Leading scholars in Hong Kong urged government on Tuesday to move from China zeroCorona virus disease strategy before next outbreak of what was not financial The hub wants it to be a “forever closed port”.
Hong Kong has used strict travel restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus for two years but these left Asia world city is getting more and more isolated deadly The Omicron eruption since January has led to mass exodus of Residents and businesses fleeing its escalation list of restrictions.
Mega boom in Cases destroyed cityhealthcare system And the left He. She with one of The highest COVID-19 death rates in The developed world with The government facing Cash for Not vaccinating the elderly population in time.
On Monday, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Ease travel restrictions in April, but government No comprehensive roadmap has been provided out of The crisis after reducing the quarantine periods for Travelers inland and open flight paths.
“The past Two months was very painful experience of Loss for us And he doesn’t. allow us Wait,” chief epidemiologist Gabriel Leung, who driving team of Scientists are working on The virus for journalists on Tuesday.
Scientists estimate that about 4.4 million people in Populous Hong Kong – or 60% of The population – They were hit so far during an omicron wave.
Official numbers have been registered over 1 million cases and nearly 6,000 deaths since January – mainly among unvaccinated elderly people population.
Leung, Dean of the University of Hong Kong Medical College and government The expert, who was cited by Lam often, stressed the importance of Get vaccinated and boosted while you say Hong Kong should do it begin living with virus unlessremains The port is closed forever.
he is added This settlement is “the safest way because we don’t do it know if it was next new The variant is weaker or stronger than the ones we’ve seen.”
in layout with China, where a zero COVID-19 strategy Experienced sudden closures imposed on millions of Population even after a handful of Cases have been detected, Hong Kong has maintained some of The world’s most severe pandemic restrictions.
Beijing begins to reshape Hong Kong in Its authoritarian image in the wake of massive and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019, sweeping stay national Security Act to crush dissent.
a move away from zero-disparity strategy It means getting away from China path.
Last week, President Xi Jinping urged China to “hold on” zero COVID-19 even when several cities forced dozens of millions of Residents to stay in they homes with cases rising for them highest The number from the first days of epidemic.
