Chapter 1196 A Visit to Hong Kong
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The situation took a turn for the worse in a short period of time. "Point...
March 12 "o first global warning describing the birth of type ** pneumonia in Vietnam and Hong Kong.
On March 15, the second global warning was issued, proposing the concept of ratio, as well as the definition of suspected and probable cases. Emergency travel guidelines related to the sticker. Call for increased global vigilance against the cannon ratio, alert health care workers and travellers to the symptoms of the canon, and recommend immediate reporting of cases. The U.S. is more than a health warning for doctors about dents.
On March 17, a virtual research network was set up to share public health information by telephone and the Internet. Epidemiological research in the region of the country, and the flight clinical experts of the country "Fei coordinated global collaboration to tackle key problems and find comparable pathogens, and Hong Kong, China joined them.
On March 24, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced to the media that a never-before-seen member of the coronavirus family was most likely the cause of the disease. The center has not received experimental progress on paramyxovirus.
On the same day, Singapore's health minister ordered hundreds of people who had been exposed to Kibi to quarantine at home for 10 days.
On March 25, the Minister of Health of Ontario, Canada, declared a notifiable, contagious and highly virulent disease. This rule gives health officials the right to track infected people and order them to stop activities that may spread the virus.
At this time, among the people who had direct contact with a group of people who were waiting for the elevator at the Jinghua International Hotel in Hong Kong. More than 20 people have died, and 14 countries have reported cases of cannonopi.
On March 26, the Canadian province of Ontario declared a public health emergency directing thousands of people to isolate at home.
Some countries have taken maximum measures, including quarantine, to stop the further spread of the concave.
… Fei held an electronic conference attended by 80 clinical experts from 13 countries to conduct the first global "Ward Round"
China has updated the number of cases to be prevented! From November 16 last year to February 28 this year, 792 people were reported to have been born in seven cities in Guangdong Province, of whom 21 died.
On March 27, the company issued a third global comparable warning, requiring airlines to screen passengers on flights departing from Toronto, Hong Kong, Singapore, Hanoi, Taiwan and Guangdong Province in China.
On the same day, schools were closed in Singapore and an engineering company in Taiwan was closed after five of its employees showed symptoms of prevention, prompting a medical warning in Taipei.
On 28 March, the Chinese government officially joined the WHO's Global Cooperation Network, bringing the membership of the network to 13 laboratories in 10 countries. On the same day, the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong announced that the coronavirus had been isolated from tissue samples from patients with the University of Hong Kong. It is inferred that it may be the causative agent.
It was at this point that the first physician who had blood died of illness.
On March 31, the Hong Kong Department of Health (DH) imposed unprecedented quarantine requirements to prevent further spread of artillery defenses. Residents of Amoy Garden Block are required to stay at home until midnight on April 9. Amoy Gardens is a residential area of nearly 15,000 residents, and more than 200 residents of this residential area have been hospitalized for the stickers.
At the base of more than 10 residential buildings in Amoy Gardens is the three-storey Amoy Mall.
At noon, the mall is bustling with people inside and outside. It's very lively. Mothers and children are playing in the children's playground, middle school girls are slowly browsing manga shops and video stores after school, several young couples are sitting in the fairy grove drinking drinks and talking affectionately, Yoshinoya, a Japanese fast food restaurant, is full, and office workers are eating beef set meals.
The atrium on the ground floor is even more crowded, in order to attract residents to consume, various promotional activities are often held in the shopping mall, and dozens of seekers line up in the middle of the shopping mall. Waiting to claim the prize and
Ticket.
At this time, everything seems so peaceful, and there is no trace of a murderous atmosphere, only disinfection stations set up at various intersections in the mall. Remind you to pay attention to personal hygiene, walk over and press lightly, and the disinfectant containing alcohol will drip into the palm of your hand.
The Santa Ana Bakery on the street is prominently displayed outside the store, announcing the strict precautions taken, so that the public can buy with confidence. Many fashion stores and cosmetics stores offer discounts to attract customers. There are seven folds, and some are even as low as five folds.
