In the fourth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong, there were more than 100 new cases in a single day for the first time today (29th), and it is unknown how many of the 114 new confirmed cases are of unknown origin. The total number of cases is nearly 20%. Prof. Shu-cheong Hui, one of the experts of the Hong Kong government in the fight against the epidemic, believes that there is already a “widespread outbreak” in Hong Kong and the existing community distancing measures are not enough to curb the fourth wave of the epidemic, and urges the Hong Kong government to further tighten the epidemic measures.
As of yesterday, the cumulative number of confirmed Wuhan pneumonia cases in Hong Kong has reached 6123, with 563 cases in the past week, a four-fold increase over the previous week, indicating a rapid worsening of the epidemic. Among them, the singing and dancing group has expanded to 417 people, becoming the largest infected group, and after ten days, there is still a trend of spreading.
A male chef working at the Michelin-starred restaurant “8 ½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA” was diagnosed yesterday, and the restaurant is now closed and all employees are under quarantine, but it is not known if any customers have been infected. In a press conference yesterday, Director of the Infectious Diseases Branch of the Center for Health Protection (CHP) Zhang Zhujun described the spread of cases of unknown origin as “very worrying”: “Even if there are related cases, they have been to many places, perhaps to teach singing, dancing, etc., and the unrelated cases may have been contracted in other places, or some of them have not been found, so no link can be found.
The new wave of martial lung virus infiltrated into Hong Kong with the arrival of Nepalese, the group bar groups spread, and then through the rapid spread of dance groups, the virus has now spread widely to the community, described as “widespread outbreak”, difficult to track contacts, the need to tighten social distance measures to curb the fourth wave of the epidemic. He recommends working at home and suspending classes, minimizing the flow of people in the community and on public transportation, and closing karaoke and suspending non-essential activities such as concerts to help reduce the epidemic as quickly as possible.
In addition, since all outbreaks in Hong Kong are caused by imported cases, Hsu suggested that blockages be strengthened, including a third test on the 19th day after the completion of the 14th day of hotel quarantine for those arriving from high-risk areas, in order to further reduce the chance of missing cases with long incubation periods.
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