Huo bowed and thanked the people of the whole country for their help to Hong Kong. When is the turning point of the Hong Kong epidemic expected to come?

At present, the most serious epidemic in China is Hong Kong. When the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is difficult to control, one side is in trouble and all sides support it. Mainland medical teams have also gone to support Hong Kong. Because the source of the virus in Hong Kong was discovered relatively late, it caused a relatively wide spread. The epidemic in Hong Kong is spreading at an alarming rate of more than 50,000 new cases every day, and the scope of spread has exceeded imagination. Therefore, it is urgent to control the further spread of the epidemic in Hong Kong. Huo also bowed and thanked the people of the whole country for their medical assistance to the mainland.

Huo bowed and thanked the people of the whole country for their help to Hong Kong.

On March 7, People's Daily and other official media broadcast a video of Huo's speech at the meeting. He shed tears and thanked the people of the whole country for helping China and Hongkong tide over the difficulties, which touched many people. When talking about the epidemic, Huo thanked the people all over the country for their help, especially the medical staff and experts who went to the front line to fight the epidemic. Without their support and efforts, the situation would be worse. Later, Huo stressed: Hong Kong and the Mainland are originally a family, and blood is thicker than water. As long as we unite, there is no difficulty and we can't get through.

When is the inflection point of Hong Kong epidemic expected to come?

At present, there is still a long way to go before the epidemic in Hong Kong enters an inflection point. The main reason is that many measures taken in the past are not in place and the epidemic prevention effect is limited. In the next epidemic prevention, triage is still the key point, and light and severe diseases are handled separately, so that medical resources can be given to those who really need it. Although we can't see the gradual development of the epidemic yet, we don't have to worry too much about the fifth round of the epidemic in Hong Kong. The epidemic will come and go quickly and will eventually be controlled.

At present, the epidemic situation of COVID-19 in Hong Kong is in a period of rapid spread and accelerated increase, and the number of new cases increases greatly every day. The upward trend conforms to the transmission characteristics of Omicron mutant. The characteristic of Omicron mutant is that it comes and goes quickly, and it will fall back quickly after a rapid upward trend reaches its peak.

How did the Hong Kong epidemic break out?

The sudden outbreak of the epidemic in Hong Kong was related to Omicron's sweeping across the world, and the increase of party activities during the Spring Festival holiday made the epidemic worse. There are many reasons why the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is out of control and the number of cases has soared. Let's look at the objective reasons first:

First, Hong Kong is a small place with a dense population., The population density is too high., The living space is too narrow and the population is too dense., People living in public housing and sublet housing, in particular, are close to each other, and they are easily infected with each other. A large number of old houses and refitted houses have poor drainage, ventilation and air circulation, and the rooms have become hotbeds of virus transmission.

Second, the medical tracking method is relatively primitive, and big data means are not fully utilized for tracking. In the first four epidemics, due to the relatively slow spread of the virus, medical and epidemic prevention personnel conducted epidemiological investigations manually to find the transmission chain, which was inefficient. However, Omicron virus iterates quickly and spreads quickly. After a large-scale outbreak, the number of confirmed cases doubled in a few days, and the existing staff could not track it at all.

Third, the vaccination rate is low. At present, 84% of people in Hong Kong have received the first vaccine and 76% have received the second vaccine. Among people aged 3 to 1 1, less than 0.4% have been vaccinated twice, while only 28% have been vaccinated twice over 80 years old.

Fourth, limited medical resources make it difficult to implement the home epidemic prevention policy. The epidemic prevention mode in Hong Kong is similar to that in western countries. It is not afraid of being infected, but it is afraid of being isolated. Although Hong Kong emphasizes imitating the epidemic prevention model in the Mainland, the actual implementation effect is far from in place. Because of the dense population and huge flow, it is difficult to control it effectively. Now there has been a situation that diseases cannot be treated in time, and the number of people treated in major hospitals is full, which inevitably increases cross-infection.