The Centre for Health Protection announced in the evening (7th) that it is investigating a confirmed case of suspected rejuvenation from a foreign country, involving a 61-year-old male patient who returned to Hong Kong from Ghana, Africa on November 16 and moved into Tsim Sha Tsui after completing the 14-day compulsory quarantine. Residing at Yi Hotel, the compulsory test sample was positive yesterday (6th).
During the incubation period, he visited 8 restaurants in Yau Tsim Mong and Central, including Mong Kok Bai Hao Feast, Central Jardine House Base Hall, Tsim Sha Tsui Yongnian Store, Mong Kok New Australia Dining Room, Tsim Sha Tsui black tea, etc. A total of 11 places were listed as compulsory Detection announcement.
In addition, three kindergartens had outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infections and/or influenza-like illnesses and were included in the mandatory testing announcements.
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Completed the 14th "epidemic surveillance" and returned to the community to start testing for positive variant viruses
According to the mandatory test announcement, the 61-year-old male patient took flight QR818 from Ghana to Hong Kong via Qatar in the Middle East on November 16. The test result at the temporary sample collection center was negative when he arrived in Hong Kong.
He stayed at the quarantine hotel at Silka Far East Hotel in Tsuen Wan, where four tests were negative.
The Centre for Health Protection stated that the patient had no symptoms and was admitted to the Grandview Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui after completing compulsory quarantine on November 30.
He carried out a mandatory test according to regulations yesterday (6th), and the result was positive, with the L452R mutant virus strain, without the N501Y and E484K mutant genes, but the viral load was low and the Ct value was greater than 30.
A 61-year-old man who arrived in Hong Kong from Ghana, Africa, was quarantined at a designated quarantine hotel for the first time and moved to the Grandview Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui after being quarantined on the 14th. He tested positive on Monday.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Lu Yiming)
The patient has been given two doses of Sinopharm and was diagnosed in Ghana in September
He received two doses of the Chinese medicine vaccine in the Mainland on May 18 and June 17.
The center’s preliminary investigation data showed that the patient was diagnosed in Ghana in September this year. After reviewing the case’s epidemiological data, clinical data and laboratory results, the center concluded that the case was consistent with the Fuyang case.
During the incubation period, I went to Jordan Yuhua Domestic Products and Wan Chai Immigration Office
The 11 places visited by the patient during the incubation period are included in the mandatory test announcement. In addition to the Grandview Hotel, Wan Chai Immigration Building on the seventh floor and Jordan Yuhua Domestic Products, there are also 8 restaurants: Mong Kok Baihao Famous Banquet, Mong Kok Rice Hong Yugang Market, Mong Kok New Macau Dining Room, Central Jardine House BaseHall, Tsim Sha Tsui Yongnian Store, Tsim Sha Tsui Black Tea, Tsim Sha Tsui The ONE East Ocean Club.
Lafayette, Whampoa Garden Xiangrong Restaurant.
Review of 6 premises including the Golden Mansion of Telford Plaza
In addition, in response to the two previous imported cases that had stayed in Hong Kong during the incubation period, people who had been in six specified places during the specified period needed to be tested again, including: Citibank, 10th Floor, Wheelock House, Pedder Street, Central ( Wheelock Branch), Golden Mansion, Telford Plaza, Long Kowloon Bay, Shanglou Restaurant, Wellington Street, Central, Shop 6, G/F, Champagne Building, Carnarvon Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Apricot, Tan Tsai Yunnan Rice Vermicelli, Chinese Chamber of Commerce Building, Connaught Road, Central, and The Orange Zone on the 5th Floor or the Orange Zone on the 6th Floor of the Airport Terminal 1 (Gate 25-71).
Anyone who has been in the relevant specified place during the specified period must undergo mandatory testing on the specified day, even if they have been vaccinated against COVID-19, they must also undergo the aforementioned mandatory testing.
The center stated that it is following up with the Ghanaian health authorities, and the epidemiological investigation and case tracking of the case are still in progress.
Mobile sampling stations in various districts that provide services to the public (as of December 8)
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Announcement on compulsory testing for influenza outbreak in three kindergartens
In addition, Zundao Kindergarten, Catholic Kindergarten and Muslim Kindergarten have outbreaks of upper respiratory tract infections and/or influenza-like illnesses. The symptoms of the disease are similar to those of the new crown virus disease, and the relevant schools have been included in the mandatory testing announcement.
Those who have completed the vaccination will be deemed to have complied with the requirements of the mandatory testing announcement.
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