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Written by: Chen Shuxia
2021-05-25 08:00
Last update date: 2021-05-25 08:00
The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has been repeated. Recently, there have been 3 confirmed cases of foreign domestic helpers. Coincidentally, the patients are more concentrated in West Kowloon, including Nanchang Station Cullinan, Yau Ma Tei Po Ning Building, Block B, and Tai Kok Tsui Olympic Station, Victoria Harbour.
Based on the geographical representation, the living areas of the three foreign domestic helpers are close, and there is a hidden concern of the invisible transmission chain. However, the whereabouts of the people did not overlap. The authorities announced that two of them (the foreign domestic helpers living in the West and Victoria Harbour) The amount of the virus is low, and antibodies have also been detected. Experts believe that the chance of infection in the community is low. It is estimated that they have been infected before they came to Hong Kong.
The authorities are taking a wait-and-see attitude and will not rule out characterizing the two cases as imported cases, but further research is needed.
▼On the evening of May 23, the 6th closed area of Victoria Harbour was inspected▼
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Living in a luxury house, the Indian servants have low viral load and antibodies
At the end of last month, the South African mutant virus group broke out, which even involved foreign domestic helpers. The Hong Kong government issued a mandatory inspection order to 370,000 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong on April 30, and then "increased" it, requiring foreign domestic helpers to Complete the second round of testing before the deadline on Sunday (30th).
The authorities stated that as of the day before yesterday (23rd), 220,000 foreign domestic helpers had already sampled.
Checking the data revealed that a 29-year-old newly arrived Indian domestic helper (case number: 11831) who had no symptoms was the first to confirm the diagnosis on the 22nd of this month.
She took flight GA876 from Indonesia to Hong Kong on the 25th of last month. After arriving in Hong Kong, she was quarantined at the Luxurious Metropolitan Hotel in Xiyingpan. The results of both tests were negative. After completing the quarantine on the 16th of this month, she moved to the employer in Nanchang, Sham Shui Po. Standing at the home of Block 5A, the luxury mansion above, went to the Shek Kip Mei Baitian Testing Center on the 20th of this month to undergo a compulsory inspection, and then confirmed the diagnosis.
According to the authorities, the CT value of the confirmed patient is 38, which is considered to be a low viral load. In addition, he was also found to have viral antibodies. It is believed that the chance of infection in the community is low. Considering that she may have been infected in Indonesia, it may be Enter the case.
This was followed by a 39-year-old foreign domestic helper from Indonesia (Case No. 11833) who was confirmed to be infected on the 23rd of this month.
The foreign domestic helper took flight SQ882 from Indonesia to Hong Kong via Singapore on February 20, and stayed in the temporary dormitory of the foreign domestic helper's agency in Block B of Po Ning Building in Yau Ma Tei for nearly one month.
She then transferred to live with her employer in Block B, Earl's Garden, Kowloon Tong from April 6th to May 19th.
Since the domestic helper intends to leave Hong Kong and return to China later this month, and all foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are required to undergo compulsory inspections, she went to the Yau Ma Tei Community Testing Center on the 21st of this month and the result was positive. Most of the patients stayed with their employers. At home, I went to the Wan Chai Immigration Complex to go through the formalities on the 7th and 20th of this month.
▼The last two days of the first round of testing for foreign domestic helpers on May 8▼
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Victoria Harbour Filipino Servant Virus Strain
Yesterday, the 46-year-old maid (case number: 11834) who was confirmed to have the N501Y variant virus was confirmed to live in West Kowloon, like the other two cases.
She stayed in Pakistan with her former employer from February to the end of April this year. After returning to Hong Kong, she stayed at the Ramada Seaview Hotel Sai Ying Pun, a quarantine hotel where airborne transmission had occurred. On the 30th of last month, she moved to the new employer’s residence in Block 6, Victoria Harbour, Tai Kok Tsui. After taking office, the results of the subsequent two tests were negative. However, the day before yesterday (22nd), the infection was confirmed when the intensive test was carried out again, and it was found to contain the N501Y variant virus strain.
In terms of whereabouts, she completed two doses of Fubitai vaccine on April 28 and May 19 respectively. On April 26, she went to see the foreign domestic helper agency in New Yisheng Industrial Building, Kwun Tong. She had been with friends on May 9 and 16. I went to the Central Waterfront Promenade to rest, and on May 16 I went to the Central Global Mall to remit money.
Liang Zichao infers that the Cullinan West and the foreign domestic helpers of Victoria Harbour are both Fuyang cases
The authorities closed down the building where he lived for a forced inspection last night, and no confirmed diagnosis has been found for the time being.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Centre for Health Protection, said at a press conference yesterday that the Filipino domestic helper collected samples after being admitted to the hospital. He tested negative for the virus and had antibodies in his body. The authorities will study whether this case will be classified as an imported case.
Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao estimated during a radio interview yesterday (24th) that the two foreign domestic helpers living in the West and Victoria Harbour respectively were cases of Fuyang, because both of them were tested for antibodies, or earlier than before coming to Hong Kong. Has been infected.
Regarding the Filipino domestic helper diagnosed yesterday with a variant virus strain, Liang Zichao pointed out that because she only carries the N501Y variant virus strain, it is estimated that it has nothing to do with the Indian male group that entered the community earlier.
A foreign domestic helper was infected with a variant virus in the 6th block of Victoria Harbour Bay
Filipino domestic helpers from Victoria Harbour have traveled to Pakistan for two months and returned to Hong Kong to live in Xiyingpan Ramada with a variant virus
Experts estimate that both the confirmed Indian domestic helper and the initially confirmed Filipino domestic helper were infected before coming to Hong Kong in Fuyang
The Philippine domestic helper antibody positive for the Victoria Harbour variant virus went to the Universal Building and the Central Waterfront Promenade for mandatory inspection
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