There are two new imported cases in Hong Kong today (23rd), both of which carry the N501Y variant virus. It is unknown whether they belong to the Omicron variant virus strain. One of them is a crew member who arrived in Hong Kong via 5 countries including Ethiopia and Canada. Both have been vaccinated. And asymptomatic.
Today, there are fewer than 10 confirmed cases.
An airport cleaner was initially diagnosed this afternoon. An investigation by the Centre for Health Protection stated that he may have been infected during work and lived in Tuen Mun. He recently visited Tuen Mun Hospital for follow-up treatment.
The government announced in the evening that starting from 7:30pm, On Hei House (Block A), Siu Hei Court, Wu Chui Road, Tuen Mun, will be listed as a "restricted area". Tested halfway before.
[21:00] The Center for Health Protection stated that it is investigating an initially confirmed case involving a mutated virus strain, which is believed to be epidemiologically related to the imported case.
The case involved a 64-year-old male patient living in On Hei House, Siu Hei Court, Tuen Mun.
He worked as a toilet cleaner at Hong Kong International Airport.
He had been vaccinated with two doses of Koxing vaccine in Hong Kong on July 10 and August 10.
According to the nature of his job, he has to undergo frequent and regular virus tests. The results of his 10 tests between December 2 and 20 were all negative.
He tested positive at the mobile sampling station at the Hong Kong International Airport yesterday (December 22), with a Ct value of about 27 to 32. He developed symptoms on the same day.
Airport cleaners initially diagnosed or involved Omicron mainly dealing with patient-specific toilets or work infections
Laboratory results of the Public Health Laboratory Service of the Department of Health showed that the spike protein gene of the patient sample involved N501Y and T478K mutations (L452R and E484K were negative).
Therefore, the center currently suspects that the patient has the Omicron mutant virus strain, but it still needs to perform whole-genome sequencing analysis to confirm whether the patient has the Omicron mutant virus strain.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the patient did not travel abroad recently. His work was mainly in a toilet in the designated restricted area of the airport midfield passenger terminal for cleaning and disinfection.
He stayed in the storage room of the restroom during his work and was in the restroom at the same time as the initial confirmed case.
The center went to the airport today to conduct a field investigation and collected 26 environmental samples from the storage rooms, changing rooms and rest rooms used by patients. The results are yet to be determined.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the patient may have contracted the infection while working in a toilet dedicated to the initial confirmed case.
Based on the patient's high Ct value and multiple negative tests in the past 21 days, the case may be identified by regular testing at a very early stage.
The Center has advised the Hong Kong Airport Authority and related outsourcers that cleaners should only perform cleaning and disinfection work after the initial confirmed case has been used and left the toilet, and should not store goods in the toilet during non-working hours Room stay.
As the patient has a mutant virus strain, the infection and the risk of infection are higher. The government has closed the building where the patient lives in Hong Kong (On Hei Court, Siu Hei Court, Tuen Mun) for testing tonight, and will increase the number of people living in the same building or The number of mandatory inspections by workers.
At the same time, the places he visits in Hong Kong during the incubation period will also be included in the mandatory testing announcement.
Anyone who has been in the above specified place during the specified period shall undergo mandatory testing on the specified day.
The epidemiological investigation and follow-up of the case are still in progress.
New Crown Vaccine｜The Hong Kong University School of Medicine requires medical students internships to get a third shot, otherwise face-to-face lectures are forbidden
[20:30] The Hong Kong Government announced that government employees who have not received the new crown vaccine from the 28th of this month will be required to have a three-day inspection. From mid-February next year, government employees must present a vaccination certificate when entering government buildings and office premises for work. If there is a medical certificate that it is not suitable for vaccination, and those who cannot go to work due to failure to follow up, or are deemed to be absent without reason, they will be dealt with according to the current disciplinary mechanism.
The Education Bureau stated today (23rd) that the relevant arrangements are applicable to government schools and staff. It also revealed that further arrangements for regular inspections of staff in other schools will be announced later.
Education Bureau.
(Photo by Li Zetong)
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On December 23, the closed area inspection of Block A of Siu Hei Court in Tuen Mun
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[19:30] The government announced that it would designate On Hei House (Block A) of Siu Hei Court in Tuen Mun as a "restricted area" from 7:30 pm. Residents must stay in their premises and undergo compulsory testing. Wait at the premises until all the identified persons in the "restricted area" have completed the test, and the relevant test results have been roughly confirmed before leaving the premises.
The government's goal is to complete the operation at about 7 am tomorrow.
A government spokesperson said that a preliminary confirmed case that had lived at the above site was found today. It initially showed that it involved a mutated virus strain. After assessment, the risk of infection in the relevant area was higher. The government decided to restrict the relevant area after the test was positive. And the detection announcement.
Airport cleaners initially diagnosed or involved Omicron in the closed area of Block A, Siu Hei Court, Tuen Mun
[18:42] Local cases of new coronary pneumonia may reappear in Hong Kong, and the patients may be infected with Omicron, which is currently raging around the world.
