The mainland announced today (7th) that it will relax its anti-epidemic measures. General places do not need to scan health codes and replace frequent nucleic acid tests with rapid antigen tests.
Jin Dongyan, a professor at the Department of Biochemistry of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, believes that the relaxation in the Mainland is appropriate. Hong Kong can also refer to the new approach in the Mainland and replace it with rapid testing. The implementation of the vaccination pass should be maintained until the three-shot vaccination rate of the elderly reaches more than 90%.
On April 25, 2022, staff were preparing for nucleic acid testing at a nucleic acid testing site in Wangjing, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
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Jin Dongyan said this afternoon that the past epidemic prevention measures in the Mainland, such as large-scale nucleic acid and small number of cases to block communities and even cities, are inefficient or even ineffective and high-cost methods, which are not suitable for the current development of the epidemic. He believes that this relaxation is appropriate .
Jin Dongyan: Abandon some high-cost and low-benefit practices
Looking at the situation in Hong Kong, Jin Dongyan pointed out that Hong Kong can refer to the new measures in the Mainland. For example, the Mainland is reducing the number of nucleic acid tests and replacing them with antigen and rapid tests. , replace nucleic acid with rapid test.
Hong Kong has the conditions to do more and give up some high-cost and low-benefit practices, including 0+0 and not doing it, always doing so much nucleic acid, and spending 8 billion on epidemic prevention will become 80 billion.
Jin Dongyan, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Insufficient immunization rates among the elderly, vaccines must be maintained
As for the vaccine passport, he believes that there are still 110,000 elderly people who have not been vaccinated. The number is worrying, and the death rate in Hong Kong is also hovering at a level. It is very important to encourage the elderly to get vaccinated. In the absence of other methods, the vaccine should be maintained Pass until the three-dose vaccination rate of the elderly reaches 90% or 95%.
Jin Dongyan, a professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong.
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Customs clearance is not determined by Hong Kong and still depends on the policies of the Mainland
Does this relaxation mean that customs clearance between the two places is in sight?
Jin said that customs clearance is not up to Hong Kong to decide, and still depends on the policies of the Mainland. However, if the Mainland wants to connect with the world again, the first step is to connect with Hong Kong first. Hong Kong can first make other arrangements, such as entry 0+0, etc.
I feel that the mainland's anti-virus and home isolation are all tightened in the direction of Hong Kong.
Jin Dongyan, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, HKU
It is expected that there is a high chance of a tsunami-style eruption in the mainland
However, he predicted that due to the large number of adults in the mainland, there is a greater chance of tsunami-like outbreaks in individual cities, similar to the fifth wave in Hong Kong.
He also said that the current prevention and control goals in the Mainland are not yet clear: "Is it the goal to reduce deaths and reduce severe illness? Should it only protect the elderly? Will it be so far that when the new crown catches a cold? The concept is not yet clear."
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Three keys to prevention and control: vaccines, oral medicines, and reverse isolation for the elderly
He said that there are three key points for the control of the epidemic in the Mainland. One is the vaccination situation, especially for the elderly. It is recommended that the more effective Fubitai vaccine should be introduced; Those in need; the third is to use the existing shelters for reverse isolation of the elderly to protect the elderly who have not been vaccinated and are at high risk.
Jin also added that the mainland has been used to strict control methods, and the most important thing is whether the relaxed supporting facilities can keep up, such as rapid test positive reports, etc., "it is a challenge."
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