Terrifying new HK mutation14 Jul 2020 08:47
Professor Gabriel Leung, dean of HKU medical school, has stated a strain of the virus has increased its infection rate by 30 per cent due to a DNA mutation
Microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung says the current wave of new infections is almost certainly due to the lifting of social-distancing measures
A top medical expert advising the Hong Kong government on
Covid-19 has warned that each infected person could transmit the coronavirus to four others, as the virus has turned more infectious, while the city has now entered the most serious phase
of the public health crisis.
“This is the start of a sustained massive local outbreak the likes of which we have never seen before,” Leung said on a radio programme on Sunday.
On Saturday, health authorities warned that Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 was by far the most serious of the public health crisis to date,
Hong Kong is currently facing a real and continuous local outbreak. The situation has gone back to almost the same level when we had not placed any surveillance measures on the disease at all,” Leung said.
Yuen also accused the authorities of not screening enough people for the virus.
At present, Hong Kong is conducting 4,000 to 5,000 tests a day. “We will not be able to achieve wide-scale screening within the community at this pace,” he said.
“Residents should be able to just walk into the clinics and get tested, instead of waiting for an appointment,” he added.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3092821/coronavirus-hong-kong-expert-warns-each-infected
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