香港特区政府政务司司长：形势严峻 全力抗疫-中新网 新华社香港7月26日电 香港特区政府政务司司长张建宗26日表示，香港新冠肺炎疫情形势持续严峻，若疫情转坏，特区政府将果断采取更严厉管控措施，进一步限制经营场所营业和减少市民外出空间。 但现阶段特区政府无意推出“居家令”或“禁足令”限制市民外出。 张建宗当日发表题为《形势严峻 全力抗疫》的网志。 他表示，这一波疫情是半年以来最严峻的，未来两星期将会十分关键，要尽力防止病毒在社区进一步扩散。 除了特区政府采取必要措施之外，市民自律和配合也非常重要。 他呼吁市民务必尽量留在家中，减少社交接触和外出用餐。 市民应配合佩戴口罩的强制措施保护自己及他人，并注重个人和环境卫生及勤洗手，更应暂停非必要的亲友聚会或聚餐及减少到街市。 他表示，中央一直十分关心香港疫情变化及支持特区政府防疫抗疫工作，并积极回应行政长官最新要求，在加大检测能力和改装亚洲国际博览馆为类似“方舱医院”的工作上提供协助。 张建宗表示，特区政府为特定高风险群组，即安老院舍、残疾院舍及护养院员工、餐厅员工、出租车司机和物业管理员工提供的免费病毒检测已全面展开，涉及人数多达40万。 他十分关注出现在安老院舍的感染个案，特区政府已为安老院舍院友安排特定的临时检疫中心。 他表示，特区政府正在位于新界大屿山的竹篙湾检疫中心附近兴建隔离检疫设施，预计可在9月底前提供额外700套隔离房。 行政长官也在19日宣布，特区政府将在竹篙湾检疫中心多兴建2000间隔离房，并争取于今年年底前落成。 加上该隔离检疫中心已经投入使用的800间，年底前竹篙湾检疫中心预计可提供共3500间隔离房。 香港目前共有四个正在运作的隔离检疫中心，共提供约2600间隔离房。 此外，特区政府于24日重新启用位于香港岛的鲤鱼门公园度假村作为社区隔离设施，用于收治50岁以下有独立自理能力的患者。
Chief Secretary for Administration of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: The situation is grim and fight against the COVID-19 epidemic - www.chinanews.com Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, July 26 - Zhang Jianzong, Chief Secretary for Administration of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said on the 26th that the COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong continued to be grim, and if the COVID-19 epidemic worsened, the SAR Government would decisively take more stringent control measures to further restrict the operations of business premises and reduce the space for citizens to go out. However, at this stage, the SAR Government had no intention of introducing a "stay-at-home order" or a "shelter-in-place order" to restrict citizens from going out. On the same day, Zhang Jianzong published a blog titled "Severe Situation, Fight Against the COVID-19 Epidemic". He said that this epidemic was the most severe in the past six months, and it would be crucial in the next two weeks, so we should try our best to prevent the COVID-19 from spreading further in the community. In addition to the necessary measures taken by the SAR Government, self-discipline and co-operation of the citizens were also very important. He appealed to the citizens to stay at home as much as possible and reduce social contact and dining out. The citizens should cooperate with the compulsory measures of wearing masks to protect themselves and others, pay attention to personal and environmental hygiene and wash their hands frequently, and should suspend unnecessary gatherings or dinners of relatives and friends and go to the market as little as possible. He said that the central government had always been very concerned about the changes in the COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong and supported the work of the SAR Government in preventing and fighting the COVID-19 epidemic, and actively responded to the latest request of the Chief Executive, providing assistance in enhancing the testing capability and transforming the AsiaWorld-Expo into a "mobile cabin hospital". Zhang Jianzong said that the free COVID-19 testing provided by the SAR Government for specific high-risk groups, namely, employees of elderly homes, disabled homes and nursing homes, restaurant employees, taxi drivers and property management employees, had been fully launched, involving as many as 400,000 persons. He was very concerned about infection cases in residential care homes for the elderly, and the SAR Government had arranged a special temporary COVID-19 testing center for residents of residential care homes for the elderly. He said that the SAR Government was building isolation quarantine facilities near Penny's Bay Quarantine Center on Lantau Island, New Territories, and it was expected that 700 additional isolation rooms would be provided by the end of September. The Chief Executive also announced on 19th that the SAR Government would build 2000 more isolation rooms at Penny's Bay Quarantine Center, and strive to complete building before the end of this year. By the end of the year, Penny's Bay Quarantine Center was expected to provide a total of 3,500 isolation rooms plus of the 800 isolation rooms which have been put into use by it. There are currently four isolation quarantine centers in operation in Hong Kong, providing about 2,600 isolation rooms. In addition, on the 24th, the SAR Government reopened the Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village on Hong Kong Island as a community isolation facility to treat patients under 50 who have independent self-care ability.