(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong's epidemic prevention "overweight": restaurants are not allowed to eat in public transportation after 6 pm
China News Agency, Hong Kong, July 13 (Reporter Han Xingtong) On the 13th, Hong Kong added 52 new cases of new coronary pneumonia, which was another new high since the peak of the epidemic in March. In the evening of the same day, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lin Zheng Yuee, met with the media after convening an executive meeting and announced the tightening of various epidemic prevention measures. For example, restaurants are not allowed to dine between 6pm and 5am the following day and two new regulations Examples include the mandatory use of masks by all people using public transportation.
Lin Zhengyue advanced the executive meeting originally scheduled for the morning of the 14th to the afternoon of the 13th, and met with the media after the meeting. Lin Zhengyue said that the local epidemic began to rebound in early July, with 253 new cases confirmed from 6 to 13 days, including 182 local cases, of which 54 cases were of unknown origin. These local cases are widely distributed, mainly in Kowloon East, and involve more industries.
On that day, Lin Zhengyue announced the tightening of a number of epidemic prevention measures: Regarding the limitation of social distance, in view of the fact that at least 3 groups are related to the catering industry, restaurants are not allowed to dine between 6pm and 5am the next day. Takeaway; 12 types of listed premises such as bathroom, karaoke, and fitness center are closed. The two items are temporarily for 7 days. The upper limit for the number of people gathered is tightened to 4 people, and the exemption for weddings, company annual meetings or religious events will be tightened or cancelled.
At the same time, the SAR Government has also enacted two new regulations (ie, Chapter 599H and Chapter 599I of the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulations). Chapter 599H empowers the Secretary of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government to designate some higher-risk areas All passengers arriving in Hong Kong by cross-border transportation (such as airplanes and boats) who have stayed in these areas (including transfers) in the past 14 days must present a negative virus test result before boarding the aircraft; Chapter 599I It is mandatory for all people who take public transportation to wear masks. The two new regulations will be published in the gazette later and come into effect at 0am on July 15.
In addition, Lin Zhengyue said that the SAR government is an organization that provides public services. Civil servants working at home will affect the provision of public services to the public. Therefore, "one size fits all" home work is not suitable, but various departments can allow civil servants to work flexibly and lunch. She also called on private institutions to keep employees working from home as much as possible to reduce social contact.
Lin Zhengyue also revealed that the amount of virus detection in public systems is constantly increasing, and it is expected that the amount of detection will reach 8000 per month next month. The SAR Government also cooperates with private organizations to conduct free virus tests for four types of higher-risk groups, including staff in residential care homes, restaurant staff, taxi drivers, and property management staff. The estimated number of people covered is about 400,000.
Lin Zhengyue also said that the results of the anti-epidemic work in the past six months have not been easy to come by. The SAR Government dare not take it lightly and is unwilling to give up its merits. She believes that the success of this epidemic again requires the city's anti-epidemic and unanimous efforts. (Finish)