With the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in the Mainland, Siddharth Sridhar, a clinical assistant professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, recently wrote an article on social networking sites, describing that the mainland is repeating the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong.
According to the Sichuan authorities, the infection rate of the new crown in the local area has exceeded 60%, and there are also cities in Hainan, Zhejiang and other provinces with an infection rate of 30 to 50%.
The severe epidemic has caused a lack of medicines in many areas in the Mainland, attracting criminals to attempt to smuggle medicines to the Mainland.
Hong Kong Customs launched a special operation from the 27th of last month to the 1st of this month, intercepting smuggled drugs and anti-epidemic materials with a market value of 940,000 yuan, including a large number of Lianhua Qingwen capsules, cold and cold medicines, and quick test kits , as well as drugs for the treatment of monkeypox, etc., were originally planned to be smuggled into the mainland.
The customs seized smuggled anti-epidemic materials with a market value of about 940,000 yuan, including Lianhua Qingwen capsules, antipyretics, antibody drugs, expectorant drugs, quick test kits, monkeypox drugs, etc. It is understood that all of them were originally smuggled to inland.
(Government Information Service)
There is a temporary shortage of "anti-epidemic" drugs in many parts of the Mainland, and there is also a wave of drug rush in Hong Kong during the fifth wave of the epidemic last year. Some antipyretic drugs were sold for hundreds of dollars. There is a "crisis of confidence" as citizens rush to buy medicines, and the Hong Kong government says it is considering distributing medicines to the grassroots and people in areas where medicines are scarce.
Last year, when Hong Kong was short of medicines, the central government provided Hong Kong with "anti-epidemic aid materials", including the Hong Kong version of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules in green and white boxes in traditional characters, and the mainland version of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules in blue and white boxes in simplified characters.
Hong Kong Customs seized drugs smuggled to the Mainland during this operation, including the same Lianhua Qingwen Capsules. According to the photos provided by the Customs, the number of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules of the Mainland version is as large as nearly 1,000 boxes.
Customs seized anti-epidemic materials with a market value of about 940,000 yuan, including a large number of mainland version Lianhua Qingwen Capsules packaged in blue and white boxes in simplified characters.
During the outbreak of the fifth wave of the new crown epidemic in Hong Kong last year, the mainland used the same drug as "anti-epidemic aid materials for Hong Kong".
(Government Information Service)
As for the drugs related to the new crown seized by the customs this time, there is also the "Evusheld" monoclonal antibody drug for people with low immunity.
The Hong Kong Hospital Authority has purchased this preventive new crown antibody drug last year for use by people with weak congenital immunity and organ transplant patients.
The drug was also tested in Hainan Province in the Mainland in July last year. According to the mainland media reports at the time, Evusheld was priced at RMB 13,300 per dose for two injections. Haikou Customs claimed that the value of the first batch of imported Evusheld was RMB 21.9802 million RMB.
The smuggled anti-epidemic materials seized by Hong Kong Customs also included Jinhua Qinggan Granules, antipyretic drugs "Doliprane", "Dafalgan", paracetamol, opened Bliss Cold Toxin, and expectorant drug "Actein", which was marked as "prescription drugs" and had been used in "Pentaglobin" was used for the treatment of SARS in 2003, as well as a variety of analgesic and fever-reducing drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs, and cold medicines with unlabeled drug names.
Among the smuggled items involved were multiple brands of rapid antigen test kits, as well as antipyretic patches and heat detectors.
As for other drugs intercepted by the customs, there is also the monkeypox drug "Cidofovir", "Ilaris", which has been clinically tested for the treatment of patients with new crowns, but the results are not satisfactory, as well as anti-marking ointment, vitamins, etc.
Customs seized anti-epidemic materials with a market value of about 940,000 yuan, including Lianhua Qingwen Capsules, antipyretics, antibody drugs, expectorant drugs, quick test kits, monkeypox drugs, etc.
(Government Information Service)
The purpose of the Hong Kong Customs operation is to combat the smuggling of drugs and anti-epidemic materials by cross-border trucks. During the operation, five cross-border trucks were intercepted and more than 3,900 smuggled goods were seized, with an estimated market value of about 940,000 yuan.
Five male drivers (aged 38 to 59) suspected of being involved in the case are assisting in the investigation.
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