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Written by: Chen Qianting and Tang Jiaqi
2020-10-08 17:05
The last update date: 2020-10-08 17:32
Hong Kong today (8th) added 18 new confirmed cases of pneumonia, 14 of which are local cases, of which 1 is of unknown origin.
The Centre for Health Protection announced that 11 new residents were diagnosed in the "National Treasure House" in Kwai Chung. Most of the patients are asymptomatic and 12 people have been infected. As for the "China Secret" group at the bar in Tsim Sha Tsui, the outbreak One more customer was infected. The patient had also been to the bar "Virgo" in Cameron Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui. A friend of his colleagues has been diagnosed initially.
As for the new case of unknown origin today, a 65-year-old man lives in Block 6, Saixihu Building, North Point. He goes to TOWER 535 in Causeway Bay or "Fitness First" in Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai almost every day.
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Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Zhang Zhujun, announced that of the 14 new local cases today, 13 of them are related to the previous cases, including 11 residents of the "National Treasure Home" in the Kwai Chung residential complex. The case number is 5149 , 5151 to 5160.
Together with the confirmed cases yesterday, 12 residents have been diagnosed so far.
Zhang Zhujun said that most of the patients in the new cases were asymptomatic, and they were found by taking deep throat saliva samples for testing. All residents and employees of the institution have been sent to the quarantine center in Pokfulam or Zhangmutou, Ma'anshan for isolation.
China Secret customers visited the bar
Virgo on the
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The "China Secret" group at the bar in Tsim Sha Tsui, which was exposed to the outbreak, added one more person. Case No. 5148, a 29-year-old man reported that he had visited the bar with three friends on September 23. The patient had a fever since October 1, the same day. I went to a bar on the 3rd floor of Cameron Center in Tsim Sha Tsui with two friends. Zhang Jun once mistakenly referred to the bar as "New Parrot", and later corrected that "New Parrot" had moved and the name of the bar the patient had visited was "Virgo" , Some of the friends in the same group were initially diagnosed.
Zhang Zhujun added that his friend who was initially diagnosed was an employee of Manulife Insurance. The employee had also visited two bars. According to information on the Internet, the employee had participated in an event attended by nearly a hundred people. Survey details.
Together with this case, there have been fewer than 10 preliminary confirmed cases so far.
The remaining related case was the family member of the previously confirmed patient. Case No. 5150 was found during a virus test in the hospital.
Unknown source: Men in 6 years of age go to "Fitness First" every day
One new case of unknown origin is Case No. 5161, a 65-year-old man living in Block 6, Saixi Lake Building, North Point. Zhang Zhujun revealed that the patient went to TOWER 535 in Causeway Bay or the "Fitness First" in Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai almost daily. "Fitness, and occasionally work out with my wife. I went to some restaurants during the incubation period, but no particular high-risk factors were found.
Input cases include air crew and seafarers
In terms of imported cases, the 4 new imported cases added today are Case No. 5145, an air worker arriving in Hong Kong from Russia, arriving in Hong Kong on October 5; No. 5146, returning to Hong Kong from India on October 6; No. 5147 No. 5, October 6, arrived in Hong Kong from Tunisia via Turkey; and No. 5162, seamen from India, arrived in Hong Kong on October 4.
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