(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Interview with Hu Dingxu: The Mainland has a lot of experience, but we have no experience
China News Agency, Hong Kong, August 4 (Reporter Zeng Ping) In view of the continued severity of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has earlier sought assistance from the central government in fighting the epidemic. Hu Dingxu, member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the 4th that the mainland support team mainly provides assistance in two aspects: strengthening virus detection capabilities and building "square cabin hospitals", which can provide valuable for Hong Kong’s fight against the epidemic. experience.
Hu Dingxu, member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the 4th that the mainland support team mainly provides assistance in two aspects: strengthening virus detection capabilities and building "square cabin hospitals", which can provide valuable for Hong Kong’s fight against the epidemic. experience. Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
The Mainland Support Team was organized by the Central Government and the National Health Commission at the request of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Among them, the 7 advance team members of the "Mainland Nucleic Acid Testing Support Team" arrived in Hong Kong in early August and are now assisting in the preparation of temporary laboratories. Another support team will assist the SAR government in the construction of temporary community treatment facilities similar to "square cabin hospitals" at AsiaWorld-Expo.
"The central government's help for us is a great encouragement for Hong Kong." Hu Dingxu said that the third wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong is worrying. Although the SAR government has expanded nucleic acid testing for the virus, it still has to step up and speed up testing to identify virus carriers and cut off the chain of transmission. As the number of confirmed cases increases, the sooner the "square cabin hospital" is built, the better.
Hu Dingxu worried that Hong Kong public hospitals would be overloaded. "What if there are another 3,000 and 5,000 confirmed diagnoses in the next two weeks?" He said that Hong Kong has never built a "square cabin hospital" and the mainland can help Hong Kong build a "square cabin hospital" in a short time. And provide experience in planning and management.
Hu Dingxu is also worried that Hong Kong's own virus detection capabilities are insufficient. "It used to be seven or eight thousand a day, but now there are 500,000 high-risk groups. How to do it?" He said that Hong Kong has never tried a large-scale virus test. The mainland can help Hong Kong improve its testing capabilities.
"The mainland has a lot of experience, and we have no experience." In Hu Dingxu's view, the mainland of China has performed very well in epidemic prevention and fighting on a global scale, and the mainland support team has brought valuable experience in epidemic prevention and fighting to Hong Kong.
Hu Dingxu believes that Hong Kong has done a good job in fighting the first two waves of epidemics in January and March, but it may be due to the loopholes in the quarantine of the crew and crew when they arrived in Hong Kong, plus the awareness of Hong Kong citizens on epidemic prevention in May and June. Some reduction and slackness led to another outbreak of the epidemic.
He pointed out that since August 3, the daily confirmed cases in Hong Kong have dropped slightly, indicating that the measures introduced by the SAR government and the cooperation of the public have begun to take effect, but Hong Kong should continue to accelerate the expansion of the virus detection group to high-risk groups to achieve " Examination should be done, including extending the testing plan to subway employees and other practitioners who come into contact with a large flow of people every day.
In 2003, when Hong Kong was responding to the SARS epidemic, Hu Dingxu was a senior in the Hospital Authority who led medical care to fight the epidemic. Now that the epidemic is coming again, Hu Dingxu lamented that there have been more political disputes in Hong Kong society, "very regrettable". He called on all Hong Kong citizens to put aside their conflicts and unite to fight the epidemic. (Finish)