The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong has exceeded 10,000 for the third consecutive day. From last Friday followingnoon to yesterday morning, more than 3,400 positive cases of teachers and students were reported, involving more than 1,000 schools in Hong Kong. The CHP said that the number of cases was within expectations, and the risk of outbreaks in schools was also higher than before the summer vacation. The situation is related to the community, and he reiterated that the government does not want to rashly require all schools in Hong Kong to suspend classes. Saturday is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the authorities urged citizens to keep in mind epidemic prevention and reduce cross-family gatherings when celebrating the festival.
There were 10,021 new confirmed cases in a single day, including 152 imported cases. The CHP received 3,444 positive cases reported by schools, involving 2,864 students and 580 staff. Among them, 592 were tested positive yesterday, and more than 800 cases were reported each day from Friday followingnoon to Sunday. 4 teachers and students and 3 teachers and students in the infant group and the toddler group of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children’s Day Care Nursery in Hung Hom were diagnosed with the virus. The case involved a cluster, and it was decided that all four groups in the school must suspend face-to-face teaching for one week. Yesterday, another 11 schools had individual classes to be suspended, including classes 2A and 2B of Hong Kong Navigation School in Stanley, and class 7.4 of Beacon Hill Primary School in Kowloon Tong.
Au Ka-wing: The government will not rush to suspend classes in Hong Kong
Au Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that schools usually report cases from the past few days of school holidays on Monday, so the number on Monday is generally higher. He continued that teachers and students are part of the community, and it is expected that the number of cases reported by schools will increase with the risk of community infection. The rapid test describes that if the more than 3,000 cases reported yesterday are not tested before returning to school, the consequences will be disastrous. However, it admits that the rapid test has its limitations and appeals to teachers and students with symptoms not to return to school. He also said that he understands that face-to-face classes are very important to the physical, mental, social development and learning of children and young people. Therefore, the government does not want to rush to suspend classes in Hong Kong. It will only ask classes with more than 10% of the students to be suspended.
The Centre for Health Protection announced last week that the government will announce the details of the “Vaccine Pass” covering children aged 5 or above this week. Some parents are concerned regarding the side effects of injections in young children, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child is also concerned that the policy will affect the growth and development of children who do not have injections. Ou Jiarong believes that the current epidemic situation is severe and children are vulnerable to infection, especially following school starts to increase human-to-human contact. Parents take their school-age children for injections, describing them as “all to protect children’s rights.”
Nucleic acid testing should be done if there are symptoms
The number of confirmed diagnoses has exceeded 10,000 for three consecutive days. Au Jiarong expects that the upward trend will continue, and there is no evidence that the epidemic has entered a “horizontal development”. Saturday is the Mid-Autumn Festival. He believes that citizens will go out more with their families, have family gatherings, etc., and worry regarding the development of the epidemic. He especially appeals to keep in mind the epidemic prevention and reduce cross-family gatherings during the festival. If you have symptoms, you should not participate and should do nucleic acid testing Test to see if you are infected.
Family doctor Lin Yonghe said in a radio program yesterday that some elderly people who have been diagnosed have refused to take new crown oral medicines because of concerns regarding sensitivity, side effects or feeling that their symptoms are mild. He said that in his experience, even older patients did not experience major side effects following taking the drug. Li Liye, general administrative manager of the Hospital Authority, said that as of last Thursday (1st), a total of regarding 73,000 oral doses of oral medicines had been prescribed, and no major side effects had been seen.
The Hospital Authority yesterday announced eight more deaths, ranging in age from 56 to 104 years old, half of which had no apparent relation to the new coronavirus.Yesterday there were 6 residential care homes for the elderly
A case occurred in a disabled home, involving 7 residents and 1 employee, and a total of 35 residents were classified as close contacts. An infection cluster appeared in the female ward of the Severe Intellectual Disability Department of Xiaolan Hospital, with a total of 7 patients and 2 staff infected. In addition, the Director of Legal Aid, Zhuang Yindong, tested positive for the rapid test and is currently in isolation according to the guidelines. He went to work last Friday (2nd) for the last time and received the rapid test every day.
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