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Coronavirus disease. 12.28|Suspected to take Omicron Cathay Pacific Air-Street Illegal Fans Gathering in two closed areas for inspection

2021-12-28T16:39:33.454Z


The Centre for Health Protection announced today (28th) 6 new imported cases, 5 of which are suspected Omicron cases with the variant virus N501Y+T478K, and one case was initially confirmed by a Cathay Pacific flight attendant. 3 involved Cathay Pacific Air Services


The Centre for Health Protection announced today (28th) 6 new imported cases, 5 of which are suspected Omicron cases with the variant virus N501Y+T478K, and one case was initially confirmed by a Cathay Pacific flight attendant.

Of the 3 Cathay Pacific flight attendants involved, 2 of them went out several times during the three-day home quarantine after returning to Hong Kong from the United States. They travelled throughout Western District, Sheung Wan, Kowloon Tong, and Tuen Mun to prevent the crew from bringing the virus into the community. The center recommends that the Transport and Housing Bureau strengthen the quarantine requirements for special crew members. The first three arriving in Hong Kong must be quarantined in a quarantine hotel before returning to the community. It is believed that relevant measures will be implemented soon.


There are 14 preliminary confirmed cases today.


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[20:45] The Food and Health Bureau announced that in response to Brunei and Paraguay confirming the discovery of Omicron cases, the government will designate these areas as Group A designated areas, which will take effect at midnight on December 31.

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 they arrive 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 their arrival in Hong Kong.

So far, a total of 121 countries or regions have been included in Zone A, accounting for about 60% of the total number of countries in the world.

Closed area test | Three Cathay Pacific Air Forces seals off Hengfengxi in Discovery Bay and One Jiayue Peninsula in Tuen Mun

[20:34] The government cited the "Prevention and Control of Diseases (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulations" (Chapter 599J) for the second time tonight, Block 1 of the Yue Peninsula specifies a "restricted area", and the subject must stay in his premises and undergo mandatory testing.

The subject must wait at his premises until all 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 this operation at about 7 am tomorrow (29th).

The government will set up temporary sampling stations in the "restricted areas" and require the persons under inspection to be tested by 0:30 am tomorrow.

According to the authorities, a preliminary confirmed case that had lived at the above site was found today, which initially showed that it involved a mutated virus strain. After evaluation, the risk of infection in the relevant area is higher.

According to the announcement by the Centre for Health Protection in the afternoon, the case involved a Cathay Pacific air master who arrived in Hong Kong from Chicago on December 25 by taking a cargo plane CX2807. The airport tested negative and returned to a home on the Jiayue Peninsula in Tuen Mun. Colleagues of Cathay Pacific Airways returning from New York to Hong Kong ate at home.

The 45-year-old friend was diagnosed today (case 12609) and is expected to take Omicron. He is also initially diagnosed and is expected to be diagnosed tonight.

Omicron|Two Spaces Violating Regulations, Fearing Jobs And Not Protecting Cathay Pacific: Failure to Completely Follow Follow-up Procedures

[19:16] Another Cathay Pacific crew member suspected of violating the epidemic prevention instructions.

The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (28th) that there were 6 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, 2 of which were Cathay Pacific crews, all of whom were flying back to Hong Kong from New York, USA, and were suspected of being infected with the Omicron mutant virus strain, but genetic analysis is still pending.

One of the confirmed 45-year-old Cathay Pacific vacancies returned to Hong Kong suspected of failing to comply with relevant epidemic prevention requirements. During the period, he went shopping and went to Tuen Mun to have dinner with friends; the same vacant dinner friends also visited Festival Walk. Fan was initially diagnosed today.



The two flight crews violated the agreement reached between Cathay Pacific and the government. The government decided to strengthen the cargo plane crew members to be quarantined at the hotel for three days after returning to Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific responded to enquiries today and stated that the two cabin crew members did not fully comply with the company's additional epidemic prevention measures in the first 3 days after returning to Hong Kong. They "will follow up the case according to the company's established procedures", and the two may become "second drops." , Following in the footsteps of the sanctions imposed on three offending pilots last month.

