(Fight against new coronary pneumonia) Hong Kong adds 5,535 cases, experts say it is not appropriate to revoke the order of outdoor masks due to the current epidemic
China News Agency, Hong Kong, October 23 (Reporter Dai Xiaolu) On the 23rd, the Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Department of Health announced that at 0:00 on the 23rd there were 5,535 new positive cases of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong.
Of the new cases that day, 5,143 were local cases, including 1,350 cases positive for nucleic acid tests and 3,793 cases positive for rapid tests. There are also 392 imported cases.
In terms of variant viral strains, at 00:00 on the 23rd, the Public Health Laboratory Service of the Department of Health detected a total of 132 cases of XBB, 6 cases of XBD, 6 cases of BA.2.75.2, 4 cases of BA.4.6, 8 among cases imported to Hong Kong A total of 12 cases of BF.7 and 12 cases of BQ.1.1 subline and a total of 5 cases of XBD and 2 cases of BQ.1.1 were found sublines were found in local cases. Additionally, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority announced that four new confirmed patients died in public hospitals last day.
Yuan Guoyong, an expert advisor to the Hong Kong SAR government and head professor of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, said in an interview with reporters that the current epidemic situation is not suitable for lifting prevention measures. of the epidemic as the order of the outdoor mask. “The vaccination rate of children is still low. If (anti-epidemic measures) are suddenly relaxed, there is a possibility that the number of infected children will skyrocket, which will lead to more deaths.” Yuan Guoyong went on to point out. that in the past three years, such as influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus and other diseases Viruses such as adenovirus have a low transmission rate, which greatly reduces the public’s immunity to these viruses. He said that once epidemic prevention is eased, a variety of viruses are very likely to be attacked along with the new coronavirus, which could lead to the collapse of Hong Kong’s public hospital system. (End)
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