(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Carrie Lam: "One case is too many" of unknown source
China News Service, Hong Kong, October 25. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam said on the 25th that the confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia of unknown origin are "too many", and the SAR government will continue to fight the epidemic with all its strength.
On the same day, Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor wrote an article on the social platform under the title of "Precise Prevention and Control of the Epidemic in September" that in the past two weeks, Hong Kong had no local cases of unknown origin for 7 days, but "one case is too many" for unknown origin. In addition, in the autumn and winter seasons, the virus may become active, and society must remain vigilant.
She pointed out that compared with the relaxation of social distancing measures after the second wave of the epidemic in May and June, the SAR government has adopted a more cautious attitude in order to avoid a rapid rebound in the epidemic in some Western European countries in Hong Kong.
In the past month, Hong Kong did not substantially relax social distancing measures, but responded with a more precise approach in order to fight the epidemic while minimizing the impact on the public.
She mentioned that it is difficult to completely eliminate the risk of virus transmission before effective vaccines are available and widely used.
The SAR government will continue to go all out and be prepared, including further increasing virus detection capabilities, and providing free special group testing services for workers in high-risk, important infrastructure services and high-contact industries.
Carrie Lam said that the nine-month epidemic has shrunk the global economy, and most industries in Hong Kong have suffered severe setbacks.
The SAR government will spare no effort to assist enterprises in continuing to operate and provide services during the epidemic.
In the face of Hong Kong's weak economy and rapidly deteriorating employment situation, the SAR government will take a multi-pronged approach to safeguard the economy while dealing with the protracted battle against the epidemic.
In addition, according to data released by the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on the 25th, as of 0:00 that day, Hong Kong had six new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, including five imported cases and one temporarily unknown case.
Hong Kong has so far confirmed 5,295 cases of new coronary pneumonia.
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