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Dew is white since tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown. Although the record was 35:30 Celsius a few days ago, the highest temperature in September has been recorded, but the cool breeze blows in the morning and evening, and the autumn is refreshing. Bailu , the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. My old colleague J invited his colleagues to eat loose water cakes half a month ago. She said she had not returned to Guangzhou to visit her parents for three years. As an only daughter, she must go back to eat mooncakes with her parents this Mid-Autumn Festival. If she had to wait until she got a quota at Shenzhen Health Station before asking for leave from the company, it was inconvenient, so she simply resigned and went home one day. My old colleague J came to Hong Kong to study eight years ago. After graduation, he stayed in Hong Kong to work and has obtained a permanent resident ID card.
Since the end of June, the epidemic prevention and isolation for Hong Kong, Macao and overseas tourists entering the mainland has been shortened from 14+7 to 7+3, that is, seven days of hotel quarantine plus three days of home quarantine. Many Hong Kong people immediately packed their luggage and prepared to return to the mainland to reunite with their relatives. Director of the Medical and Health Bureau Dr. Lu Chongmao went to Shenzhen Bay Port to learn about the situation on the spot, actively strengthen communication with relevant mainland departments, and straighten out the quarantine process for tourists to pass the customs and go north. He also hopes that before the traditional "Chinese Valentine's Day meeting", the epidemic in Hong Kong will be controlled, and more Hong Kong people can return to the mainland to reunite with their families. Shenzhen will also increase the number of quarantine hotel rooms specifically for inbound passengers to 2,000, and use lottery draws to eliminate online scalpers. However, because the demand is too high, it is difficult to find a room for "many monks and less porridge". Some students who went to school in the north failed to report to the school as scheduled, which alarmed the authorities and was finally given special arrangements to pass the test. The media reported that a man who was eager to return to the mainland to visit his family was "failed" for fourteen consecutive draws, and he felt very helpless. The Chinese Valentine's Day has long passed. Not only has the epidemic in Hong Kong not been controlled, but the number of confirmed cases has increased to about 10,000 per day. Passing through the country is still indefinitely. People who are eager to go north to reunite with their relatives are looking forward to the autumn water.
Many people hope for "reverse isolation". Shenzhen's quarantine hotel resources are limited, which has become a bottleneck for difficulty in returning to the mainland. The Hong Kong government accepted the proposal of "reverse isolation" by some Legislative Council members, changing the seven-day hotel quarantine in Shenzhen to quarantine in Hong Kong. After completing the quarantine in Hong Kong, it will pass the customs and return to the mainland in a closed-loop manner and go home directly. Chief Executive Li Jiachao recently announced after a video conference with Guangdong Provincial officials that the concept of "counter-isolation" has been supported by Guangdong Province, and the location was initially determined in Lok Mazhou Hetao. Relevant details, including nucleic acid testing standards, closed-loop passing arrangements, staffing configurations between the two parties, will be negotiated by special teams of relevant departments in the two places. Li Jiachao emphasized that "counter-isolation" as a new concept requires time to communicate and coordinate. This is good news for many people who are anxious to return home, but I don’t know how long it will take to wait. The technical details of
"counter-isolation" need to be discussed in both places, but it should not be too complicated. In short, it is to implement it according to the mainland's epidemic prevention standards and provide comprehensive cooperation. The key is that the SAR government must fully understand the concerns of relevant mainland departments and take appropriate measures. Faced with the reality of not passing the level, the earlier the "reverse isolation", the better. There are two most important problems. One is how many people pass the daily through "reverse isolation"? Too many people may make Shenzhen worry about increasing the risk of epidemic prevention, and too few people will lose its meaning. Second, if you are found to be infected after returning to the mainland after "counter-isolation", how to clarify the responsibilities and establish an circuit breaker mechanism is a feasible solution?
The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong broke out at the beginning of this year. The central government urgently dispatched a large number of manpower and material resources to support Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic, including the construction of an emergency hospital with 1,000 beds in Lok Mazhou Hetao District, which is separated from Shenzhen by a river, and a community isolation facility with about 10,000 beds. The relevant project was completed in early April. In other words, Hetao District can provide at least thousands of people for "counter-isolation". If all of them are used, and Shenzhen originally had 2,000 health station rooms, a two-pronged approach can be used, and a total of thousands to nearly ten thousand passes can be provided every day. Although this number is far less than the number of people passing before the epidemic, it can basically meet the needs of a group of people in urgent need, and can also play a "flood discharge" role in the future full customs clearance.If you are more secure, you can also try to use 2,000 to 3,000 places per day, and if the operation is smooth, you will increase the price. Whether the operation is smooth depends on whether there are and how many "counter-isolation" people were found to have brought the virus from Hong Kong to the mainland.
The experience of fighting the epidemic in the past three years tells us that the changes in the new coronavirus that humans face are in a variety of ways cannot be prevented. Whether it is quarantine or "counter-isolation", it is difficult to achieve zero infection. As we all know, the mainland has implemented the strictest epidemic prevention measures and accountability systems, and any loopholes in "counter-isolation" may have a serious impact on the spread of the virus locally. Therefore, trying to prevent loopholes and avoid increasing the risk of epidemic prevention in the mainland is the primary prerequisite for the SAR government to implement the "counter-isolation" plan, and establishing a circuit breaker mechanism will help reduce related risks.
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival , Mid-Autumn Festival 5, J was lucky enough to get a spot at Shenzhen Health Station. He just completed the seven-day hotel quarantine and rushed back to Guangzhou. This year, he can finally spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with his parents, and realize his little wish of a filial daughter.
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