The third wave of epidemic broke out in Hong Kong

The third wave of epidemic occurred in Hong Kong in the past seven days, with hundreds of local cases emerging in one week. Of the 28 confirmed cases on the 11th, 16 were local cases, 7 were of unknown origin, and Tsz Yunshan became the hardest hit area. On the 12th, 38 new confirmed cases were reported in Hong Kong, of which 13 of the 30 local cases were unknown. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said bluntly that it is the most serious stage since the outbreak of the epidemic in Hong Kong, and the situation is even more serious than that in March. Liang Zhuowei, Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, said that Hong Kong has just really faced a local outbreak, which means that the virus has mutated and the transmission rate is higher than that of Wuhan before the closure of the city at the end of January.

It is estimated that there are at least 50 undiscovered recessive communicators. After analyzing the trend, Lin Chaoying, the front desk of the Observatory, warned that if there are no corresponding measures, the number of confirmed cases every day after 10 days may be as high as hundreds, and even increase in geometric progression; However, there are only about 1000 anti-epidemic beds in Hong Kong, and he is worried that he cannot meet the demand. Lu Chongmao, Dean of Shenzhen Hospital of HKU, compared the epidemic situation in Hong Kong with the “mountain fire” on the 12th, saying that the epidemic situation in the Mainland has been well controlled and Hong Kong should definitely learn from it. According to the national standard, Hong Kong should do nearly 20,000 tests every day.

There are several reasons for the rebound of the epidemic: First, a large number of Hong Kong people and air and sea transport personnel entered the country from high-risk areas, and some people brought the virus into the community; Second, due to the recent slowdown in the epidemic, some citizens have weakened their awareness of epidemic prevention and increased their social activities. If they have viruses, they will lead to “small outbreaks in the community”; Third, some drug broadcasters are highly mobile industries, such as taxi drivers, domestic helpers and part-time employees in restaurants, etc. They have many opportunities to contact with other people, and the risk of transmission is high.