Most of the anti-epidemic measures such as the vaccine pass will be canceled today (28th). Ho Pak-liang, director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong, made it clear in a radio program today that he does not agree with the cancellation of the vaccine pass at this stage in Hong Kong. The elderly who have not been vaccinated will increase the risk of severe illness and death if they are infected.
Customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland is imminent, and he believes that mainland visitors to Hong Kong should be vaccinated for three shots before entering the country.
As for the epidemic situation in the mainland, He Boliang pointed out that according to the genetic analysis of the virus strains submitted by mainland experts to the global influenza sharing database GISAID, the prevailing virus strains in the country are BF.7 and BA.5.2, both of which are Omicron subfamily strains.
He said that Hong Kong is an international city, and he believes that after customs clearance, Hong Kong can analyze the virus strains of different imported cases and track down which virus strains are circulating in different places.
▼The status of restaurants on the first day of the cancellation of the vaccine pass on December 29▼
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Ho Pak Leung said in a radio program today that it will be a matter of time before the Vaccine Pass is cancelled, but he disagrees with the cancellation of the Vaccine Pass at this stage in Hong Kong.
He pointed out that it is winter and before the new year, there will be a large number of elderly people who have not been vaccinated to eat out, and once infected, the risk of severe illness and death will increase.
He added that it is a wrong time to cancel the vaccination pass. The most serious cases of the Hospital Authority are the elderly who have received three injections but have not received supplementary injections after the expiration date; the second is the elderly who have not received a single injection.
▼On December 28, the government announced the cancellation of the vaccine pass▼
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It is recommended that mainlanders must have received three doses of vaccines before entering Hong Kong
As for customs clearance with the Mainland, Ho Pak Leung believes that it should be stipulated that people arriving from the Mainland must be vaccinated for three shots before they can come to Hong Kong, otherwise many people will come to Hong Kong to receive the Fubitai vaccine.
He continued to point out that at present, the mainland social platform "Little Red Book" also has many strategies to teach people to come to Hong Kong to get vaccinated, so it is difficult to estimate how many people will come to Hong Kong to get vaccinated.
He said that if mainlanders are only required to receive two shots before they can come to Hong Kong, they may become seriously ill after contracting the epidemic in Hong Kong, which will increase the medical burden in Hong Kong.
According to government regulations, people must stay in Hong Kong for at least 30 days before they can receive free vaccinations, otherwise they can only visit private medical institutions.
At present, the government stipulates that all non-Hong Kong residents entering from foreign countries must have received at least two doses of vaccines, but there is no vaccination requirement for those entering the Mainland and Macau, and all Hong Kong residents without vaccinations can return to Hong Kong.
Ho Pak Leung, director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong, stated clearly in a radio program today that he disagrees with the cancellation of the Vaccine Pass at this stage in Hong Kong.
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The virus strains circulating in the mainland are all Omicron substrains, and there are not many deaths and severe cases
As for the epidemic situation in the mainland, Ho Pak-liang pointed out that according to the genetic analysis of the virus strains submitted by mainland experts to the global influenza sharing database GISAID, referring to the genetic analysis of the virus strains handed over by Beijing, Fujian, Guangzhou, Inner Mongolia and Sichuan, the prevailing virus strain in the mainland is BF. 7 and BA.5.2, both belong to Omicron substrains.
He said that there are not too many deaths and severe cases of the relevant virus strains, but it is not known whether the number of samples of the virus strains submitted by the mainland authorities is sufficient.
He said that Hong Kong is an international city, and he believes that after customs clearance, Hong Kong can analyze the virus strains of different imported cases and track down which virus strains are circulating in different places.
▼On December 28, Li Jiachao announced that most of the epidemic prevention restrictions will be canceled from December 29▼
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Liu Yulong predicts that the Hong Kong epidemic has reached its peak and is rampant. In two weeks at the earliest, the quarantine order for confirmed patients can be lifted. Relaxing the psychological threshold for epidemic prevention is to ensure the health of citizens. Come to the last restaurant to drink tea: be free!
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