Most Hong Kong people don't eat dinner at noon and like to drink tea, and walk into the Hongxing Seafood Restaurant in the community. The hostess warmly beckoned the guests to take their seats.
The young lady introduced to everyone that now the business is hit by the blood ratio, and the worst time. There are not as many guests as waiters. In order to attract customers, this restaurant has launched special prices for afternoon tea and dinner.
"Amoy Gardens was completed in 1981. The last issue was launched in 1987. The houses range in size to more than 30 storeys and have a total of eight units on each floor. There are a total of 19 residential buildings in the entire community, and tens of thousands of citizens live here day and night. Among them, the one hit the hardest by the epidemic is Zazao. The financial secretary of the SAR government, who accompanied Fan Heng and others to inspect Amoy Gardens, told them, "On March 31, the Hong Kong government issued a quarantine order, requiring all residents to stay at home for quarantine. The next evening, the Hong Kong government took further measures. All residents were moved to a quarantine center far away from the bustling urban area and quarantined for 10 days. That night, all the citizens of Hong Kong inevitably felt uneasy, and in the face of extraordinary measures in extraordinary times, the residents here were also calm, although they were in a miserable mood. ”
Fan Heng nodded, feeling apprehensive in his heart.
In the past ten days since the successful conclusion of the two sessions, the situation of prevention and control at home and abroad can be said to have taken a sharp turn for the worse, especially in Hong Kong, where there has been a big explosion, the number of infected people and the high proportion of deaths have made everyone feel panicked.
At this time, the Hong Kong media is also a mess, after all, the sudden outbreak of the epidemic has put everyone in danger, but after Fan Heng suddenly led a delegation to visit the Special Administrative Region, and inspected the epidemic prevention situation, and went deep into the most serious disaster of Amoy Garden, the news came out, and everyone felt that there was hope, and there were not many cases of national leaders of this level coming to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to inspect the work, especially at this critical juncture, so heavy to read the latest Children's Day on the washing stream book and drying the fine notch to shake the Shan) Qi umbrella heart "Little one, The fact that he came to the scene in person, regardless of his safety, is enough to show that the central government has just mistakenly supported Qiante Hanzheng.
Therefore, it is not only the HKSAR government and ordinary people who have been encouraged, but also various enterprises and the media have responded positively, saying that everyone has strengthened their confidence that Hong Kong will get through the difficulties after facing up to the problem and taking drastic measures.
Regarding the latest situation, it should be relatively optimistic.
First, there are existing laws in place in Hong Kong that can be enforced. Helps curb type ** pneumonia. This time, Hong Kong is using the "Epidemic Prevention and Fatigue Control Ordinance" left by the United Kingdom. I haven't used it for more than a hundred years, but I used it this time. The ordinance stipulates that not only the patient must be isolated, but all those who have come into contact with the sick person must also report to the relevant authorities on a regular basis, and the offender will be fined 5,000 yuan or imprisoned for six months.
It is said that there is no such provision in the United States. So Americans are worried about taking more drastic measures once the epidemic spreads. What is the legal basis. Because the United States wants to isolate patients, it involves human rights issues, and enforcement cannot be without legal basis.
Second, the quality of Hong Kong officials and ordinary people is generally good, and the government's rational decisions will be implemented smoothly.
Third, Hong Kong's medical system is basically provided by the government, and the conditions of government hospitals are quite good, and the professional standards of medical personnel and medical equipment are good.
Fourth, Hong Kong has a relatively advanced civil society, which will form a non-governmental force for disaster relief.
In response to the lack of response from the Hong Kong SAR Government, people from all walks of life in Hong Kong have proposed to help themselves, and the people themselves have advocated to improve public health and hygiene. We have done a lot of things by sharing knowledge of prevention ratios, etc.
In terms of economic impact, the 3 percent growth rate projected at the beginning of the year is unlikely to be achieved.
Although some people believe that because the economy is too poor, the subsidies are not handled well, and the distribution gap is large and unfair, Hong Kong has the threat of chaos. However, at this time, in the view of Fan Wuxian, who accompanied Fan Heng on a low-key visit to the SAR government, although there are many problems in Hong Kong, it is unlikely to be lively and chaotic because of its law-abiding tradition and relatively sophisticated civil society.
