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Relaxation of epidemic prevention|Withdrawal of vaccines, restrictions on gatherings, and forced inspections What are netizens most concerned about? the most worrying thing

2022-12-28T09:38:58.151Z


Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao held a press conference today (28th) of the "Guidance and Coordination Group for Epidemic Response", announcing the relaxation of a series of epidemic prevention measures, including the cancellation of vaccine passes, the cancellation of quarantine orders for close contacts, and the cancellation of compulsory entry.


Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao held a press conference today (28th) of the "Guidance and Coordination Group for Epidemic Response", announcing the relaxation of a series of anti-epidemic measures, including canceling vaccine passes, canceling quarantine orders for close contacts, canceling mandatory nucleic acid testing for entry, and canceling all social distancing measures , effective tomorrow (29th).

In addition, the announcement of the mandatory testing of the building will be stopped immediately, but the mask order, the isolation of confirmed cases, and the requirements for rapid testing in schools are still maintained.


This is the biggest adjustment to the epidemic prevention measures since the epidemic. Which measure is the most concerned about by the Internet?

Why are some netizens worried about the relaxation?


The news of the further relaxation of measures came out around 1:00 this afternoon, and the search volume for "vaccine" first soared. After the press conference started at 3:30 pm, the search volume for "quarantine" and "testing" also increased.

Among the various measures, the Internet paid the most attention to the requirements related to "vaccine", and "vaccine passport" even topped the list of hot searches today.

Google Hong Kong's top searches on December 28, 2022, retrieved at 4:00 pm that day.

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The anti-epidemic measures have been maintained for nearly three years, and many netizens welcome them. However, some people have rational discussions, thinking that the recent daily confirmed cases are about 20,000. Increasing the burden on the medical system is also concerned about the increase in the number of severe illnesses or deaths among high-risk groups such as the elderly.

Regarding the abolition of mandatory nucleic acid testing for entry, and instead issuing health advice to people entering the country to quickly test themselves for up to 5 days, some netizens believe that this requirement is useless, because not everyone will be self-disciplined.

Some people hope that the mask order can also be revoked as soon as possible, and the Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, reiterated at the press conference that since Hong Kong is in the peak period of respiratory infections, the mask order must be maintained in order to avoid the double attack of the new crown and winter flu. .

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Source: hk1

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