China News Service, April 14th, according to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, Hong Kong's confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia maintained single-digit growth for two consecutive days. However, He Boliang, director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong, believes that the decline in the number of confirmed cases does not necessarily mean that the epidemic is under control. It is presumed that the number of virus test samples in the laboratory on public holidays recently decreased by 60%, resulting in a decline in the number of confirmed cases. He called on the public to remain vigilant and the SAR government needs to maintain measures such as restricting social distance.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Center for Health Protection, Department of Health, believes that the number of confirmed diagnoses has dropped to single digits in recent days, or it may be related to the correspondingly lower number of public holidays. China News Agency reporter Zhang Weishe
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Hong Kong Center for Health Protection, said at the outbreak press conference on the 13th that the 5 newly confirmed cases on that day involved 3 men and 2 women, aged between 1 and 79 years old, 4 of whom had traveled outside. The other person is a close contact with a person diagnosed earlier. So far, there have been a total of 1,09 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case in Hong Kong.
At present, Hong Kong has only had single-digit diagnosed cases for two consecutive days. Zhang Zhujun does not rule out that the decrease in cases is related to the suspension of services of some government general outpatient clinics and private clinics in recent public holidays, which has reduced the number of samples submitted to laboratories. The HA added that during the holidays, 12 general out-patient clinics in Hong Kong will remain open as usual to collect saliva samples from the public.
As to whether the current epidemic is under control, Zhang Zhujun pointed out that it is necessary to observe two incubation periods, that is, 28 consecutive days with zero confirmed cases to be considered controlled. "At present, there have been outbound tourists returning to Hong Kong, and it is expected that the number of confirmed cases will still increase, so there is still some distance from the control of the epidemic."
In an interview with the radio on the 13th, the director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong said in a radio interview that the decline in confirmed cases was due to a significant decrease in immigrant arrivals and a drop in the number of virus detections on public holidays. Laboratory tests, but in the past few days, an average of about 400 cases were collected every day. The number of confirmed cases was low because of the lack of tests. "
He also pointed out that the epidemic situation in Hong Kong cannot be said to be controlled. "The scientific definition of" controlled "has always been very clear and has not been changed. There must be no new cases for the longest two incubation periods in a row. The diagnosis was zero for 28 consecutive days. In the current situation in Hong Kong, the local infection case has only zero infection on the last day, which is March 15, that is, after March 15, the local infection case has not stopped. "
He Bailiang continued that the Easter holiday increased the public ’s chances of going out or meeting. At least one week later, it can reflect the increase in local transmission cases. However, as the number of immigrants dropped sharply, there were dozens of imported cases in a single day. The chance of the situation is very small.