Of course, the most important problem is probably the decline of the government's prestige.
Although he does not think that the SAR Government's handling of Canada is very bad, Hong Kong public opinion is very dissatisfied with the SAR Government, and the prestige and image of the Big 6 in the hearts of Hong Kong people have also suffered huge losses.
Over the past few years, the central government has been more popular than the SAR government in opinion polls, especially in response to the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia. The decisive action of the central government has made Hong Kong people very confident in the central government, but the lack of effective handling of the storm has affected the prestige of the central government.
Although the central government is still more popular than the SAR government according to opinion polls, the overall image of the Big 6 has deteriorated. Quite a few Hong Kong people. Young people, in particular, cannot understand why China, which has joined the World Trade Organization and successfully bid for the Olympics, is still so unopen and opaque.
The source of the Amoy Gardens outbreak was a 33-year-old man who lived in Shenli and often visited his brother at Amoy Gardens.
The patient, who suffers from chronic renal failure and had been receiving treatment at the Prince of Wales Hospital, developed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) symptoms on March 14 and within a week after visiting a flat owned by his brother in Amoy Garden Block where he used the toilet due to diarrhoea.
Subsequently, his younger brother, younger siblings and two nurses caring for him at the Prince of Wales Hospital were confirmed to be infected with SARS.
In subsequent government investigations, it was found that each building in Amoy Gardens now has eight vertical sewers to collect sewage from the same number of units on all floors. This sewer connects the floor outlets of the water closet, wash basin, bathtub and bathroom. Each of the above sanitary installations is equipped with a water concentrator to prevent the smell of sewage pipes and insects from entering the toilet.
According to interviews conducted by government staff with residents of Amoy Gardens, it was learned that complaints about odours emitted from toilets were very common and that the water concentrators connected to some units may not have been used as they should be. Since water toilets, wash basins, and bathtubs are commonly used, the water concentrator connected to them should have water storage most of the time. and should be able to use the function of isolating qi.
As a result, official experts speculate that the air flow may have dispersed the virus-laden liquid stored in the sewer pipes into the bathroom, and the bathroom's extractor fan may have discharged the droplets to the patio separating the adjacent flats. Finally, the droplets with the virus enter the other units through the window.
"Recent studies have shown that the stool of many SARS patients contains coronavirus, and that the virus survives longer in the stool than it does on surfaces. In the SARS outbreak at Amoy Gardens, up to two-thirds of the patients had diarrhoea, resulting in a large amount of virus being discharged into the sewers. A medical expert in Hong Kong explained to Fan Heng that "it is possible that the source patient may first infect a group of residents in the building through the sewage drainage system, human contact and building facilities such as lifts and stairs, and then infect other residents in the same room." These infected residents may then spread the virus to residents inside and outside the venue through person-to-person contact and contaminated environmental facilities. ”
Fan Heng nodded again and again, and pointed out at the same time. Hong Kong is a very representative densely populated metropolis, and the experience of the Hong Kong SAR government in the prevention and control of the epidemic is of direct reference significance for the prevention and control of the epidemic in various places.
The accompanying government official also said that after the outbreak of the epidemic, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, with the co-operation of the Owners' Corporation of Amoy Gardens and the residents concerned, carried out thorough cleaning and disinfection of all flats and public areas in the building in collaboration with various government departments. Particular attention was paid to the cleanliness of the sinks, bathtubs, wash basins, toilets and floor drains in the toilets and kitchens, and the water storage tanks were also cleaned.
At the same time, the Government has printed a set of anti-epidemic work manuals to remind the public of the need for proper maintenance and repair of drainage systems and sanitary facilities, which has been distributed to all property management companies and owners' committees.
Later, Fan Heng and his entourage visited several sensitive areas, and at the same time entered the houses to have close contact with local residents, and made some speeches to the media to cheer everyone on.
It wasn't until dinner time that they returned to the hotel. "There are no pop-ups