(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Put on protective clothing and go to the frontline Hong Kong police accept new challenges under the epidemic
China News Agency, Hong Kong, February 15 (Reporter Han Xingtong Fan Siyi) The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong is fierce, and the whole city is on guard for the battle against the epidemic.
In addition to medical staff, police officers also play a key role in the epidemic prevention work, from assisting in case tracking to encircling and forced inspection operations, they are everywhere.
In a recent interview with China News Agency, Lin Zhiwei, chairman of the Hong Kong Police Ranking Association, said that protecting the lives of Hong Kong citizens is the core and most basic job of the police.
In fact, since the outbreak of the epidemic in Hong Kong in early 2020, the Police Force of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has made every effort to participate in the anti-epidemic work, including law enforcement, inspection of premises, and investigation and prosecution of violations in accordance with the "mask order" and "gathering restriction order" Legal person, participate in the encirclement and forced inspection, assist in case tracking, maintain order in the testing center, etc.
It is reported that there are currently two case tracking offices (tracking offices) in Hong Kong with a total of more than 400 people, most of them from the disciplined services.
So far, the two tracing offices have successfully assisted in tracing more than 31,000 contacts.
More than 10,000 serving and retired disciplined service officers have also been trained to use their extensive investigation experience to assist in epidemiological investigations and contact tracing.
These jobs undoubtedly expose police officers to an environment with high risk of infection. "Our work contacts are all high-risk, we will be exposed to different situations and events, and we often have the opportunity to be exposed to the new coronavirus." Staff need mandatory testing, and the two to three days waiting for a negative result will exacerbate the pressure on frontline manpower shortages.
Despite this, Lin Zhiwei said, "We have to exhaust our resources to continue fighting the epidemic during this difficult time."
With the fifth wave of the epidemic raging, it is touching that many retired former police officers took the initiative to sign up to join the anti-epidemic team.
Lam Chi-wai remembered that when Kwai Chung Village suddenly had a large-scale infection around the Spring Festival, about 300 retired disciplined service members gave up reunion with their relatives and took the initiative to take on the assistance. Don't forget the original intention of being a police officer and continue to step out." Lin Zhiwei was deeply moved.
A spokesman for the Police Force posted on a social networking site a few days ago that as part of the anti-epidemic team of the SAR government, the police force is united with other departments. public health security.
The Police also believe that with the support of the Central Government, the efforts of the SAR Government and the cooperation of the public, Hong Kong will surely be able to overcome the fifth wave of the epidemic.
In the past three years, Hong Kong has experienced the "turmoil of amendments to the bill", and then faced the impact of the epidemic, and Hong Kong police officers have almost no chance of respite.
The threat has changed from petrol bombs and sharp knives to a highly contagious new crown virus, but they never backed down, put on protective clothing, and worked tirelessly on the front lines.
"Protecting the lives of Hong Kong citizens is our core and most basic job as the police." Like calming social unrest, Lin Zhiwei said that the police also have the determination and confidence to overcome the epidemic.
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