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Coronavirus disease. Latest | First confirmed Ma On Shan Filipino domestic helper and Pakistani construction site workers review results today

2021-05-25T16:41:18.413Z


There was a new confirmed case in Hong Kong yesterday (24th) involving a 46-year-old Filipino domestic helper with a variant strain of N501Y virus. The authorities had sealed off 6 buildings in Victoria Harbour where he lived with his employer for compulsory inspection the night before. The Centre for Health Protection said Or have the opportunity to be overseas


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There was a new confirmed case in Hong Kong yesterday (24th) involving a 46-year-old Filipino domestic helper with a variant strain of N501Y virus. The authorities had sealed off 6 buildings in Victoria Harbour where he lived with his employer for compulsory inspections. The Centre for Health Protection said It may be imported from overseas, but for the time being, it will still be classified as a local sourceless case.

In terms of preliminary diagnosis, as of yesterday, there were less than 5 cases, and there were two uncertain cases.

The current social distancing measures will expire tomorrow (26th). It is currently unknown whether the Hong Kong government will further extend or make further adjustments.

▼From May 24th, schools at all levels can fully teach in half-day face-to-face ▼

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3 confirmed foreign domestic helpers living in West Kowloon have invisible transmission?

Expert: I believe I was infected before coming to Hong Kong

[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 the Cullinan of Nanchang Station, Block B of Bow Ning Building in Yau Ma Tei, and Victoria Harbour 6 at Tai Kok Tsui Olympic Station. seat.



Based on the geographical representation, the living areas of the three foreign domestic helpers are close, and there is a hidden worry about the chain of invisible transmission. 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.

▼Announcement on mandatory inspection of schools, buildings, places and workplaces on May 24▼

▼Mobile sampling stations that provide services to the public in each district (as of May 25) ▼

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Mandatory Testing Building|Four local Haidianju and Maanshan Park are on the list

May 25th [02:08] Hong Kong yesterday (24th) recorded less than 5 initial confirmed cases, including a 37-year-old Filipino domestic helper who arrived in Hong Kong in mid-March and a 43-year-old male construction worker of Pakistani origin.

Hygiene and Food issued a mandatory test announcement in the early morning of today (25th), involving 6 places.

The Filipino domestic helper detected N501Y and E484K with double variant virus strains. Her residence at No. 49 Heliao Village, Tai Tung, Sai Kung, as well as Ma On Shan Haidian Ju, Block 8, Ma On Shan Park and the Fo Tan Office of the Immigration Department were included in the announcement. People who have been there on the specified date must go to the test on this Thursday (27th) at the latest.

Shek Wah Building, Shek Lei (2) Village, the residence of the male site worker, and the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel-Main Tunnel and related works site where he works are also included in the mandatory inspection announcement.

For those who have been in the above-mentioned places for more than two hours in the past two weeks, if they have not been tested or vaccinated in the past three days, they must also go for testing by this Thursday at the latest.

▼Preliminary confirmed Filipino domestic helpers with N501Y and E484K variant virus strains have visited places▼

Mandatory testing of schools | Yew Secondary School’s 13 kindergarten, the whole school, the high bishop’s college, and other 3 primary schools

[01:49] The Food and Health Bureau issued a compulsory testing announcement in the early morning of today (25th), and 16 schools had outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infection and/or influenza-like illness. Because the disease is similar to the 2019 coronavirus disease, they were included in the compulsory testing. announcement.

13 kindergartens including Yew Chung International Kindergarten (Kent Road), Lam Tin Kaisi Kindergarten (Science Garden) and Tung Chung Coastal Skyline Sun Island Kindergarten (Tung Chung Branch). Staff, students and visitors are required to be tested. The Department of Health instructed to suspend classes for five days.

Three primary schools, including the Primary School of Zhaohuitai High Bishop's College in Wanchai, have different practices. The mandatory testing announcement specifies mandatory testing for students and teachers for one to two years, rather than the entire school. This is the first time this arrangement has occurred. The relevant grades need to be suspended for five days.

Only the third grade teachers and students of the Primary School of the High Bishop’s College are required to be subject to mandatory testing, and other grades do not require testing.

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▼On the evening of May 23, the 6th closed area of ​​Victoria Harbour was inspected▼

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