Hong Kong’s new crown pneumonia epidemic suddenly rebounded, confirmed cases returned to double-digit figures for two consecutive days, with up to 30 new cases confirmed on Sunday (18). Saturday (17) and found the first local cases of community variant virus, the patient is earlier returned to Hong Kong from Dubai, a 29-year-old Indian man, he was diagnosed with N501Y variant virus, and on Sunday there was a 31-year-old woman diagnosed with this variant virus, the two patients belong to the same residents of Jordon District, Kowloon, Berjas Building.
Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung said in his weblog, just when the epidemic continues to ease in Hong Kong, Saturday confirmed the first case of community variant of the virus, which is worrying. There are signs that the epidemic is rebounding and coming on strong. The SAR government is highly concerned and on standby, making every effort to trace the source and close contacts, through mandatory quarantine, mandatory testing and restrictions and testing announced measures to intercept the virus transmission chain as soon as possible.
Respiratory specialist Dr. Leung Tze Chiu said that the high amount of virus in patients and the risk of community transmission is extremely high. He believes that the government should strengthen the tracking work to intercept the variant virus before the emergence of the first and second generation of infected cases to avoid the variant virus from taking root in the community, otherwise it is feared that it will replace the local virus and may cause a violent fifth wave of the epidemic to break out in Hong Kong.
Leung mentioned that to reduce the risk of infection, not over-reliance on vaccination, before the vaccination rate to achieve herd immunity, still need to rely on reducing community transmission, such as maintaining social distance measures and maintaining free community testing services. He believes that in order to reduce the risk, it is necessary to control at the source, such as suspending the arrangement for foreign domestic helpers to come to Hong Kong, etc. He also believes that it is necessary to increase the number of tests during the quarantine period, and requires people arriving in Hong Kong to be tested on the 28th day of arrival.
Of the 30 newly diagnosed cases, 29 were imported from overseas, with 22 patients arriving from India, 4 from Indonesia and 1 each from the Philippines, Egypt and Canada.
The total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong so far is 11,683.
For Macao announced that, in response to the change of the epidemic, from 0000 hours on Monday (19), all arrivals who had been to India, Pakistan and the Philippines in the 28 days prior to their entry into Hong Kong should undergo 28 days of medical observation at designated locations. The Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health, Mr. Chan Siu-chee, responded that he would discuss with experts the need for more tests after 21 days of quarantine. As to whether the Philippines and Indonesia flights will be banned from arriving in Hong Kong, Chan said that under the flight “meltdown mechanism”, eight flights from different countries have been banned from arriving in Hong Kong so far last month, which has included the areas involved, the authorities will continue to review the situation. She said the recent rebound of the epidemic is worrying, and again called on the public to vaccinate.
Chan Siu-chee said, earlier Easter long holiday, we are more relaxed, more parties, is expected in the next few days there may still be cases, coupled with the gradual relaxation of social distance measures, remind everyone to be careful, reduce the party.
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