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[19:00] In response to a Cathay Pacific flight attendant (case 12610) who returned to Hong Kong and confirmed that he was infected with Omicron, the government today cited the "Prevention and Control of Diseases (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulations" (Chapter 599J) to impose restrictions and tests The declaration (hereinafter referred to as the "relevant declaration") will be restricted to persons within the designated "restricted area" of Discovery Bay (that is, Hengxin House, No. 2 Hengxin Drive, Discovery Bay, Lantau Island, see attachment) from 7 pm onwards ( (Hereinafter referred to as the subject) must stay on his premises and undergo compulsory testing.

The subject must wait at his premises until all 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 6 am tomorrow (December 29).

Omicron|Zhang Zhujun’s boss Xu Lejian: The risk of community outbreak is very, very high. Get a vaccine soon

[19:07] The new crown virus variant strain Omicron has a global outbreak. The government announced today (28th) 6 new imported cases, 5 of which involve variant virus strains, or Omicron, among which the male flight attendant of Cathay Pacific was infected. Even more violations walked around during the supervision period.



At today’s press conference on the epidemic situation, Xu Lejian, Director of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, and Dr. Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, said that Omicron had accounted for 95% of imported cases in the past two days. In addition, some confirmed cases had entered the community. Facing the community-wide outbreak risk is very, very high," he warned that in case of a local outbreak, the Hong Kong government is busy dealing with it, which will affect customs clearance arrangements. He called on citizens who have visited high-risk places to be tested, and those who have not been vaccinated should get an injection as soon as possible.

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Cathay Pacific Airways is suspected of illegal dinners during the two epidemics, visited Festival Walk Apple Store and Wangyue Tower

[18:50] The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (28th) that there were 6 newly imported confirmed cases and 14 preliminary confirmed cases, including three crew members.

The confirmed cases include the 45-year-old Cathay Pacific male flight attendant (#12609) who was initially positive yesterday. He lives at No. 1 South Lane, Shek Tong Tsui, went shopping at Miniso, Sheung Wan on December 25, and took the 962X bus to Tuen Mun. Lunch with friends; yesterday afternoon, I went to buy food in Malacca, Nice Garden, Xihuan, and received a preliminary confirmation notification afterwards.

A friend who had eaten on the same table with the flight attendant and lived in Tuen Mun was also initially diagnosed today. He was also a Cathay Pacific airline flight attendant. The two gathered at a restaurant in the Jiayue Peninsula, Tuen Mun, where they lived; they took the ride at 11 am on December 27 Take the 60X bus to Prince Edward, then transfer to the MTR to the Apple Store in Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong, and then go to Wangyue Tower in the mall to have dinner with two family members. Take the MTR to Shek Tong Tsui at 4 o'clock. , And then take the bus home.

Vaccine Passport | Experts Advocate No Injections, No Work

[17:10] Yuan Guoyong, chair professor of the Department of Microbiology, Hong Kong University School of Medicine, advocated on a radio program today (28th) that the Hong Kong government should refer to foreign practices and introduce a "vaccine passport" before March next year. No injections or work or school will be prohibited.

When Yuan Guoyong's subsequent supplementary measures are actually implemented, citizens who have a negative test report within 72 hours or a doctor's certificate that they are not suitable for injections should be exempted.


Some unions believe that vaccine passports should not be "one size fits all". They can first classify the types of work based on high-risk levels and exposure levels, and then gradually implement measures. For example, airport employees, retail businesses, and catering businesses can "do enough" in vaccination measures. , And even more worried that if the employer is responsible for monitoring whether the employees have a certificate in the future, it will cause conflicts between the two parties.

Cathay Pacific 2 has a short flight and the U.S. returns to Hong Kong immediately. The government changes all hotels to compulsory inspections for 3 days.

[17:07] Omicron is coming fiercely.

The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (28th) 6 new confirmed cases, 5 of which were infected with mutated virus strains.

