The Department of Health recently received a notification from the Shanghai Health and Construction Commission that a Hong Kong resident or a person who flew to the local area via Hong Kong was diagnosed during the quarantine period.
In addition to the recently confirmed female graduate student of HKUST (diagnosed on the 23rd of this month) and male Ericsson staff (diagnosed on the 24th), there was a mainland crew member who arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on the 11th and developed symptoms during local isolation and observation. The diagnosis was confirmed on the 24th.
The three departed from Hong Kong on December 5, 11 and 19, respectively, on Eastern Airlines or Hong Kong Airlines passenger planes.
The Department of Health clarified yesterday (27th) that the male Ericsson employee is asymptomatic, but his test result on the 22nd was positive, while the female graduate student and the male crew member of the University of Science and Technology developed symptoms on the 22nd and subsequently tested positive for the diagnosis. It was a coincidence. .
Recently, many Hong Kong residents have been diagnosed with the new crown virus disease when they arrived in Shanghai or during quarantine.
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Male Ericsson staff assigned to SmarTone work without symptoms
The Centre for Health Protection announced last night that it is investigating a confirmed case of a Hong Kong resident in Shanghai involving a 26-year-old male patient.
He is an employee of Ericsson (China) Co., Ltd. and is assigned to the office of SmarTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. on the 9th floor of the Kowloon Bay International Exhibition and Trade Center in rooms 901 to 923.
He lives in Hong Kong at Tseung Kwan O Station and built the Crowne Plaza Kowloon East.
The patient took the Eastern Airlines flight MU508 from Hong Kong to Shanghai on December 19.
The center clarified that according to the latest epidemiological investigation, he has no symptoms, was tested locally on the 22nd and found to be positive, and confirmed as a confirmed case locally on the 24th.
He received two doses of Kexing vaccine in the Mainland on May 13 and June 27.
According to a separate announcement by the Center for Health Protection a few days ago, it was notified by the local authorities that a female graduate student of the University of Science and Technology who flew from Hong Kong to Shanghai on the 5th of this month became ill on the 22nd when she was under "epidemic surveillance" and was confirmed as confirmed the next day.
Male Ericsson employees work in the office of SmarTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. in the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Center.
(Photo from the website of the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Centre)
The third patient is a male from Ningbo who has been working in Hong Kong for two days on board.
In addition to the case of the male Ericsson employee listed on the website of the Shanghai Health and Construction Commission, there is also a case involving Hong Kong.
The patient is of Chinese nationality. It is mentioned that he is working in Hong Kong. He departed from Hong Kong and arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on December 11. He was quarantined and observed after entering the country. Symptoms appeared during the period. Comprehensive epidemiological history, clinical symptoms, and experiments Laboratory test and imaging examination results, etc., were diagnosed as a confirmed case.
The Centre for Health Protection said yesterday that the case was a 26-year-old male crew member.
The patient took the cargo ship Bindi Ipsa from Ningbo and arrived in Hong Kong on December 9th. He has been working on the ship during the period. He arrived at the Hong Kong International Airport by point-to-point traffic late at night on the 10th, and took Hong Kong Airlines flight HX236 to Shanghai on the 11th. Departure on the 10th.
Later, the patient developed symptoms on December 22 and tested positive on the 24th.
He received a dose of Sinopharm vaccine and Kexing vaccine in the Mainland on July 5 and July 26 respectively.
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That is, a total of 3 people were diagnosed after moving from Hong Kong to Shanghai in December.
They did not have overlapping whereabouts, except that both the HKUST female graduate student and the male crew member became ill on the 22nd; while the male Ericsson employee had no symptoms and was recruited at some unknown time. However, his sampling test sample on the 22nd was positive, showing that he was present at the latest. He was infected on the 22nd.
The route of the infection of the three people is unknown. It is also unknown whether they stayed in the same quarantine hotel. If they were not infected locally, the remaining possibility is that they were infected by a patient on board during the 2.5-hour flight, or they were recruited in Hong Kong.
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