The epidemic situation around the world continues to slow down, and many countries and regions have accelerated the pace of "unblocking", and "opening" seems to have become a general trend. Taiwan’s epidemic prevention commander said today that Taiwan may unblock the lockdown before mid-October, including moderate lifting of mask orders; according to Canadian media reports, citing government news, it is said that Canada is likely to revoke the regulations for incoming people to get the new crown vaccine before the 30th of this month, and will no longer randomly select incoming people to undergo nucleic acid testing ...
. As an international financial and trade center, the epidemic has gradually slowed down in recent days. It is seeking to further relax the quarantine requirements for arrivals to Hong Kong, that is, implement "0+7".
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0+7? "0+3"? "0+0"?
Now Hong Kong implements "3+4". The first "3" is forcing the hotel to be quarantined for 3 days. You can go out for free for the next 4 days, but you will hold a "yellow code" in the next 4 days. You cannot eat in a restaurant, or go to places like gyms and swimming pools where you take off your mask.
Recently, the voices of Hong Kong society’s demand for full customs clearance and overseas have become increasingly louder. Some people demand “0+7”, and there are also hopes that the Hong Kong government will be in place in one step, directly “0+3” or even “0+0”, and completely cancel entry restrictions.
Although the Hong Kong government has not made a clear statement, it has also sent a positive signal that it will relax the number of days for entry quarantine as soon as possible.
"0+7" is about to come, and the shipping and aviation industry is preparing for overtime. The aviation industry has lost a large number of talents earlier. The industry hopes that the government will announce the timetable and roadmap for Hong Kong to recover as soon as possible, and re-attract airlines, especially overseas airlines, to mobilize flights back to Hong Kong. As an international transit hub, Hong Kong is about to survive again!
However, there are reports that "0+7" has caused dissatisfaction among the hotel and catering industries because the hotel industry is worried that local customers will tend to travel abroad rather than local staycation; and relaxing quarantine will also make local customers feel unsafe, thereby reducing the number of visits to hotels.
, and the catering industry believes that "0+7" foreign tourists cannot go to the restaurant for dinner within 7 days and can only takeout, which is still "blocking customers" to a certain extent; and local customers may tend to eat high-end restaurants when they travel to out of the country, thereby cracking down on the sales of local high-end restaurants.
So there are voices from Hong Kong people who have begun to call for further relaxation to "0+3" or even "0+0" to ensure customer sources.
There are still experts calling for the cancellation of the "yellow code" in the short term, otherwise Hong Kong, which has the title of "food paradise", will become a "takeout paradise".
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boldly implements relaxation policies. Is the epidemic in Hong Kong allowed?
4 scholars from the University of Hong Kong recently wrote an article saying that the Hong Kong community has basically established a barrier to preventing severe COVID-19, bluntly saying that the new coronavirus has become a terrorist disease and society has the conditions to return to normal.
Among them, Kim Dongyan, a professor at the Department of Biochemistry, the Hong Kong University School of Medicine, explained in an interview with a radio program yesterday that, based on the current vaccination rate and natural infection, is estimated to have an immune barrier against severe illness, and the current instant and effective reproduction rate of the new coronavirus is less than 1, that is, one person can contagious less than one person . I believe that the new crown epidemic can be controlled in time, and there is little possibility of another major outbreak, but it is unlikely that the number of confirmed cases will be cleared in a single day and will remain at the level of 1,000 to 2,000 cases.
He also pointed out that the most feared COVID-19 epidemic is super-spread. At present, there is no soil for super-spread in Hong Kong. Even if students in schools are infected, the number of people infected is not large. "The current severe death rate is very small, and more than 99% of patients are mild or asymptomatic."
In short, Hong Kong is now qualified to implement the "0+7" entry measures. Most experts believe that if social measures are relaxed in the future, there will be a small rebound, but the rebound is still controllable and will not be under pressure to the medical system; and if it is not so big that it cannot bear it, you should be more enterprising and consider shortening it, or even go to "0+0".
Hong Kong streets are as busy as before (photo by reporters of this magazine)
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Boldly implement the relaxation of policies and "customs" with the mainland?
In response to this, the mainland also nodded to recognize Hong Kong's adjustment of epidemic prevention measures in accordance with the times and circumstances. Huang Liuquan, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, said that Hong Kong is in line with the world and has no contradiction with customs clearance from the mainland. It is understandable that the Hong Kong government adjusts and optimizes epidemic prevention policies according to the changes in the epidemic situation and the actual situation in Hong Kong.
Eating square meals is the way for Hong Kong to succeed. Hong Kong cannot stay in seclusion. must customs clearance as soon as possible when the epidemic is stable and controllable, and conduct testing arrangements after entry to ensure that no additional risks are brought to the epidemic prevention. If handled properly, it can also increase the confidence in the mainland and Hong Kong to resume customs clearance, so that Hong Kong can play its role as an international contact person connecting overseas and the mainland.
This government is decisive and dares to speak and do. Will we choose "0+7" or "0+3" or "0+0" at that time? The answer is about to be revealed, and we will wait and see.
(text/Reporter Li Wenhui of this magazine)
This article is a new media article of Hong Kong's " Economic Herald ".
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