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According to CCTV News on February 28, Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, delivered a video speech to the public on the control of the fifth wave of the epidemic as soon as possible.
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Worryingly, the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong SAR Government announced on the 28th that as of 00:00 on the same day, there were 34,466 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong, and 87 new deaths. The cumulative number of confirmed covid-19 cases in Hong Kong has reached 171611. The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong has accumulated 636 deaths. At the same time, the summer vacation of kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong has been advanced to March 7. In addition, the Hong Kong SAR government also said that it does not rule out the implementation of the "grounding" order during the national testing period.
Carrie Lam: With the comprehensive support of the central government, Hong Kong will surely win the war against the epidemic
According to the latest news from CCTV News, on February 28, Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, delivered a video speech to the public on the control of the fifth wave of the epidemic as soon as possible.
She said that the next two or three months is a critical period for stabilizing and controlling the epidemic, and the SAR Government earlier announced that it will increase its efforts to implement five measures, in addition to widely distributing rapid testing kits to the public, carrying out "enclosure and compulsory inspection" actions for high-risk buildings, and is comprehensively refining the plan, preparing to implement compulsory testing for the whole people in March, in order to achieve a thorough, rapid, orderly and effective cut off of the transmission chain.
Carrie Lam said that for residents who test positive, the government will adopt shunting quarantine, arrange access to community isolation facilities or hospitalizations according to the physical condition of the confirmed person, household environment and family members living together, and provide special support for those who have yet to enter the facility or stay at home, including medical enquiry hotlines, designated clinic appointments, etc.
She said the HKSAR Government is making every effort to set up more community isolation facilities, estimated at more than 70,000 units or beds, and the first community isolation and treatment facility in Tsing Yi took only one week to build and was completed today.
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She pointed out that the SAR Government will continue to mobilize all manpower and resources to take necessary measures, but to win this anti-epidemic war, the support of all citizens is the key to success or failure, and the full cooperation of the citizens will make the anti-epidemic work more effective with half the effort, she once again strongly urged the public to pay more attention to maintaining personal hygiene, if there is doubt about the physical condition, they should do rapid testing as soon as possible; continue to abide by social distancing measures to avoid unnecessary outings; they should conduct tests on time on time for the "enclosure and forced inspection" or the announcement of compulsory inspection issued by the government; and vaccinate as soon as possible If the confirmed person is asymptomatic or mildly unwell, the shunting arrangement should be followed and ambulance services and medical treatment facilities should be left to the public in need.
Carrie Lam said that the epidemic is ruthless and the situation is critical, but with the comprehensive support of the central government, Hong Kong will surely be able to turn the danger into a disaster again and win the war against the epidemic.
Hong Kong SAR Government: Do not rule out the implementation of the "ban" order during the national testing period
According to CCTV News, on February 28, the Secretary for Education of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr. Yang Yunxiong, announced that he would adjust the school attendance arrangements for kindergartens and primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong for the 2021-2022 school year, and advance the summer vacation to March 7.
It should be noted that according to CCTV News, on February 28, Chen Zhaoshi, secretary of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government, said that compulsory testing for the whole people will be carried out in March, and the SAR government has not completely ruled out the implementation of the "grounding" order during the national testing period. She also said that some or all of the samples tested by the whole people may be sent to the mainland for testing.
Chan said that the national test requires a large number of samplers and laboratories to process the samples, and judging from the current test volume in Hong Kong, it may not be possible to fully process the samples during the national test. Therefore, some or all of the samples may be sent to the mainland for processing, and the details are still being agreed.
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