Rumors in the political circle | Long queues at customs clearance ports cause Wei Yan to see whether the quarantine on arrival in Hong Kong can be shortened

With the new government coming into power, the public is concerned about the changes in the epidemic prevention measures and whether there is progress in customs clearance with the mainland and the international community.

Yesterday (8th) Shenzhen eased the quarantine quota to 2,000, but there were long queues at the Hong Kong gate all day. It is reported that the relevant parties have a little comment on this, and believe that the Hong Kong government has not cooperated well.

On the other hand, the government is studying to relax the quarantine period for visitors to Hong Kong, and there is a greater chance of a "5+2" plan, that is, a 5-day quarantine in hotels and a two-day home quarantine.

The Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, attended the Legislative Council and the "430 Press Conference" for the first time yesterday. Although he emphasized that no relevant arrangements have been made, he revealed which key figures the government is paying close attention to.

It is not ideal for people passing through the border to wait for about 4 hours outdoors in the hot weather

The Li Jiachao government took office for a week and adjusted the anti-epidemic measures, including the "circuit breaker mechanism" that immediately suspends flights from Thursday (7th), which is generally praised by the community.

Another welcome measure is the relaxation of the daily customs clearance and quarantine quota from 1,300 to 2,000 by the relevant authorities in Shenzhen after the new Hong Kong government came to power.

However, the new measures were implemented yesterday (8th), and citizens had to queue for nearly 4 hours in a hot environment to complete customs clearance and quarantine procedures. .

Customs clearance is the "top priority" in the minds of some citizens. Some lawmakers visited the scene yesterday morning and "witnessed" the long queues.

Leung Hee, a member of the DAB Legislative Council, visited the scene yesterday. People in line told them that it would take an average of 1 to 1.5 hours to complete the nucleic acid test, and then wait 3 hours to receive the results. After waiting for a total of 4 hours, if the result is "uncertain" ', we have to start over from the beginning.

Yesterday, the sun was shining in Hong Kong, and the temperature exceeded 33 degrees. People in large queues waited outside the port for 4 hours. It was indeed "difficult" to complain.

Liang Xi also suggested opening nearby venues to allow them to wait indoors. He also pointed out that because currently only appointments can be made on a designated date and there is no designated time, citizens tend to arrive in the morning, while the flow of people in the afternoon is obviously sparse.

Members recommend "5+2" or "3+4" for quarantine on arrival in Hong Kong

To gradually relax customs clearance with the mainland, every step of the details must be cautious, neither increasing the risk of transmission, nor too disturbing the people.

On the other hand, as with international customs clearance, there are also a lot of details to be taken into account. The political circles have recently paid attention to the number of quarantine hotel rooms and proposed to reduce the number of hotel quarantine days.

The DAB suggested yesterday to implement the "5+2" quarantine arrangement for those arriving in Hong Kong as soon as possible; Tian Beichen, a member of the Legislative Council of the Real Politics Roundtable, believes that "3+4" is more appropriate.

Research on reducing quarantine days, Lu Chongmao pays attention to data

The government suspended the flight "circuit breaker" on Thursday. Some citizens misunderstood that it was relaxing entry restrictions. Newly appointed Lu Chongmao "walked twice" yesterday, explaining the policy at the Legislative Council and at the "430 Press Conference".

In the face of the "5+2" and "3+4" demands of MPs, Lu Chongmao said that the government has not proposed a "5+2" plan. As for "3+4" and whether "0+7" (that is, 7 days Home isolation), he said that all suggestions can be considered, but there must be sufficient evidence to support, if rashly implemented, it may worsen the epidemic.

If you pay close attention, you will find that when the government talks about the isolation and quarantine policy, it has repeatedly stated that it needs data to support it.

For example, at the Legislative Council Chief Executive's Q&A meeting on July 6, Chief Executive Li Jiachao also pointed out that the principle of reducing inconvenience has been based on data analysis, and asked Lu Chongmao to study the shortening of the number of quarantine days under the stabilization and control of the epidemic, but emphasized that Deal with it step by step.

On the 5th day, the test screened out 95% of the cases. Lu stressed the need for precision

Li Jiachao did not make it clear at the time what data he was looking at by "analyzing by data", but Lu Chongmao revealed a point at the Legislative Council yesterday.

He said that at present, about 60% of imported cases have been detected by nucleic acid tests upon arrival at the airport, and the nucleic acid test on the fifth day of hotel quarantine has pushed the detection rate to 95%.

He further stated at the "430 Press Conference" that currently imported cases from overseas account for about 2%, that is, an average of 200 people are infected for every 10,000 people entering the country. Therefore, it is necessary to accurately identify these 200 infected people, so that the remaining 9,800 people do not need to grow time isolation.

As can be seen from the two figures, the government is closely watching the effectiveness of hotel testing to identify patients.

The government has added that visitors to Hong Kong need to undergo one more nucleic acid test on the third day, and three nucleic acid tests have been done in the first five days of arrival in Hong Kong. If the relevant data is satisfactory, it is believed to be a major reason for reducing the number of quarantine days.

In fact, strengthening nucleic acid testing and improving the sensitivity of testing has become an important means for the new government to deal with the epidemic. If the quarantine days for visitors to Hong Kong are relaxed in the future, nucleic acid will become more regular.

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