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15 new confirmed cases of local zero infection in a single day, 11 cases from the same Nepal arrival flight

2021-05-02T07:38:11.167Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. There are 15 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (29th), all of which are imported cases. The local diagnosis is zero. This is the second time that the local diagnosis has been zero since this Monday (April 26). In 15 cases,


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Written by: Zheng Cuibi

2021-04-29 16:11

Last update date: 2021-04-29 16:12

The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. There are 15 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (29th), all of which are imported cases. The local diagnosis is zero. This is the second time that the local diagnosis has been zero since this Monday (April 26).

Of the 15 cases, 13 patients were all from Nepal, and 11 of them arrived in Hong Kong on the same flight on April 20.

However, because the current flight "fuse mechanism" indicates that a flight will only be grounded if three people are tested and confirmed on the day of arrival in Hong Kong. This mechanism does not include those who are diagnosed during the quarantine period. Therefore, even if as many as 11 people are diagnosed on the same flight, This flight will not be banned.

In addition, there are fewer than 5 preliminary confirmed cases today.

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The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced that as of 0:00 on April 29, the center is investigating 15 newly confirmed cases. So far, the total number of cases in Hong Kong is 11 771 (including 11 770 confirmed cases and one suspected case).

All the new cases added today are imported cases. Except for one case from Indonesia (the 11763th case, a 32-year-old woman is a foreign domestic helper) and one case from India (the 11771th case, a 30-year-old woman), the remaining 13 cases The cases are all from Nepal.

Among these 13 cases, 2 people arrived in Hong Kong by Royal Nepal Airlines flight RA409 on April 27, and the remaining 11 people came to Hong Kong by flight RA409 on April 20. Two of them were tested for the N501Y variant virus, respectively. This is the 11767th case (44-year-old woman) and 11770 (47-year-old man).

Of the 11 imported cases from Nepal, 5 persons were asymptomatic, and the date of onset of the remaining 6 persons was between April 23 and 26.

Among the 11 people, only 2 live in the Ramada Seaview Hotel in Sai Yingpan, and the other 9 live in the Metropark Hotel, Homantin, Kowloon.

The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues. Today (29th) there are 15 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, all of which are imported cases.

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According to the Department of Health, it is unknown whether the 11 cases of confirmed persons who took the same flight on the same day knew each other, and because the current flight "fuse mechanism" indicated that if a flight has three people diagnosed on the day of arrival, the flight will be suspended. This mechanism does not include people who are diagnosed during the quarantine period, so even if as many as 11 people on the same plane are diagnosed, the flight will not be banned.

In the past 14 days (April 15-28), a total of 143 new cases were added, including 35 local cases (including one possible local case), of which 15 were of unknown origin.

In addition, the Center for Health Protection reminded the public that the two service providers will provide a home delivery service for sample collection during the Labor Day holiday (May 1) (the basic fee for each sample is 100 yuan).

People under home quarantine can make an appointment to arrange express delivery service to submit their deep throat saliva samples on the above days.

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