{"id":664196,"date":"2022-02-24T14:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=664196"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:53:01","slug":"virus-hit-hong-kong-invokes-emergency-powers-to-allow-in-china-medics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2022\/02\/virus-hit-hong-kong-invokes-emergency-powers-to-allow-in-china-medics\/","title":{"rendered":"Virus-hit Hong Kong invokes emergency powers to allow in China medics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_664194\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-664194\" class=\"size-full wp-image-664194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/2e303be7f5fd0d35398447426af7a0ec9ac045e6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/2e303be7f5fd0d35398447426af7a0ec9ac045e6.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/2e303be7f5fd0d35398447426af7a0ec9ac045e6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-664194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese mainland medics are not currently allowed to operate in Hong Kong without passing local exams and licensing regulations &copy; <b>AFP \/ Bertha WANG<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p><i>Hong Kong (AFP), Feb 24 &#8211; <\/i>Hong Kong&#8217;s government invoked emergency powers on Thursday to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel from the Chinese mainland to help combat a spiralling coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The densely populated metropolis is in the throes of its worst-ever Covid wave, registering thousands of cases every day, which are overwhelming hospitals and government efforts to isolate all infected people in dedicated units.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong authorities have followed a zero-Covid strategy similar to mainland China&#8217;s, which has kept infections mostly at bay throughout the pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>But they were caught flat-footed when the highly infectious Omicron variant broke through those defences, and have since increasingly called on the mainland for help.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_664195\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-664195\" class=\"size-full wp-image-664195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/557e2acee1452efc53ba2cf62d4fdd1deea55e66.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/557e2acee1452efc53ba2cf62d4fdd1deea55e66.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/557e2acee1452efc53ba2cf62d4fdd1deea55e66-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-664195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphic on Covid restrictions in place in Hong Kong. &copy; <b>AFP \/ John SAEKI<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Hong Kong is now facing a very dire epidemic situation which continues to deteriorate rapidly,&#8221; the government said in its statement announcing the use of emergency powers.<\/p>\n<p>Mainland medics are not currently allowed to operate in Hong Kong without passing local exams and meeting licensing regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency powers &#8220;exempt certain persons or projects from all relevant statutory requirements&#8230; so as to increase Hong Kong&#8217;s epidemic control capacity for containing the fifth wave within a short period of time,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after Chinese President Xi Jinping last week ordered Hong Kong to take &#8220;all necessary measures&#8221; to bring the outbreak under control, signalling the city would not be allowed to move towards living with the virus like much of the rest of the world. <\/p>\n<p>Allowing mainland medics to work in Hong Kong has been a source of debate for years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_663893\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-663893\" class=\"size-full wp-image-663893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/deee9c62d751cb03b5a59395e740c7ae0df149aa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/deee9c62d751cb03b5a59395e740c7ae0df149aa.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/deee9c62d751cb03b5a59395e740c7ae0df149aa-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-663893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Densely populated Hong Kong is in the throes of its worst-ever Covid wave, registering thousands of cases every day, overwhelming hospitals and government efforts to isolate all infected people in dedicated units &copy; <b>AFP\/File \/ Peter PARKS<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even before the pandemic, supporters argued it could alleviate shortages in the city&#8217;s stretched healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>Local medical practitioners in the past have objected, citing issues such as language and cultural barriers -&ndash; though critics have dismissed such talk as protectionism.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong was supposed to operate as a semi-autonomous region from China, after the territory returned from British colonial rule in 1997. <\/p>\n<p>But that autonomy was eroded in recent years as China crushed a democracy movement. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Manpower &#8216;exhausted&#8217; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong has recorded more than 62,000 Covid cases in the current wave, compared with just 12,000 during the two years before.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_663451\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-663451\" class=\"size-full wp-image-663451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/836db6940885434f85047ba47845a0bdd9a2af15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/836db6940885434f85047ba47845a0bdd9a2af15.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2022\/02\/836db6940885434f85047ba47845a0bdd9a2af15-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-663451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local modelling predicts Hong Kong might see as many as 180,000 infections and 100 deaths daily by mid-March &copy; <b>AFP\/File \/ Peter PARKS<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Health experts fear the real number is far higher because of a testing backlog and people avoiding testing for fear of being forced into isolation units if they are positive.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last fortnight, stories have emerged of parents being separated from children and babies who test positive, as well as elderly patients lying on gurneys outside hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>British Consul General Brian Davidson said Thursday his team had &#8220;robustly challenged&#8221; the Hong Kong government over the practice of separating infants from parents, while the Australian consulate said it had also spoken to local authorities about the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Around 1,200 healthcare workers have been infected as of Wednesday, according to the Hospital Authority.<\/p>\n<p>The authority&#8217;s chairman Henry Fan told state media Monday he hoped the mainland government would send over doctors and nurses, because local manpower had been &#8220;exhausted&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong has ordered all 7.4 million residents to go through three rounds of mandatory coronavirus testing next month.<\/p>\n<p>China is helping to build a series of isolation units and temporary hospital wards but it is unclear whether enough can be constructed in time.<\/p>\n<p>Local modelling predicts the city might see as many as 180,000 infections and 100 deaths daily by mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities have increasingly resorted to emergency orders in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2019 protests, authorities used such powers to ban mask-wearing. <\/p>\n<p>The following year, emergency orders were used to make mask-wearing mandatory during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s disease prevention law has also been invoked, to forbid public gatherings and to bring in a host of strict social distancing measures and business closure orders that have been in place on and off for two years.<\/p>\n<p>City leader Carrie Lam has defended her approach, citing the intensity of the virus crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In an environment as urgent as this, we cannot let existing laws stop us from doing what we should do,&#8221; 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