The central government has agreed to gradually and orderly complete the customs clearance. The Hong Kong government is committed to implementing it by mid-January next year. Recently, it has liberalized anti-epidemic measures, including the cancellation of permits for vaccines and quarantine orders. Ho Pak Leung, director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases at the University of Hong Kong, said on a radio program today (30) that there have been more than 1,000 cases imported from the mainland into Hong Kong in the past month. easing of epidemic prevention arrangements, including quarantine orders, more imported cases are expected.
He pointed out that the mainland society has not been able to develop sufficient immunity in the past three years, and the virus has spread widely and rapidly. The epidemic has exploded this month, and the speed is unprecedented in recent years around the world . He stressed that the bivalent vaccine can target the BA.5.2 and BF.7 viruses that are currently prevalent in the continent, and citizens who need it can be vaccinated as soon as possible.