Three Cathay Pacific cargo pilots were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia earlier. All three claimed that they did not leave the hotel room during their stay in Frankfurt, Germany. The hotel was once suspected of having an outbreak.
However, the three later admitted that they had left the hotel room several times and visited places near the hotel. The three also met outside the hotel or met with friends.
The Centre for Health Protection stated today (20th) that it will further investigate whether anyone has violated the law, provide false information to affect public health investigations, and will take enforcement actions as needed.
Earlier, the government arranged for hundreds of Cathay Pacific crew members who had lived in the same hotel in Germany to be quarantined. According to the latest investigation results, the center believes that the three cases are most likely to be infected with each other or from a common source outside the hotel, and there is a chance of an outbreak in the hotel. Lower.
The center confirmed that 10 of the crew members under quarantine are close contacts of the three cases, and the remaining 111 people can receive the revocation of the compulsory quarantine order.
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The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health stated today that for three imported cases involving local crew members of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (case numbers 12376, 12378 and 12387 respectively), based on the latest epidemiological survey data, the centre believes that the In the case of 111 crew members who were staying in the same hotel in Frankfurt, Germany and were undergoing compulsory quarantine, their compulsory quarantine requirements could be revoked.
In an earlier investigation by the center, the three patients claimed that they did not leave the hotel room during their stay in Frankfurt, indicating that the hotel may be their only co-infection method.
On the evening of November 18, the center obtained Cathay Pacific's investigation report on three cases.
In response to the results of the Cathay Pacific investigation report, the center followed up with the three patients their schedule during their stay at the Frankfurt Outer Station.
They admitted that they had left the hotel room and visited places near the hotel several times, and the three also met outside the hotel or met with friends.
The center also provided information on three cases and hotel stays to the German health authorities.
Investigations by the German health authorities revealed that there were no confirmed cases related to the hotel and there was no known group outbreak in the hotel.
As the genetic sequence of the three cases is highly similar, according to the latest investigation data, the three cases are most likely to be infected with each other or from a common source outside the hotel, while the chance of an outbreak inside the hotel is low.
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The center further investigated the crew members related to the hotel who were under quarantine and confirmed that 10 of them should be listed as close contacts of the three cases.
The remaining 111 people have stayed in the same hotel, but they have not been in contact with the three cases outside the German hotel.
Cathay Pacific has also verified that the 111 crew members had no contact with the three cases outside the hotel.
In response to the latest investigation findings, the center has arranged for the 111 crew members to leave the quarantine center today.
The remaining 10 close contacts must continue to undergo quarantine.
The center will further investigate whether anyone has violated the Prevention and Control of Disease (Disclosure of Information) Regulations (Chapter 599D), provide false information to affect public health investigations, and will take enforcement actions as necessary.
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