The government announced that COVID-19 will be managed as an upper respiratory disease. Medical and Health Director Lu Chongmao explained yesterday that the community already has a mixed immune barrier, but emphasized that COVID-19 is different from influenza virus. “COVID-19 is another respiratory infection other than influenza,” he said. , Simultaneous infection of the two will cause a superimposed effect, and the condition can be very serious. “It is absolutely not that 1+1 is equal to 1, and 1+1 may be greater than 2.” Everyone be careful.”
I believe that many citizens will wear masks voluntarily in the future
The “mask order” that has lasted for two and a half years will still be maintained at this stage. Lu Chongmao appeals to the public to understand that masks can help prevent respiratory infections. He hopes that citizens will continue to insist this winter, and the government will consider adjustments at an appropriate time. He also believes that even if the government revokes the “mask order” in the future, “many citizens will voluntarily wear masks.”
In terms of confirmed cases, there were 4,015 new cases in Hong Kong yesterday, including 122 imported cases. The Center for Health Protection announced that from the day when the quarantine order was lifted on the 30th of this month, doctors only need to report death or serious infection cases, and will instead announce the number of positive tests and reported death cases on a special website every day instead of going through News bulletin release numbers. At the same time, the center will continue to monitor the virus load in sewage in various districts and conduct genetic testing for inpatients.
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