China News Service, Hong Kong, January 23 (Reporter Suo Youwei) The fourth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong is turbulent and lasting.

On January 23, 2021, there were 81 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong, bringing a total of 10,009 cases and 168 deaths.

　　The numbers are cold, but behind them are the original living individuals, as well as the families, relatives and friends associated with these people.

　　At 4 o'clock in the morning of the same day, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced the establishment of designated "restricted areas" in Jordan, covering the area from Wusong Street in the east, Nanjing Street in the south, Battery Street in the west, and Gansu Street in the north.

People in this area must be forbidden until the test is completed and the results are available to achieve the goal of "clearing" the community.

There are approximately 10,000 residents in the "restricted area".

The picture shows residents in the "restricted area" queuing to receive living supplies.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Wei

　　This is the first time a community has implemented a "foot ban" in Hong Kong.

Road closures were closed, temporary inspection sites started to work, home-based sampling was arranged for people with mobility impairments and the elderly, simple food and cleaning supplies were prepared for residents in "restricted areas", members of the Hong Kong Police Force and Customs and other disciplined forces were nearby Patrol... The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has expressed its efforts to complete the test within 48 hours, so that citizens can start to work at around 6 am on the 25th.

　　At the Jordan scene, a citizen interviewed said that although the "closure" came suddenly, he did not have the opportunity to stock up more daily necessities, but he understood the government's action and hoped that the epidemic would dissipate soon.

　　But a man did not cooperate with the "closed area" and attacked the police.

On the morning of the 23rd, a middle-aged man tried to enter the "restricted area" in Jordan and was stopped by police officers. The man then punched a policeman with a boxing and was restrained on the spot.

The man was then taken to a mobile monitoring station for testing.

The police will arrest them after the test results come out.

The picture shows the police set up a card in the "restricted area" to restrict the entry and exit of people.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Wei

　　In a meeting with reporters, the Director of the Hong Kong Home Affairs Bureau, Xu Yingwei, said that the number of confirmed cases in the "restricted area" is still relatively high, and many buildings have positive records of sewage.

There are 51 mobile sampling stations in the enclosed area.

The authorities mobilized about 3,000 people to join the operation, including various departments such as the Department of Health, the Home Affairs Department, and the police.

The staff in the district will arrange citizens to go to the testing station one after another starting at 6 am. They will go upstairs to take the citizens for testing, and will also conduct testing at different times.

At the same time, there are people working in the downstairs of the building to assist the public, and there are people who speak different languages ​​to support ethnic minorities.

The authorities also set up two hotlines for citizens to inquire.

　　The Director of the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau Chen Zhaoshi said that because the virus has an incubation period, a second test cannot be ruled out, but the area may not be closed again.

A middle-aged man tried to enter a "restricted area" in Jordan and was stopped by police officers. The man then punched a policeman with a boxing punch. The man was subdued on the spot.

The man (third from left) was then taken to a mobile monitoring station to participate in testing.

The police will implement arrest after the test results come out.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Wei

　　As of 1 o'clock this afternoon, about 3,000 citizens have gone to temporary sampling stations in "restricted areas" for testing.

Staff have visited more than 50 buildings in the "restricted area", involving about 1,000 residents.

　　Since January 25 last year, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has taken a number of measures to prevent and control the epidemic, and will close a number of ports from February 5, 2020, only opening the Hong Kong International Airport, Shenzhen Bay Port and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port.

　　On July 18, 2020, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong reached 1,777, surpassing the 1,755 infections in the 2003 SARS epidemic.

On September 15th and 26th, there were two cases in Hong Kong with zero single-day increase of local cases. The first non-stop press conference held by the Center for Health Protection since July 6th also stopped on September 15th and 16th.

At a time when the Hong Kong community's call for the early resumption of customs clearance with the mainland was growing, the fourth wave of epidemics came surging, and it is still in the trough.

　　Affected by the epidemic, people's livelihood in Hong Kong is difficult.

Hong Kong officials announced on January 19 that the local unemployment rate in Hong Kong rose from 6.3% from September to November last year to 6.6% from October to December of the same year, the highest in the past 16 years.

On the same day, the famous Hong Kong travel company Dongyingyou announced the dismissal of all 120 tour guides, accounting for 25% of the total staff.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the company has been unable to operate outbound tour groups for 11 months. Last year, it closed two branches due to the epidemic.

　　Statistics show that the number of inbound tourists from Hong Kong in 2020 is about 3.57 million, a decrease of 93.6% from 2019.

Last April was the month with the lowest number of tourists, with only 4,125 inbound passengers.

The number of non-mainland inbound tourists in the month was also the lowest in the whole year, with only 1,178.

　　According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, according to statistics, all non-Hong Kong residents entering Hong Kong are classified as "visitors", but in fact "travelers mainly come to Hong Kong to visit relatives or have other reasons for visiting. The real tourists have fallen to Nearly zero".

　　Having lost the bustling tourists, many industries in Hong Kong are miserable.

Under the shadow of the epidemic, many citizens have reduced their friends to invite and dine out, and cook three meals a day. There are about 300 restaurants closed in December 2020.

The Massage Industry Association of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region appealed to the media on January 22 that more than 50,000 practitioners in the massage industry have been exhausted by the end of the year, and promised to implement 5 more rigorous measures to prepare for the resumption of business, hoping to strive for immediate resumption of work on this basis , To give the industry a ray of life.

　　"Hong Kong has been fighting the epidemic for a year, and the government and citizens have worked very hard. However, the anti-epidemic effect has not been good. The government must consider how to change its anti-epidemic mentality. To deal with the virus, it must follow the example of the mainland and use thunder-like means. "Responsibility approach." Ye Jianming, member of the CPPCC National Committee of the Hong Kong District and director of the China Economic and Social Council, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency: "Next, the vaccine will begin to be injected, and the government must persuade the citizens to believe in science and actively participate. The current epidemic The citizens must sacrifice themselves to save Hong Kong. This is the civic responsibility of every citizen. In short, if the epidemic is not under control, it is empty talk to restore the economy and normal life."