It is reported that a cleaner working at the airport initially diagnosed this afternoon that the patient needed to clean the toilet at work. It is unknown whether it is related to the infection. It is understood that the patient lives in Tuen Mun District and has recently visited Tuen Mun Hospital for follow-up consultation.
Hong Kong has been diagnosed in 76 places in Japan in a row. The last time there was a local case was October 8.
New crown vaccine|Experts advocate two injections for adults and the third injection every six months for adolescents to get the injection every 12 weeks
[18:09] The Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Scientific Committee on New Discoveries and Animal Infectious Diseases under the Center for Health Protection held a joint meeting today (23) to discuss vaccination matters.
It was announced after the meeting that it is recommended that the current approximately 73,000 young people in Hong Kong who have received a single injection can receive a second injection after an interval of no less than 12 weeks. They can choose to "inflate the spleen" to reduce the risk of myocarditis.
All adults who have received two injections can get the third injection after six months. Those who need to go to high-risk places for work or school can get the third injection as early as three months after the second injection.
[17:46] The government announced today (23) that in response to Omicron’s global rages, Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, Guernsey, Saint Martin (French) and Venezuela will be designated as Group A from 0:00 on December 26 Specify areas to tighten boarding and quarantine requirements for people arriving in Hong Kong.
In order to prevent problems, the government will, depending on the relevant risks, designate overseas areas where Omicron cases are found as Group A specified areas.
In response to the confirmation of Omicron cases in Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe, Guernsey, Saint Martin (French) and Venezuela, the government will designate these areas as Group A designated areas, which will take effect at midnight on December 26.
Non-Hong Kong residents who have stayed there within 21 days are not allowed to enter the country.
Hong Kong residents must have completed the vaccination and hold an approved vaccination record before boarding the flight back to Hong Kong.
After arriving in Hong Kong, they must undergo a 21-day compulsory quarantine at the designated quarantine hotel, during which they undergo six tests, and they must go to a community testing center for compulsory testing on the 26th day of arrival in Hong Kong.
Joint research by the University of Hong Kong and China University: Science and Technology is not enough to resist Omicron's 3rd shot to regain BiTai's antibody
[16:38] Since last month, the government has allowed all people who have received two doses of Kexing vaccine to receive the third shot. For the time being, only high-risk individuals can receive the third shot of Fubitai vaccine.
However, the recent variant virus Omicron poses a threat to the global anti-epidemic. A joint study by the University of Hong Kong and the Faculty of Medicine of CUHK found that after two doses of Fubitai vaccine, the antibody response to neutralizing the Omicron mutant strain is very low, and all three injections of Fubitai are required. , Or two injections of Kexing vaccine followed by a re-bite booster injection will be enough to resist.
A joint study by the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong has shown that the level of neutralizing antibodies is sufficient to resist Omicron for people who have received three injections of Fubitai vaccine, and those who have received two injections of Kexing and one injection of Fubitai.
(Research by the University of Hong Kong and CUHK)
[15:32] The Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Scientific Committee on New Discoveries and Animal Infectious Diseases under the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health held a joint meeting today (23). After the meeting, Professor Xu Shuchang, one of the chairmen of the Scientific Committee, said that he is over 18 years old. For those who have received two injections, whether it is Kexing or Fubitai, the third injection is recommended. Patients with immune system disorders can be as early as 4 weeks. Pregnant women or breastfeeding women are also recommended to have the third injection. Those who have recovered can be discharged from the hospital. The second dose will be given 90 days or six months later.
Professor Liu Yulong, another chairman of the Science Committee, pointed out that earlier it was recommended that young people only get one injection to reduce the risk of myocarditis, but the current situation has changed. The Omicron variant virus is raging. Data shows that the immune response of young people will be better if the two injections are separated by the original 21 days. And to reduce the risk of myocarditis, a Canadian study showed that the interval between the two injections was less than 30 days, and there was one case per 10,000 boys, which increased from 31 to 55 days, decreased to 0.6 per 10,000, and changed to 0.1 after 56 days, that is, from 21 days. Changing it for 3 months can reduce the risk by a tenth.
In addition, Omicron is raging in more than 100 countries, and children are at high risk of infection. The 5 to 14-year-old group in the United States has the fastest new disease, but the risk of severe illness and hospitalization is generally lower.
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Omicron｜2 additional imported cases, male crew members arriving in Hong Kong from 5 countries, confirmed with N501Y
[14:15] Hong Kong today (23rd) added 2 imported cases, both of which carried the N501Y variant virus. It is unknown whether it belongs to the Omicron variant virus strain. One of them was a crew member who arrived in Hong Kong via 5 countries including Ethiopia and Canada. Both have been vaccinated and are asymptomatic, and one was diagnosed during quarantine at Penta Hotel.
Today, there are fewer than 10 confirmed cases.
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Omicron | Cathay Pacific Cargo Pilots visit 11 locations to be forced to check the new crown vaccine before 12.24 or before | Stroke after the cleaner injection is not related to the vaccine. Two requests for the report and explanation failed. Kongkang code | Travel with peace of mind to update the green code application process At a glance, there are steps to reduce time saving by half Omicron｜Cathay Pacific tightens requirements for returning passengers from London to Hong Kong to hold a 24-hour negative certificate for boarding
