Rome, February 13, 2022 – While in Europe the numbers on the pandemic seem comforting, on the other side of the world, where it all began, the nightmare returns Covid. A Hong Kong i new positives they do not stop, despite the city having launched the stricter restrictions implemented so far to stop the fifth wave of infections from Covid-19, and hundreds of people have queue for hours at the bay checkpoint Shenzhen to succeed in enter the Mainland Chinain an attempt to cross the border and seek shelter from the worsening of the pandemic.
In the last 24 hours they have been recorded 1,514 new infections and three deathsconfirming that the variante Omicron undermines the ‘zero-Covid’ line pursued by China. Data still not alarming, but the trend is growing and, although there are few serious cases, the rise in the curve is weighing on the local health system. As we learn from local sources, in fact, many hospitals are already close to limit of admissions. And the gloomiest forecasts see the current situation worsening, with daily infections that could reach up to altitude thirty thousand at the end of March, from about a thousand current.
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Hundreds on the run
What is the rise of the epidemic curve due to? The new wave is mainly attributed to gatherings due to Lunar New Year holiday. And as reported by thel South China Morning Posta Hong Kong newspaper, since yesterday hundreds of people they got in queue for hours at the bay checkpoint Shenzhen to succeed in enter mainland China, in an attempt to cross the border and seek shelter from the worsening of the pandemic, despite the required two weeks of mandatory quarantine. Some of them said they got stuck in Hong Kong after the Lunar New Year holidays last week and had to return to work in Guangdong Province, while others expressed hopes of finding refuge in Shenzhen, where they haven’t recently been Infections have been reported.
Strict restrictions
To counter the spread of the virus, from February 10, the 7.5 million inhabitants of the city of Hong Kong are limited to gatherings of maximum two people in public spaces (with some exemptions, as in the case of carers), while hairdressers and religious centers will remain closed until February 24th. Strong limitations also for supermarketshypermarkets, shopping malls, gyms and beauty centers, where only the vaccinewhile those who transgress the provisions in force may undergo a fine of up to ten thousand dollars Hong Kong (over 1,100 euros, double the penalties imposed to date). Several offices in recent days have been forced to close temporarily due to the presence of infections.
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Carrie Lam’s appeal
The same Carrie Lam, at the head of the Hong Kong administration, on Facebook she had to apologize to the citizens for the long queues formed to carry out the swab or for admission to the centers for the quarantine of positive Covid-19. The new spike in cases of infection shows just how contagious the variant is Omicron of the virus, wrote Lam, addressing citizens the appeal a get vaccinated. “I firmly believe that everyone cares about our frontline medical staff”, the Hong Kong leader said, “they are eager to return to their normal lives, and want to help Hong Kong out of the pandemic.”
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