The Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, said recently that after comparing the proportion of positive tests in the local community and those of inbound tourists, it was found that the risk of the latter was three times higher, and that the current situation in Hong Kong was not suitable for relaxation to "0+0".
Leung Pak-yin, the former chief executive of the Hospital Authority, retorted today (28th) without naming names, saying that the mixed herd immunity barrier in Hong Kong has been consolidated, and the input figures are not an important monitoring indicator. limited impact.
Leung Pak-yin said, "If the medical system is not burdened, and the virus does not harm mutation, the vaccine passport should be used well, and entry quarantine restrictions should be relaxed to 0+0 as soon as possible."
"0+3" will be implemented this Monday (26th), Lu Chongmao said in an interview on Sunday (25th) that the current rate of positive tests in Hong Kong communities is about 1%, and the rate of inbound tourists is about 3%, describing the risk as high 3 times, and paying attention to many new variants of viruses in foreign countries, I believe that "0+3" is the best solution to balance the risk of anti-epidemic and economic momentum.
Leung Pak-hsien wrote an article this morning (28th) to refute, pointing out that as the number of local confirmed cases gradually declines, the proportion of imported cases will naturally increase.
He believes that it is particularly important to analyze the clinical data of imported cases in detail. He believes that most of the imported cases are asymptomatic or mild, and rarely require hospitalization.
Leung warned earlier that "0+3" restricts the freedom of travel for short-distance travelers and reduces the attractiveness of coming to Hong Kong. On the contrary, Hong Kong people are prone to retaliatory outbound tourism, and fewer citizens stay in Hong Kong for consumption, and retail and restaurants may "worse worse" .
Liang Lu opened fire in the air earlier, criticizing each other for dragging their legs and eating peanuts
It is not the first time that Leung Pak-hsien has questioned the government's interpretation of the data. In the middle of this month, Chief Executive Li Jiachao urged the society to step up epidemic prevention because the death rate of the fifth wave of the epidemic was six times that of the flu.
Liang later questioned that the latest COVID-19 death rate should only cover the data from May to the present to reflect the actual situation, and the death rate calculated on this basis is similar to that of influenza.
Lu Chongmao immediately wrote an article to refute, criticizing Liang Blind for touching an elephant and "ignoring the misfortune of thousands of new crown deceased".
Leung Pak-hsien later countered, saying that customs clearance was the will of the people, without naming him, criticized "some people are still holding back the return to normal", and satirized Lu "if it wasn't for the misjudgment of the epidemic, it is unknown whether there are other purposes."
Lu Chongmao immediately responded that some people do not understand the pressure of front-line medical care and only care about "eating peanuts".
Huang Jielong: 0+3 is the darkness before dawn, hope to relax to 0+0 in one or two weeks entry quarantine The airport recorded 4,527 arrivals at the airport in Japan, an increase of 16.4% week-on-week, and visitors from other places fell by 8.3%.