By The SUN
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| CE Lee says any decision on quarantine rules will have to be made closer to the event |
Chief Executive John Lee said Tuesday that the government has yet to decide on whether to cut compulsory quarantine for new arrivals in time for the start of big global events at the end of October.
Speaking to reporters ahead of his weekly meeting with the
Executive Council, CE Lee said any decision that will be made will depend on
the Covid situation in
He pointed out that the daily infection figures remained high, at between 800 and 11,000 in the past weeks, straining the resources of the public health sector.
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Thus, while the government recognizes the need to return to
normal life and maintain
“So we need to make sure that we can protect our public health care system and high risk groups,” he said. “We will keep analyzing data and keep monitoring the situation. We will have regard to the actual situation and decide on our infection control measures.”
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After the CE’s remarks, the city’s health officials reported another drop in the daily of Covid infections. The day’s tally stood at 7,218, including 151 imported cases. This marked a drop of about 700 from yesterday’s caseload.
However, Dr Albert Au of the Centre for Health Protection said the decline may be due to some people opting not to take Covid tests during the recent three-day Mid-Autumn holiday.
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| Au says wait for 2 weeks before declaring that the worst is over for this outbreak |
Au said the daily figures should drop to between 7,000 to 8,000 (or below) in the next two weeks for the government to say the recent surge in cases has peaked.
He said a big chunk of the cases – or 2,886, were reported from 991 schools after the holiday, although some of the positive results had come out during the three-day break.
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Dr Sara Ho of the Hospital Authority said there were ten related deaths recorded yesterday, involving patients aged 52 to 95. Half of them had triple doses of a vaccine.
There are now 2,885 Covid patients receiving treatment in public hospitals, including 343 who were newly admitted.
Among them, 52 are listed in critical condition and 61 are severely ill.
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A 10-year-old boy who was previously listed as critically ill has recovered slightly and is now able to breathe without a ventilator, but is still being closely monitored.
Of the 151 imported cases, 55 were detected on arrival at
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