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Mandatory testing | 37 women from the University of Science and Technology of China, including the Sports Institute, Ocean Park, etc., were diagnosed in Shanghai

2021-12-24T17:13:58.437Z


Hong Kong recorded less than 25 preliminary confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Christmas Eve (24th) yesterday. The Food and Health Bureau announced a mandatory test announcement in the early morning of Christmas (25th), in response to four cases that had been in Hong Kong during the incubation period.


Hong Kong recorded less than 25 preliminary confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Christmas Eve (24th) yesterday. The Food and Health Bureau announced a mandatory test announcement in the early hours of Christmas (25th) today in response to four preliminary confirmed cases of staying in Hong Kong during the incubation period For imported cases and a non-local confirmed case that had stayed in Hong Kong, 37 specified places were included in the mandatory testing announcement.


Among the cases, there are 5 karate athletes. They mainly went to Kazakhstan to participate in the Asian Karate Championships in December. They tested positive when they returned to Hong Kong yesterday. Therefore, the announcement included the Hong Kong Institute of Sport and the Hong Kong Karate Federation.


The announcement also involved three initially confirmed patients. One was a Cathay Pacific flight attendant who tested positive when returning to Hong Kong after flying to Australia, and the virus load was low; a 79-year-old woman living in Block 2, Fanling Wing Fai Centre arrived in the United Kingdom. The test was initially positive in Hong Kong, and the virus load was low.

The other case was confirmed in Shanghai, involving a 23-year-old female patient living in the east wing of the fifth floor of Jixian Building, Jockey Club of University of Science and Technology. She was diagnosed on the 18th day of her arrival in Shanghai.


The places on the list include Ocean Park, as well as many restaurants on the list, including Dazhaoge Tea Kee from Kowloon Bay, Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea from Whampoa World Jubaofang, Sha Tin Fu Tung Court Seafood Restaurant, and Yinlong Tea from Clementi Square in Causeway Bay Restaurants etc.


▼Details of the mandatory inspection announcement on October 24, 2021▼


Two karate athletes arrived in Hong Kong diagnosed with symptoms

Five karate athletes, including Liu Mingming, who won the bronze medal at the National Games earlier, flew from Kazakhstan via Seoul to Hong Kong on the evening of the 23rd and tested positive for the new crown virus.

In the mandatory inspection announcement announced by the government on Christmas Eve, a total of 37 venues were on the list. Among them, athletes frequently visit the Hong Kong Sports Academy and the Hong Kong Karate Association in the Olympic Building.

According to the Department of Health, the 33-year-old and 28-year-old male patients initially diagnosed are all local karate athletes.

The 33-year-old patient was reported to have lived in the Shatin Hong Kong Sports Institute during the incubation period. He left Hong Kong via Qatar for Kazakhstan on December 12. The test result before leaving Hong Kong on the same day was negative.

He took flight KE607 from South Korea and arrived in Hong Kong on December 23. When he arrived in Hong Kong, the test result at the temporary sample collection center was initially positive. He developed symptoms on the same day. The Ct value was less than 30, that is, the virus was high, but he was confirmed to carry N501Y. And T478K mutant virus strain.

He received two doses of Fubital vaccine in Hong Kong.

The 28-year-old patient lives in a village house in Ha Pui Village, Pat Heung, Yuen Long.

He left Hong Kong via Qatar for Kazakhstan on December 9. The test conducted before leaving Hong Kong on the same day was negative.

He also arrived in Hong Kong by flight KE607 from South Korea on December 23. When he arrived in Hong Kong, he tested positive at the temporary sample collection center.

The patient developed symptoms on the same day, with a Ct value of less than 30, which means that the virus load was high, and it was also confirmed to have N501Y and T478K mutant virus strains.

Two doses of Fubitai vaccine in Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific flight attendants arrived in Hong Kong 3 days after leaving Hong Kong, tested with variant virus

In addition, the Centre for Health Protection stated that a 28-year-old female local crew member living in a village house in Tai Mei Tuk Village, Tai Po, traveled to Australia on December 22 and had the COVID-19 disease on December 20 before leaving Hong Kong. The test result was negative.

She took flight CX138 from Australia and arrived in Hong Kong on December 24. She tested positive at the airport.

The patient has no symptoms, and the Ct value is greater than 30, which means that the virus load is low, and it is confirmed to have N501Y and T478K mutant virus strains.

She received two doses of Fubital vaccine in Hong Kong.

The other case involved a 79-year-old female patient living in Block 2, Wing Fai Centre, Fanling.

She traveled to the United Kingdom on December 9 and tested negative on December 7 before leaving Hong Kong.

She arrived in Hong Kong on December 24 on flight CX252 from the United Kingdom and tested positive at the airport.

The patient has no symptoms, and the Ct value is greater than 30, which means that the virus load is low. The test result of the mutant virus strain is yet to be determined.

She received two doses of Fubital vaccine in Hong Kong.

The woman who flew to Shanghai at the beginning of the month was diagnosed during the quarantine period of the University of Science and Technology of China

The Centre for Health Protection stated that it is investigating a confirmed case in Shanghai involving a 23-year-old female patient who lives in the east wing of the fifth floor of Jixian Building, Jockey Club, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

She took the flight MU508 of Eastern Airlines from Hong Kong to Shanghai on December 5 and tested positive on December 23.

According to the information provided by the patient, she developed symptoms on December 22.

She received one dose of Sinopharm and one dose of Kexing vaccine in the mainland, and the second dose has been six months apart.

The center stated that the epidemiological investigation and follow-up of the case are still in progress.

For the sake of prudence, the places where the above cases have lived or visited in Hong Kong during the incubation period have been included in the mandatory testing announcement. Anyone who has been in the relevant specified places during the specified period must undergo mandatory testing on the specified days.

A confirmed case started at 4 pm on December 10 and stayed in the Ocean Park all day thereafter. All relevant persons need to be tested regardless of their identity.

The University of Science and Technology also has a number of buildings on the list, including the East Wing on the 5th floor of the Jixian Building of the Jockey Club, Can.teen II on the 1st floor of the Academic Building, and the 7th Floor of the Academic Building (restaurant area).

Among the 37 places on the list, a number of restaurants were involved, including those who were diagnosed who visited Dazha Ge Tea Kee, Kowloon Bay from 5 pm to 7 pm on December 8, and from 8 am to 10 am on December 7, Visit the Fu Tung Court Seafood Restaurant in Sha Tin; go to Yinlong Tea Restaurant on the ground floor of King Lee Man Plaza in Causeway Bay from 4 am to 7 on December 7; go to Fang Kong Ice Room on Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok from 2 to 5 pm on December 14; From 12 noon to 3 pm on December 7th, go to Da Mei Tuk Pattaya Kitchen.

Those included in the mandatory inspection notice must be tested on or before December 28 unless they have been tested on December 22-24.

New crown pneumonia | 5 karate athletes are diagnosed at the beginning of returning to Hong Kong from Liu Muchang's elder brother Liu Mingzhong recruiting new crown pneumonia | 7 more cases of Omicron, about 25 cases of initial diagnosis on Christmas Day, or 8 month high, 2 shots of Fubitai will be available from the second half of New Year's Day Recovered patients and adolescents with the third shot can get 2 shots of the new crown vaccine|Liu Yulong: Those who take the third shot 90 days after the second shot in Europe and the United States will be tested for half a year. On Hei Court, Siu Hei Court, Tuen Mun, completed Approximately 1,210 people were tested and no one was diagnosed

Source: hk1

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