Huo Qigang bowed to thank the people of the country to help Hong Kong
March 7, the People's Daily and other official media sunshine Huo Qigang in the meeting of the video of the speech, he tearfully thanked the people of the country to help Hong Kong, China **** through the difficult times, touched a lot of people. Huo Qigang talked about the epidemic, thanked the people of the country to help Hong Kong, especially those who went to the front line of the fight against the epidemic of medical personnel and experts, without their support and hard work, the situation will certainly be worse. Afterwards, Fok emphasized: Hong Kong and the mainland are originally a family, blood is thicker than water, as long as we are united, there is no difficulty that we can't cross.
When is the inflection point of Hong Kong's epidemic expected to arrive
The current epidemic in Hong Kong still has a long way to go before it enters the inflection point, mainly because many of the measures taken in the past have not been put in place, and the prevention of the epidemic has had limited effect. The next step in the prevention of the epidemic, triage will remain a key focus, with patients with minor and serious illnesses being triaged for treatment, so that medical resources can be given to those who are truly in need. While there is still no sign of the epidemic slowing down, there is no need to worry too much about Hong Kong's fifth round of epidemics, which come and go quickly and will eventually be brought under control.
Currently, Hong Kong's new pneumonia outbreak is in a period of rapid spread and accelerated growth, with the number of new cases rising sharply each day. The rising trend is consistent with the transmission characteristics of the Omicron variant. The spread of the omicron variant is characterized by a rapid onset and a rapid offset, with a rapid increase in the number of new cases peaking and then a rapid decline in the number of new cases.
How the Hong Kong epidemic broke out
The sudden and dramatic outbreak in Hong Kong is related to the omicron sweeping the world, and an increase in congregate activities during the Lunar New Year holiday has caused the outbreak to worsen. There are many reasons for the out-of-control epidemic and the surge of cases in Hong Kong. Let's look at the objective reasons first:
Firstly, the ground in Hong Kong is narrow, the population density is too high, the living space is too small, and the population living there is too densely populated, especially the people living in public **** housing and subletting houses, where the interpersonal distances are very short, making it easy for them to infect each other. A large number of old and converted houses have poor drainage, poor ventilation and poor air circulation, making the rooms hotbeds for the spread of the virus.
The second is that medical tracking methods are primitive and do not fully utilize big data tools for tracking. In the first four waves of the epidemic, due to the relatively slow spread of the virus, medical and epidemiological personnel conducted epidemiological investigations by manual means to find the chain of transmission, which is less efficient. But the Omicron virus iterates faster and spreads rapidly, and when a large-scale outbreak is followed by a doubling of confirmed cases in a matter of days, it is simply impossible to track it with existing manpower.
Third, the vaccination rate is low. Currently, 84% of Hong Kong people receive the first dose of the vaccine and 76% receive the second dose. Less than 0.4% of the population aged between 3 and 11 years old receive the second dose of the vaccine, and only 28% of those aged over 80 years old receive the second dose of the vaccine.
Fourth, limited medical resources make it difficult to implement a home anti-epidemic policy. Hong Kong's anti-epidemic model is similar to that of western countries, where there is no fear of being infected, but fear of having to be quarantined. Although Hong Kong has emphasized the importance of following the Mainland's anti-epidemic model, the actual implementation is far from effective. Because of the dense population, the flow is very large, it is difficult to get effective control, and now there has been a situation where the disease can not be treated in a timely manner, the major hospitals are full of people to save the number of people, invariably increase the cross-infection.