A new type of coronavirus pneumonia has swept the world in Wuhan, China, triggering a nationwide barrier of 10 confirmed cases in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Government announced that the West Kowloon high-speed rail, through train and cross-border maritime services would be suspended from early morning hours on Thursday (30). Passengers took the time to take the necessary means of transport to leave or return to Hong Kong. In addition, some experts said it would be best to close all mainland passenger flow, and some people called for a full suspension of mainland passenger access to hong kong.
Photo The vast majority of Hong Kong people walk the streets wearing masks. (ANTHOY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)
Hong Kong`s chief executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, announced on Tuesday (28) that the suspension of the issuance of free-ride visas was unaffected for other reasons, such as business and family visits, and that the suspension of train services at West Kowloon and Hung Hom stations, as well as Sha Tau Kok and Man Kam To passenger clearances, would not affect freight shipments from early Thursday morning. Meanwhile, mainland`s flights to hong kong will be halved and cross-border bus service will be reduced.
Some hong kongers who had been to mainland earlier were reported to have returned from mainland on high-speed rail. Passengers returning to Hong Kong scheduled for Saturday (February 1) said they had been informed of the closure of Hong Kong`s customs in mainland and therefore had purchased tickets to return to Hong Kong in advance. `Don`t worry about the safety of your car,`she said.`The most important thing is to take precautions.
In addition, tsim sha tsui china passenger wharf and tumen passenger wharf, see chinese passengers decided to buy early ticket back to mainland.
According to the position news, professor of microbiology at the university of hong kong, professor yuan guoyong, said it was best to shut down all mainland people and stop them from entering hong kong before the chinese new year.
Mr Yuan pointed out that 14 days after the first confirmed case in Hong Kong was a very important period and that all feasible measures should be taken to prevent the spread of the virus. He said the presence of cases of people who had not been to mainland, or who had not been in contact with hong kong people in wuhan, or who could not find the source of the infection, meant that the virus might have taken root in hong kong and the situation would be very serious.
Mr Yuan said the best time was over and that potential patients were likely to be in Hong Kong and that the most important thing now was personal protection. Two hundred and 300,000 people are returning to mainland during the chinese new year and will be returning to hong kong one after another, possibly bringing in more cases. If the epidemic spreads in Hong Kong, the medical system may not be able to afford it.
In addition, the hong kong hotel union recently asked the hong kong government to immediately ban all mainland people. The hong kong hotel union said a number of hotel staff had recently found travelers from the mainland epidemic, more unprotected coughs and even fevers among mainland travellers. To ensure the safety of MTR employees and passengers, the MTR Union also sent a letter to MTR Corporation urging the Government to implement a full customs closure, including the closure of Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau ports and border stations. The chairman of the East Rail Line Chief points out that if the appeal for a full closure is not answered, the launch of the strike operation will not be ruled out.
