More than 1,300 cases were confirmed in Hong Kong in a single day! Multi-party assistance from the Mainland

China Fund News reporter Qin Wei

The fifth wave of COVID-19 in the HONG KONG SAR continues.

On February 11, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Department of Health, said that there were 1,325 new confirmed cases in the Hong Kong SAR, of which 1,323 cases were confirmed locally and 1,270 cases were cases of Aumicron infection. As of February 10, the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus in the local area was 5535.

In the face of the severe situation of the epidemic, the central government has given great support to the SAR. According to Xinhua News Agency, a spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said on the 10th that in recent days, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council has repeatedly conveyed the central government's concerns about the epidemic in Hong Kong and the condolences to Hong Kong compatriots to Chief Executive Carrie Lam and relevant officials of the SAR government, and said that the mainland will fully support Hong Kong in fighting the fifth wave of the epidemic.

The first batch of support medical teams sent by the mainland to the Hong Kong SAR also arrived on 10 February. A short video posted by the Information Office of the Guangzhou Municipal Government on its WeChat video account "Guangzhou Press Release" confirmed that yesterday, the Guangdong medical team had arrived in Hong Kong to start supporting the anti-epidemic work.

The central authorities are highly concerned about and vigorously support it

As the number of confirmed cases of the fifth wave of the epidemic continues to increase, a spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said that the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong has brought a serious impact on the safety and health of citizens, the economy and people's livelihood, and the central government is highly concerned about it. In times of crisis, the motherland will always be the strong backer of Hong Kong. As long as Hong Kong has a request, the motherland will certainly respond, and support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in taking decisive measures to resolutely curb the momentum of the spread of the epidemic.

At the same time, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council actively coordinates with the People's Government of Guangdong Province to coordinate the joint prevention and control of the epidemic in Guangdong and Hong Kong and to ensure the transportation of cross-border materials, so as to ensure the supply of vegetables, fresh food and other daily necessities in Hong Kong. The People's Government of Guangdong Province and the People's Government of Shenzhen Municipality are anxious about the urgent needs of hong Kong compatriots and have made many special arrangements for this purpose.

Xinhua News Agency reported that a spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office said that the central government will continue to fully support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in adhering to the concept of people first and life first, and jointly do a good job in preventing and controlling the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in accordance with the goal and strategy of "dynamic zero clearance". The daily necessities of Hong Kong citizens will certainly be protected in a timely and adequate manner. The people of the mainland and Hong Kong compatriots will be able to defeat the epidemic at an early date, hand in hand.

The spokesman also said that in accordance with the relevant decision-making and deployment of the central authorities, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council will hold the second thematic exchange meeting on the new crown pneumonia epidemic between the mainland and Hong Kong in Shenzhen in the near future, and work with the relevant responsible persons of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the People's Government of Guangdong Province, the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government, and relevant epidemic prevention experts in the mainland to jointly study and formulate and implement policies and measures to support Hong Kong's epidemic prevention and control, ensure the supply of materials to Hong Kong, and maintain the stability of Hong Kong's overall social situation.

The Mainland will continue to provide multi-faceted support

The fifth wave of the epidemic in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been menacing, and the number of confirmed cases in a single day has been around 1,000 for three consecutive days since February 9. According to the Centre for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, from February 9 to February 11, the number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong was 1153, 985 and 1323 respectively.

The epidemic has put great pressure on the virus detection and medical system in the HONG KONG SAR. However, since February 7, mainland nucleic acid testing staff are arriving in batches in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and have begun to build a fireeye laboratory at the Ma On Shan Gymnasium in the Special Administrative Region to undertake nucleic acid testing tasks on a large scale.

On February 8, Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR government, sent a request to the central government to support the protests. On February 10, a short video posted by the Information Office of the Guangzhou Municipal Government on its WeChat video account "Guangzhou Press Release" confirmed that the Guangdong medical team had arrived in Hong Kong to carry out work.

On the 11th, the Secretary for Food and Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Chan Siu-chiu, said at the meeting of the Health Affairs Committee of the Legislative Council that the SAR Government will hold an anti-epidemic exchange meeting with the Mainland tomorrow, and Carrie Lam and the Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Lee Ka-chiu, are studying a request to the central government, including assisting the HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION to increase the number of anti-epidemic facilities, such as the Square Cabin Hospital, to increase the number of patients available in the local area.

The Hong Kong SAR Government said that Li Jiachao has led sarees to Shenzhen today and is ready to attend tomorrow's epidemic exchange meeting, and will exchange views and experts with representatives and experts from the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, the National Health Commission, the National Disease Control Bureau, the People's Government of Guangdong Province, and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government on the current epidemic situation in Hong Kong, and exchange views on the mainland's support for Hong Kong's anti-epidemic measures and the protection of mainland supplies to Hong Kong.

The Secretary for Transport and Housing of the HKSAR, Mr Chan Fan, the Secretary for Food and Health, Mr Chan Siu-chiu, the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Tsang Kwok Wai, the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung, as well as representatives of the Department of Health, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, the Home Affairs Department and other relevant departments will attend tomorrow's meeting.

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