Corona Outbreak in Hong Kong: Strict Social Distancing Rules are Extended
The Hong Kong government announced that the existing strict social distancing rules were extended for another seven days, until August 25.
DDHK.ORG - The Hong Kong GOVERNMENT, yesterday (17/8/2020), announced that the existing strict social distancing rules were extended for another seven days, until August 25. This is published by the Government through its official website, news.gov.hk.
The measures included stopping the dining service at various restaurants and restaurants from 18.00 p.m. to 4.59 a.m. the following day. This includes the obligation to wear masks in all public places.
"The government explained that the COVID-19 situation in Hong Kong is still severe. Although the number of daily new cases has dropped from a peak in late July, it remains at a high with the seven-day average still higher than the peak of the second wave in March and April, ”wrote news.gov.hk.
Unlike the second wave, the third wave of the corona outbreak in Hong Kong was marked by community infections with a wider geographic and cross-sectoral distribution. It was observed, the latest type of corona virus has a higher transmission and spread to nursing homes. The mortality rate for patients with chronic diseases is also increasing.
In addition, a new cluster of corona spread has also emerged. Among them, foreign domestic workers' boarding houses and workplaces for port workers. This shows that the risk of an explosive community outbreak and a return to the epidemic situation in the Land of Concrete remains very high.
In addition, the high proportion of new cases with an unknown source of infection, around 40 percent, indicates that silent or subclinical chains of transmission are prevalent in the community.
"It is feared that such a transmission chain will remain despite extensive testing," said the Government.
Noting that the public is getting tired of social distancing measures, increasingly impatient with the prolonged quasi-lockdown and wants to continue social and economic activities, the Government emphasizes that this is not the time for relaxation and there is no room for complacency in controlling the epidemic. "The government calls for public cooperation and tolerance to maintain social distancing to break the chain of transmission in the community," wrote the Hong Kong Government. [DDHKNews / photo source: RTHK]
