There has been a shortage of some antipyretics in the market recently, and there are concerns that the situation will worsen after the customs clearance between China and Hong Kong. Lu Chongmao, director of the Medical and Health Bureau, pointed out that there are more than 700 types of paracetamol drugs in the Hong Kong market, but there is a shortage of pharmacies or certain brands of drugs in some areas, and the supply of others is stable. He pointed out that the authorities have increased the stockpile of this drug from 1 to 2 months before the epidemic to the current daily use of 5 to 6 months, which is sufficient to meet the needs of patients in the public sector. The government has also established a special drug reserve, which can support private medical institutions and reserve them for vulnerable groups in need when necessary, but does not rule out “if necessary, some regulations on sales and purchases will be made.”
Lu Chongmao also revealed that non-Hong Kong residents will be able to receive the bivalent vaccine of Fubitai at their own expense in private institutions as soon as early this month, and reiterated that they must pay the full fee before receiving a prescription for oral drugs for the new crown in public medical facilities .
Mainland tourists are not required to be injected Li Jiachao: deal with it in a timely manner
As for the daily limit of 60,000 people going south to Hong Kong after customs clearance, the quota is not taken into account for Hong Kong people returning to Hong Kong. How to prevent and control the epidemic? Chief Executive Lee Kar-chao pointed out that the local vaccination rate is high, with more than 2.5 million confirmed cases, and the society has established epidemic prevention barriers. In addition, all people arriving in Hong Kong are required to produce nucleic acid tests within 48 hours. I believe the risk is controllable. As for mainlanders entering the country, they do not need to be vaccinated like overseas immigrants. He explained that customs clearance involves a large number of people and changes greatly, and relevant issues will be dealt with in due course.
In addition, there were 18,422 new confirmed cases yesterday, including 164 imported cases. 68 more patients died yesterday, and the total number of deaths in the fifth wave of the epidemic reached 11,936.
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