There were 3,642 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong yesterday, more than 300 more than the previous day, including 324 imported cases. Since the implementation of the “0+3” entry arrangement on the 26th of last month, the number of imported cases has increased from about 200 in the first 7 days to more than 270 in the past 3 days, but the overall number of confirmed cases has not rebounded significantly. Xu Shuchang, a government expert advisor and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at CUHK, believes that if the epidemic does not rebound significantly after two weeks of “0+3” implementation, the government should consider implementing “0+0” before November and notify as soon as possible. Many large-scale conferences and events are held, and “0+3” will cause inconvenience to the participants.
The social distancing measures have been relaxed today, including the increase in restaurants to 12 people per restaurant, etc. Xu Shuchang said that the current vaccination rate in Hong Kong is getting higher and higher, and the immediate effective reproduction rate of the virus at the University of Hong Kong has remained at about 0.77 recently. He also said that the virus has now taken root in the community and that “travel with peace of mind” may be considered.
Yesterday, 6 more institutions recorded 7 cases, and 20 people required quarantine; 644 schools reported 977 positive cases of teachers and students yesterday, and 17 classes in 16 schools needed to suspend face-to-face teaching for a week. The Hospital Authority announced that 10 more patients had passed away, bringing the total number of deaths in the fifth wave of the epidemic to 9,981.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/virus reproduction rate maintained at about 0.77-Xu Shuchang-Conditional Relaxation of Epidemic Prevention-Withdrawal-Reassured-/341643?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral