Ho Pak-leung, director of the Centre for Infection and Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong, said today (5th) that imported cases account for a small proportion of confirmed cases. He believes that the sooner the quarantine restrictions are relaxed to "0+7", the better.
He also suggested that in order to encourage more seniors to get vaccinated, the government should promote the benefits of vaccines and increase incentives, such as providing additional consumer coupons to seniors who have received all three shots.
He: It is more risky to relax the import of new virus variants in winter
The government earlier announced to relax the entry quarantine for overseas arrivals to "3+4", that is, 3 days of hotel quarantine and 4 days of home quarantine. He Bailiang said in a radio program that since imported cases accounted for a small number of cases, the relaxation of the quarantine will not affect the local epidemic situation. "If Hong Kong relaxes after the summer, the interval between major outbreaks at the beginning of the year (epidemic) will be relatively short, and there will be more natural infections and vaccinated people, so the community's natural barrier against severe illness will be higher!" Therefore, he believes that the sooner It is better to relax to "0+7", otherwise the relaxation will be delayed until winter, and the risk of importing new variants of the virus will be greater.
Surveys have shown that after some elderly people were diagnosed with a rapid test, they were worried that they would have to isolate themselves from home and affect their daily life, but did not notify the government.
He Bailiang said that he understands that the elderly and their family members are worried that they will not be properly cared for in the isolation facility, but he emphasized that the isolation policy still has flexible solutions, and called on the elderly who have been diagnosed with rapid testing to take the initiative to notify the government. .
He also suggested that the government should strengthen the publicity of epidemic prevention knowledge for the elderly and encourage them to get vaccinated, such as micro-movies, and providing additional consumption coupons to the elderly who are willing to get vaccinated. It should be done immediately!"
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