The new crown pneumonia epidemic has repeated, with 53 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong yesterday, and the number has rebounded again. The social distancing measures introduced by the government will expire on Wednesday. Although the industry has been complaining, it is hoped that the Hong Kong government can relax its epidemic prevention measures so that it can resume business. “Sing Tao Daily” reported that government sources revealed that the gathering restriction has a good chance of being extended by two weeks, spanning the Lunar New Year. According to sources, due to fear of another major outbreak during the Lunar New Year, there is no intention to relax the current measures and will be reviewed after the New Year. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection, said that he understands that citizens will have gatherings during the New Year. It is recommended that citizens be tested for the virus one or two days before gatherings. People with symptoms should seek medical attention as soon as possible. Of course, it is best to avoid gatherings.
As the Lunar New Year is approaching, many people hope that social distancing measures can be relaxed so that relatives and friends can gather together to celebrate the New Year. However, government sources revealed that the gathering restriction has a good chance of being extended by two weeks, spanning the Lunar New Year. It is understood that the government has anticipated that there will be gatherings for the public during the New Year. If the social distancing measures are further relaxed, it is worried that there will be another major outbreak during the Lunar New Year. Therefore, it has no intention to relax the existing measures and will review it after the New Year.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, also changed his tone at the press conference yesterday. Compared with the usual appeals to the public not to gather, she only pointed out that she should be very careful when gathering together. You can go for virus testing first, and if you have symptoms, seek medical attention as soon as possible and avoid gatherings.
The epidemic has been repeated. Although 28 confirmed cases were recorded the day before yesterday, the lowest in recent months, it returned to 53 cases yesterday, and there were more than 20 preliminary confirmed cases. It is expected that the number of confirmed cases today may drop to the low double-digit. Zhang Zhujun said that the number of confirmed cases has been fluctuating at the level of dozens of cases, which means that the local epidemic situation has not continued to decline. “The number of cases will increase as soon as there is mandatory testing of buildings.” In addition, people with mild symptoms may not be detected immediately. The number of confirmed cases is “sometimes high and sometimes low.” It is believed that the current number of confirmed cases may not reflect the epidemic in Hong Kong.
Liang Zichao, a specialist in respiratory system, pointed out that the recent cases have slowly declined, but there has been no significant decline. He believes that unless the average number of cases this week is half of last week, that is, there are only more than 20 cases per day, it is also possible to consider relaxing some of the epidemic prevention measures. He also pointed out that although the number of confirmed diagnoses rose yesterday, many cases were outbreaks in groups and buildings, and it is hoped that the number of confirmed diagnoses in related groups may fall after the outbreak.Reporter Lu Yingshan
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