China News Agency, Hong Kong, January 30 (Reporter Han Xingtong) Starting on the 30th, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government officially revoked the isolation order issued to people infected with the new coronavirus.
In line with the relevant arrangements, the designated clinics and remote consultations of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) ceased operations, and 71 general outpatient clinics resumed normal services.
Earlier, Lu Chongmao, Director of the Medical and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that Hong Kong has experienced three years of epidemics. The threat has obviously changed. Considering the need to balance the risk of infection and restore economic and livelihood momentum, the SAR government has decided to cancel the arrangement for issuing quarantine orders to infected persons starting from January 30.
From the same day, a number of anti-epidemic measures in Hong Kong were adjusted accordingly. The SAR government began to monitor the infection of the new coronavirus by means of influenza monitoring, and also changed the reporting criteria for infected cases. The daily news of the Center for Health Protection and the Hospital Authority on the epidemic situation and the admission of cases The announcement was cancelled. The center will announce the number of positive nucleic acid test samples and death cases every day through a special website. However, positive cases of rapid tests no longer need to be reported to the SAR government, and the relevant reporting platform has ceased operation.
In order to cooperate with the relevant arrangements of the SAR government, the Hospital Authority announced that 71 general outpatient clinics in Hong Kong will resume normal services on the 30th, and will provide treatment for patients diagnosed with new crowns and provide oral drugs for new crowns to suitable patients.
However, the spokesperson of the Hospital Authority also emphasized that sufficient consultation places will be reserved to support patients diagnosed with the new crown.
The HA has strengthened its manpower to cope with the possible increase in service demand.
The number of occasional disease consultations provided by general outpatient clinics has increased to more than 10,000 per day, of which about 2,000 places will be reserved to take care of patients diagnosed with new crowns, and additional daytime and night consultations will be mobilized when necessary The quota is for patients diagnosed with the new crown.
Tang Jisheng, vice president of the Association of Licensed Doctors of the Hong Kong Medical Council, pointed out in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that after three years of ups and downs in the epidemic, Hong Kong has now entered a stage of increasing stability. "I believe the end of the epidemic is not far away." Canceling the above-mentioned epidemic prevention measures during this period is, in his view, a milestone change at the right time to push the recovery of economic and social life in a good direction.
Tang Jisheng said that in view of the fact that most of the infected patients have mild symptoms and need to be admitted to the hospital and there are not many critically ill patients, the suspension of medical facilities such as designated clinics can make better use of medical resources.
Lin Yonghe, a family doctor, said that according to the recent daily increase of about 3,000 cases in Hong Kong, the general outpatient clinic of the Hospital Authority has reserved about 2,000 places for new crown patients, and the remaining about 1,000 patients. I believe that private doctors can work together Cooperate with needs.
He mentioned that with the decline in the number of confirmed cases, the number of new crown patients he receives per day is less than 5. Even if the number of confirmed cases increases in the future, it is expected that the number will only increase to about 10. I believe it can be handled.
As for the impact of the cancellation of relevant anti-epidemic measures on the trend of the epidemic, Tang Jisheng believes that the current daily new figures are at a low level. However, based on the establishment of community immunity barriers, there is no risk of a major outbreak in the short term.
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