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He Boliang: The crew inspection results of the Ocean Spectroscopy do not match the schedule. The cruise company needs to review

2021-10-22T05:13:10.083Z


A 40-year-old crew member of the cruise ship "Ocean Spectroscopy" tested positive yesterday, suspected to be a case of Fuyang. The incident forced the cancellation of the cruise’s "High Seas Tour" activities. Passengers who had already boarded had to disembark, and a large number of those who had not boarded the ship Travellers also


A 40-year-old crew member of the cruise ship "Ocean Spectroscopy" tested positive yesterday, suspected to be a case of Fuyang. The incident forced the cancellation of the cruise’s "High Seas Tour" activities. Passengers who had already boarded had to disembark, and a large number of those who had not boarded the ship Passengers were also stranded at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal for several hours, affecting 1,200 people in total.


The Director of the Infection and Infectious Diseases Center of the University of Hong Kong, He Boliang, said today (22nd) that the risk of transmission in general cases of rejuvenation is not high, but this incident reflects that the cruise company has not perfected the arrangements and the crew's test results were released. The time did not match the sailing schedule. , After arranging the passengers to board the ship, the results of some crew members were obtained, so that the passengers had to "board the ship and then return." I think the cruise company needs to review.


The crew of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ocean Spectroscopy initially diagnosed that a large number of passengers were unable to board the ship and sat at the Kai Tak cruise terminal.

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He Boliang stated on the commercial TV program "Starting on a Clear Day" today that if the crew member is tested negative after being admitted to the hospital, he is believed to have a higher chance of being a Fuyang case. However, in Hong Kong and other parts of the world, there is no such thing as a Fuyang person for the time being. The risk of transmission will not spread to family members and close contacts.

Yesterday’s voyage of the Ocean Spectrum was originally scheduled to involve 1,200 people. About 1,000 of them had boarded the ship and were later asked to disembark in response to the incident.

He Boliang believes that the crew needs to be inspected every 7 days. The cruise company may not arrange for all the crew to be inspected on the same day. Therefore, the inspection results of some of the crew members failed to meet the schedule, and this incident occurred.

He pointed out that the cruise company "Royal Caribbean" had not perfected the arrangements. After arranging passengers to board the ship, the results of some crew members were obtained. As a result, the passengers had to "board and return". He believed that the cruise company needed to review. After the results of all crew members are obtained, passengers are arranged to board the ship.

He added that crew members should also be vaccinated with a booster of the new crown vaccine, and it is recommended that the government give injections to such people.

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On the other hand, the government announced yesterday that from November 1st, except for exempted persons, such as those under the age of 12, all citizens must use the "Travel with Peace" mobile application to scan the QR code of a place before they will be allowed to enter government buildings. And office premises.

He Boliang said that among those who enter Category C and Category D restaurants, people under the age of 16 can be exempted from using Anxin to travel, but the arrangement for government buildings is exempt for people under the age of 12, and the exemption arrangements for the two venues are different. , Is "incomprehensible", questioned or because of many political affairs, so there are different arrangements.

He said that some elderly people do not have smart phones, or smart phones do not have Internet access, or do not know how to travel with peace of mind. They are worried that there will be long queues of elderly people in post offices and other places, waiting to fill in the personal information form, and the staff will immediately call to verify the phone number. Number.

The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced a suspected case of rejuvenation last night, involving a 40-year-old man who was a crew member of the cruise ship "Ocean Spectrum".

He had received two doses of Kexing vaccine in April and May this year.

According to the information provided by the shipping company, the patient tested positive in Malaysia in July this year.

He arrived in Hong Kong in August and has undergone more than 10 tests after arriving in Hong Kong, all of which were negative.

The test sample he collected on the cruise ship on October 19 was positive and the virus load was very low.

The patient has no symptoms.

After reviewing the case’s epidemiological data and laboratory results, the center believes that the case is consistent with a confirmed suspected reyang case in other places.

The patient did not have direct contact with passengers on the ship. He also worked on two "high seas cruises" on the same cruise ship this month.

He Boliang, Director of the Infection and Infectious Diseases Center of the University of Hong Kong.

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Ocean Spectroscopy crew suspected of "Fuyang" Three batches of passengers and employees will be compulsorily tested at the latest.

Latest|The first crew member of the Ocean Spectroscopy first diagnosed and canceled the mandatory test before departure on the high seas | The crew suspected that Fuyang Zengshang the Ocean Spectroscopy must be inspected by Saturday at the latest. No new crown pneumonia was announced at the terminal starving.

10.21|The crew of the cruise ship Ocean Spectroscopy was first diagnosed and those who had visited must be checked

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