Smart Talk | Experts know better: Why regional lockdowns & mandatory testing?
With the ongoing fourth wave in Hong Kong, the city has enforced regional lockdowns and mandatory testings in high-risk areas. While medical experts and most residents backed the latest preemptive lockdown measure as the city continues to see a decline in COVID-19 cases, some logistic problems exposed by media spark controversy as well.
In this episode, DotDotNews invites Anthony WU, Chairman of Sunrise Diagnostic Center and former Chairman of Hospital Authority, together with Dr. Zhiwei CHEN, Professor of Microbiology and Director of the AIDS Institute at HKU, who has been studying virology intensively for decades.
Amid the chaotic situation of confronting the pandemic, what are the reasons of HK government imposing “ambush” lockdowns and mandatory testings? With medical resources largely allocated to fighting the virus, what about patients with cancers, AIDS and other underlying diseases? What impact does the pandemic cause on medical resources and scientific research? And most importantly, when will life in HK be normalized? Watch the video to find out.
以言會友｜香港多處「封區」引爭議 抗疫專家解析背後原因
香港第四波疫情反覆，港府在本地多個高風險地區實施封區檢測。該舉措得到醫學專家的支持，近日的本地新增個案數字亦有下降，但「突襲封區」過程中暴露的安排問題，也引發部分市民的不滿。
本期「以言會友」，點新聞DotDotNews邀請到華昇診斷中心董事長、前香港醫管局主席胡定旭，以及從事病毒研究數十年的香港大學微生物學系教授陳志偉博士，從科學專業的角度回應關於檢測、封區的熱議問題，並深入淺出地分析疫情對醫學界研究的影響。
強制封區和檢測對疫情控制有何作用？疫情對全球醫療資源和科研有何影響？本地疫情反覆，一線抗疫專家對香港政府有何建言，民眾又應如何做好防疫？最重要的是，香港何時能夠回到正常生活？想聽聽抗疫專家的分析和答案？請去片。
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