too outrageous", the Hong Kong government will have difficulty not enforcing the law.
▼On May 28, the Zentral Bar on D'Aguilar Street, Central, broke out ▼
▼After the outbreak of the Zentral bar in Central on May 28, the weekend situation in Lan Kwai Fong▼
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The Hong Kong government announced the details of the fine-tuning of the flight circuit breaker mechanism yesterday. He Bailiang said that at present, there are about 30 imported cases per day, which accounts for a small proportion of daily new cases. He also pointed out that after social distancing measures and entry restrictions were lifted in many parts of the world, there have been no major outbreaks. It is believed that it is possible to grasp the current decline in global cases, suspend the circuit breaker mechanism, and cooperate with the encouragement of vaccination measures. It is estimated that it will not have a great impact on the epidemic in Hong Kong.
As for the number of nucleic acid tests for encrypted arrivals to Hong Kong, He Bailiang estimates that it may be related to the Hong Kong government's unwillingness to suspend the positive cases found in the community after completing the entry quarantine before July 1.
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