Beijing Daily client
The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong showed signs of rebound. On the 17th, 1,145 new confirmed cases were reported, exceeding 1,000 cases for three consecutive days. Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor held a press conference that day and said that in order to reduce large-scale outbreaks, the SAR government will continue to target key places and groups to carry out multiple tasks on how to improve epidemic prevention awareness and anti-epidemic capabilities.
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (middle) introduced the latest epidemic prevention measures at a press conference
Lam Cheng said that the first key place is schools. Due to the relocation of this summer vacation, how to protect students in the next two months is still an important task. Although there has not yet been a large-scale outbreak in the school, classes involved in the epidemic must be temporarily suspended. In order to ensure that students can go to school, will continue to implement arrangements for teachers and students to conduct rapid antigen tests before returning to school every day until the end of this semester. In addition to campus activities, other student activities must be reduced.
She said that many places are currently strengthening rapid testing, and citizens can only carry out relevant activities after confirming that they are free of infection. Therefore, the SAR government will distribute free rapid testing kits more widely from now on. has distributed more than 10 million rapid test kits to the elderly in the past two months. It was originally planned to stop distribution by the end of this month, but due to the rising epidemic situation, the distribution work will continue without a time limit.
In addition, the SAR government will also distribute quick test kits to property management companies, construction sites, the Civil Affairs Department, community organizations, and the organizers of the 25th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the SAR.
In terms of community sewage monitoring, if the virus load in the sample is found to be high, the community will continue to be "enclosed and inspected". For bars, restaurants and other places, law enforcement agencies will also strengthen inspections of their compliance with epidemic prevention regulations.
