There is another bar outbreak in Central. "LINQ" bar has temporarily accumulated 18 people "successfully recruited", becoming the third outbreak bar in Central within a week. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced on Tuesday (May 31) that due to the outbreak of the bar, it may not The third phase of social distancing measures will be relaxed at the end of next month as scheduled.
Some infectious disease specialists believe that there is a risk of infection as long as activities involving removing masks are now involved. There were outbreaks in restaurants earlier, so bars should not be individually labeled as "high-risk places", but instead should be investigated why all the bars with outbreaks are concentrated. In the Lan Kwai Fong area, "𠵱 family really happens one after another in a certain area." He worries that there is an invisible transmission chain in this area, but there is no reason to ban bars from operating across the board.
Some experts also pointed out that if bar business restrictions are to be tightened again or even closed, it is necessary to tighten all social distancing measures and entry quarantine measures in disguise to be effective, otherwise it will not be "zeroed".
▼On May 28, the Zentral Bar on D'Aguilar Street, Central, broke out▼
Zeng Qiyin, co-chairman of the Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases of the Medical Association, believes that as long as the mask is removed, there is a risk of infection. There were outbreaks in restaurants earlier, and bars should not be labelled excessively. "Low face masks", he believes, depends on the findings of the CHP's investigation, including whether there are violations in bars, or whether environmental samples show signs of transmission.
▼On May 29, the Department of Health announced the outbreak of the Central Bar The Iron Fairies & Co▼
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He specifically mentioned that the three recent outbreak bars were all concentrated in the Lan Kwai Fong area. He described the situation as unsatisfactory. "There are bars in all of Hong Kong. Is the solution to the rest concentrated in Lan Kwai Fong and Central?" He believes that the government should investigate. Whether there is an invisible chain of transmission or environmental pollution in the Central area, it has even become an epidemic area, rather than a one-size-fits-all requirement for the closure of all bars in Hong Kong.
He also emphasized that the government has no scientific justification for banning bars. "It's really happened one after another in a certain area." Zeng Qiyin continued to point out that the current three shots of the vaccine cannot prevent mild to moderate symptoms. If the disease cannot be prevented, then the microphone must be latched?"
Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao also believes that in the second phase of social distancing measures relaxed in the middle of last month, the business restrictions of bars are still not loose, but the government has not strictly regulated it, and it will take more than a week to intervene after the outbreak. According to the investigation, guests will go to different bars for recreation, so that the virus spreads for two or three generations.
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He believes that at this stage, it is only necessary to closely monitor the development of the current cluster and speed up the intervention when new infection clusters appear, so as to cut off the transmission chain as soon as possible and slow down the spread of the epidemic.
Liang Zichao also pointed out that if we want to tighten bar business restrictions again, or even order bars to close, the gains will outweigh the gains, because all social distancing measures must be tightened at the same time, and even the recently relaxed entry quarantine policy, otherwise the government will not be able to fully "clear" , In this case, if the bar wants to close, it is actually difficult to resume business conditionally in the future.
▼On May 28, the outbreak of the Zentral bar in Central will not happen next week▼
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Another bar group was infected with LINQ. 18 people were infected. One patient visited four housing estates including Kornhill Garden and Tai Wai Hin Keng Village in The Iron Fairies. No serious impact seen, close attention to hospital admissions
