The fifth wave of the epidemic continues. Chief Executive Carrie Lam presided over a regular anti-epidemic press conference this morning (6th) as usual, explaining the rapid testing arrangements and the latest analysis of the epidemic. She reiterated that she called on all Hong Kong citizens to conduct rapid testing on the 8th, 9th and 10th of this month to let the government know more regarding hidden cases. She said that there is a downward trend in the number of confirmed cases of the epidemic. Yesterday (5th), 3,240 cases were recorded, which was significantly lower than the number of more than 10,000 cases in a single day in March, but reminded the public that the number of confirmed cases in a single day before the fifth wave of the epidemic was only regarding 150 cases. , appealing to the public not to slack off.
She said that the daily prevalence rate of the new coronavirus infection in the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong has dropped from 1.82% half a month ago to 0.31% on April 1, that is, 3 people per 1,000 citizens are infected with new coronary pneumonia. However, according to the data from the Bureau of Transportation and Housing, the number of daily passengers on main public transport has increased from 4.78 million people two weeks ago to 5.44 million people on April 1. The Qingming holiday has not yet been counted, which is considered unsuitable. Time to relax social distancing measures.
She described the 3-day national quick test as a virus scan to know the infection status of the citizens. Since many people diagnosed with the new coronavirus have no symptoms, they can let the citizens know whether they have been diagnosed, so that the government can arrange quarantine for the citizens. You can also avoid going out or infecting your family. In addition, she also pointed out that in the future, many industries or premises will require daily rapid testing, or can only enter following the rapid testing. Therefore, the public rapid testing can allow the public to familiarize themselves with the use of rapid testing tools, and the government will complete the distribution of anti-epidemic tools today. Service packs work.
