Hong Kong's New Chief Executive Li Jianchao: Actively Explore Shortening Arrival Segregation Days!

The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has shown signs of picking up recently. The number of daily confirmed cases has exceeded 1,000 in a row. The Chief Executive, Li Jiacao, said before the first executive meeting after taking office today (5th) that risks should be balanced under the influence of the epidemic. He stressed that Hong Kong must control the epidemic situation and study to reduce the inconvenience caused by epidemic prevention measures to immigrants at the same time. He has asked the Secretary for Medical and Health, Lu, to explore shortening the number of quarantine days for arrivals.

When asked how Hong Kong can continue to play the role of an international hub under strict epidemic prevention measures, such as the circuit breaker mechanism, Li Jiachao said that Hong Kong is an international city and has been greatly affected by the epidemic. He has asked the Director of the Medical Health Bureau to study and control the epidemic. On the other hand, it will reduce the inconvenience to passengers arriving in Hong Kong.

Li Jiachao said that in order to control the risk of the epidemic, Hong Kong must control the epidemic. If the number of confirmed cases rises, the chances of people being admitted to the hospital due to the diagnosis will increase, which may affect the medical system and the services obtained by other non-infected patients. The Director of Health has been asked to pay close attention to and consider the relevant figures, make response plans, and protect high-risk people, but did not respond to whether to tighten the current social distance measures.