People from all walks of life have spoken out recently, urging the government to ease entry measures as soon as possible, from the current “3+4” of 3-day quarantine and 4-day medical surveillance to “0+7”. According to reports, the government is currently reviewing data such as imported cases, and has the opportunity to announce the details of “0+7” as soon as this month.
In addition, Hong Kong’s new crown pneumonia epidemic continued to show a downward trend, with 6,260 confirmed cases yesterday, including 174 imported cases. 866 schools reported a total of 1,881 positive cases of teachers and students in the past 4 days, and individual classes of 20 schools will be suspended for a week. Among them, 4 live-in students living in the same room in Tung Chung Hong Chi Shao Bang Chenhui School have been diagnosed with the virus, 12 students in the same room will be quarantined, and the 3 classes in which the 4 students are studying will also be suspended for a week.
In the Fanling Assembly of God Kindergarten, where some classes have been suspended earlier, teachers and students have been diagnosed with the virus in the past week, involving 23 students and 6 faculty members from 10 classes. Ou Jiarong, the chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that the confirmed students accounted for nearly 5% of the school’s total. In addition, children may not be able to wear masks properly. For the sake of safety, the school decided to suspend classes for a week.
Yesterday, a total of 8 residents in 4 residential care homes for the elderly and the disabled were diagnosed with the virus, and 58 people were listed as close contacts for quarantine. The Hospital Authority announced that 10 more people, aged between 55 and 93, had passed away, bringing the total number of deaths in the fifth wave of the epidemic to 9,688.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/Fanling has kindergarten all school-wide suspension-reported-0-7-details to be announced within a month/339120?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral