Strengthen immigration inspection and extend the regulatory period
Hong Kong once again took measures to prevent epidemic situation
According to news from the Hong Kong SAR Government News Network, the SAR Government issued a gazette on the 8th to extend the ban on the gathering of groups of more than 4 people and the regulatory measures for the catering industry; gaming machine centers, fitness centers and karaoke and other premises continued to close, and at 0:00 on the 10th The beauty salon and massage parlor will be closed. The effective period of each measure is unified until the 23rd of this month.
The data released by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on April 8 showed that as of 16:00 on the 8th, the number of confirmed cases in the world continued to increase. The total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong reached 960, a significant increase from 387 cases two weeks ago, and a large number of confirmed cases were not Local infection cases recorded in outbound travel. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the SAR Government will continue to implement measures to regulate the catering business and multiple locations and prohibit groups from gathering, while strengthening quarantine and virus detection arrangements for inbound people.
The Director of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Chen Zhaoshi, told the media before the Legislative Council meeting that the bureau asked the beauty salon and massage parlor to be closed for 14 days in consideration of all the confirmed cases in the relevant venues, which is a higher-risk place. It is necessary to close it under the premise of continuing to maintain social distance. In response to the development of the epidemic situation, the SAR Government will assess risks from time to time and review the effectiveness and feasibility of relevant measures, and make adjustments in due course.
Chen Zhaoshi reminded that if the person in charge of the catering business and the manager of the relevant premises violated the above-mentioned provisions, it was a criminal offence, and the maximum fine was 50,000 yuan (HK $, the same below) and imprisonment for 6 months. In addition, it is an offence for anyone to organize, participate in a banned group gathering, own, control or operate a gathering place, or knowingly allow a gathering to be committed. The maximum fine is 25,000 yuan and imprisonment for 6 months. A fixed fine of 2,000 yuan must be paid.
To cope with the escalating risk of epidemic importation, the Hong Kong Department of Health will strengthen quarantine and virus testing arrangements for entry persons. According to Hong Kong Wenhui.com, from the 8th, all the asymptomatic people arriving at the airport must take a special car to the Asia World Expo in real time to collect deep throat saliva samples for new coronavirus testing. If the test result is positive, the CHP will arrange for admission to a public hospital for treatment as soon as possible; if the test is negative, the person concerned must also continue to undergo mandatory quarantine until the end of the quarantine period.
Since 248 (69.1%) of the 359 imported cases diagnosed in the past 14 days involved people who have traveled to the UK, the Department of Health decided to refer to the Peruvian special plane return to Hong Kong testing arrangements and requested that those who have traveled to the UK will stay in the sample collection center from the 9th Waiting for the test results to effectively identify people diagnosed in high-risk areas and arrange close contacts to stay in the quarantine center.
In addition, the "Strengthening Laboratory Monitoring Plan" will be extended from the 8th to those who have arrived in Hubei Province and arrived in Hong Kong from land ports within 14 days before arrival. They will receive a sample bottle and follow the instructions to collect a sample of deep-throat saliva during home quarantine for new coronavirus testing.
Chen Zhaoshi said that the Bureau has been paying attention to the effectiveness of the relevant measures, the number of new cases and other scientific data. Although the number of newly diagnosed cases of New Coronary Pneumonia has fallen from the earlier peak period, it still has double-digit growth every day. It is still a critical moment in the future, and it calls on the public to maintain self-discipline. (Reporter Jin Chen)