The cases of Hong Kong's crown of Omiko BA.4 or BA.5 continue to increase, and the preliminary cases have reached 9.8%.Xu Shuchang, an expert of the Hong Kong Government, said on Sunday (August 7) that if BA.5 replaces BA.2 to become the mainstream virus strain in Hong Kong, the daily confirmed cases may reach 10,000 again, and they will reappear on the "small peak", butIt may not be significantly pushed high and mortality.
According to Hong Kong Zhongtong News Agency, Xu Shichang said in the TV show that recently Hong Kong's diagnosis number has maintained the level of 4,000 to 5,000 cases.rise.
However, under the background of Hong Kong's vaccine vaccination rate and social distance measures, he believes that he may not be as expected as expected.
Xu Shichang also believes that many citizens in Hong Kong have mixed immuno -antibodies. Even if they enter autumn and winter, they may not cause large outbreaks.However, if a new mutant virus appears again, a new wave of epidemic may be caused.He emphasized that the most important thing is to vaccinate three -needle vaccine.
The current 50 or more qualified persons in Hong Kong can vaccinate the fourth shot.He believes that the fourth shot is only a matter of time, and other people in other age groups will be fourth.
As for the news that Hong Kong will announce the arrangement of the quarantine period in the short term, Xu Shichang believes that this will not increase risks to the Hong Kong epidemic, but he emphasizes that through genetic sorting analysis, it will continue to monitor whether the new mutant virus will be continuously monitored whether the new mutant virus will be.Flow into Hong Kong.
