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Written by: Li Enci
2021-03-20 14:52
Last update date: 2021-03-20 14:52
The Centre for Health Protection said that there were 8 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong today, including 1 imported case and 7 local cases. Among them, a 42-year-old decorator had an unknown source of infection.
He lives in Caroline Building, Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay, and worked in the HSBC Headquarters Building and the ground shop on Staunton Street, Central.
In the fitness center group, another 3 people were diagnosed, all of whom were close contacts of those diagnosed earlier, and the group had a total of 141 people.
In addition, both Pingren House and Pingshan House of Pingtian Village, Lantian live with patients. Among them, a 36-year-old female patient became ill on March 10 and has been 10 days since then.
Today, there are less than 10 initially confirmed cases.
▼On the evening of March 17th, the third phase of Junyi Building closed area detection▼
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According to the Centre for Health Protection, the patient with an unknown source of infection is a 42-year-old man (#11368) who lives in Caroline Building, Caroline Hill Road, Causeway Bay. He has no symptoms.
Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection announced yesterday (19th) that he was mainly responsible for carpentry. From March 11th to 15th, he went to the 8th and 11th floors of the HSBC Headquarters building for renovation work, and he had not visited other floors. .
The decorator works with less than 10 colleagues, and the relevant persons must be sent to compulsory quarantine.
The decorator then continued to work on the ground floor of Staunton Street, Central. During the incubation period, he mainly went to a tea restaurant to have meals with colleagues and family members.
▼March 10, Ursus Fitness, Xiyingpan, suspected an outbreak▼
In terms of local related cases, the 45-year-old male patient (#11365), the 3-year-old boy (#11370) and the 44-year-old male patient (#11372) living in Block M of Xinghua Building in Mid-Levels belong to the fitness center group.
They were close contacts of those who were diagnosed earlier and were asymptomatic and were sent to hospital at the quarantine center.
Two new cases were diagnosed in Pingtian Village, Lantian.
(Photo by Kong Fanxu)
In addition, a 78-year-old woman (#11366) living in Pingshan Building, Pingtian Village, Lantian, who was a friend of the person diagnosed earlier, became ill on March 15.
A 36-year-old female patient (#11367) is a relative of the person diagnosed earlier. She reported to live at Huaguan House, Huaxin Village, Fanling and Pingyan House, Pingtian Village, Lam Tin. She became ill on March 10 and has been 10 days since.
A 33-year-old female patient (#11369) is also a relative of the person diagnosed earlier. She lives at No. 18 Tai Hang Road, Causeway Bay, and has no symptoms.
Regarding the imported case, a 43-year-old female patient (#11371) was a foreign domestic helper who had taken Cebu Pacific Airlines flight 5J272. She arrived in Hong Kong on March 7 and was quarantined at the Bridal Tea House Hotel on South Gillies Road, Hung Hom.
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