Two of the cases were Cathay Pacific crews, both of which returned to Hong Kong by flight from New York, the United States. They were suspected of being infected with Omicron, but they are subject to genetic analysis.

[17:22] Zhang Zhujun said that case 12609 lived alone and 12610 lived with 2 family members. The initial positive case lived with 1 family member and had meals with two family members. The center needs to understand why the patient lives in Tuen Mun but arrives. Testing in Shitangzui requires further investigation. All three have been to the United States recently and it is believed that they have all been infected with OMICRON.

[17:15] Xu Lejian, director of the Center for Health Protection, said that a mutant virus strain was discovered in November this year, and the global spread is very fast for more than a month. In the past two weeks in Hong Kong, OMICORN accounted for about 35% of the virus strain, to 78% in the past week, and in the past two days. 95%, most of the imported cases are estimated to be OMICRON. The spread is fast and due to the large number of people returning to Hong Kong from overseas. The imported cases involve returning Hong Kong citizens and crew members. The risk of community outbreaks is very high at present, and any spark is enough to strike the fifth wave. epidemic.

[17:07] Another preliminary confirmed case involved a 44-year-old male flight attendant. The male patient returned to Hong Kong by cargo plane CX2807 on December 25. He was a friend of the previous case 12609 and had dinner at his home on December 25. He was sent to the Chukau Bay Quarantine Center for isolation. He is an air crew member and lives at the Jiayue Peninsula in Tuen Mun.

This time I took the CX2806 to Chicago for work on December 22, working in the business cabin, stayed at the Chicago Hotel on December 22 and 23, and took the freighter CX2807 back to Hong Kong with other crew members on December 25. On the 27th, I took a bus 60X to Prince Edward to transfer to the MTR, and went to the Apple Store in Festival Walk to deal with mobile phone problems. After that, I went to Wangyuelou for dinner with my family, then took the subway to Shek Tong Tsui for testing, and then took the bus home , And the rest are mainly staying at home, I believe they will be diagnosed tonight.

[16:59] The Transportation and Housing Bureau has strengthened the quarantine requirements for special crew members. Some freighter crew members will be transferred from home quarantine to hotel quarantine for three days. The government hopes to strengthen crew members to find cases within a few days in the early days.

Reduce the risk of community spread.

Xu Lejian, director of the Center for Health Protection, said that the relevant arrangements are believed to be implemented soon.

[16:45] Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection, said that there were 6 newly imported cases and 5 suspected Omicron cases today. Two of the patients were Cathay Pacific flight attendants and one of them was a 42-year-old male flight attendant (12609 ), arrived at Hong Kong by CX841 on December 24, the airport test was negative, and I returned to No.1, Nanli, Shitangzui where I lived. On the 3rd day after returning home, that is, on December 26, the sample was positive, belonging to the variant viruses N501Y and T478K .

The next day after the patient arrived in Hong Kong, the patient went to Sheung Wan Miniso MINISO, then took the 962X bus to Tuen Mun to have lunch with friends, and then took the 961 bus home. At 7 pm on December 26, he went to the Shek Tong Testing Center for testing. On the afternoon of 27th, I went to the Ma Liu Restaurant in Nice Garden, Western District to buy food.

Case 12610 was a 46-year-old male crew member who took a CX843 cargo plane and returned to Hong Kong on December 25, and stayed with his family in Discovery Bay’s Haven Court. The last trip was to go to New York on CX840 on December 23 and return to Hong Kong on CX843 on the 25th. After returning home, he mainly stayed at home. He was tested negative at Discovery Bay on December 26.

New Crown Vaccine|All school employees who have not been vaccinated must be vaccinated without compulsory inspection on three days starting from January

[16:12] The government announced a few days ago that government employees who have not been vaccinated against the new crown will be required to undergo a three-day inspection starting today (28th). The Education Bureau will send letters to principals of all primary, secondary, and kindergarten schools in Hong Kong starting from January 10 next year. All principals, teachers and teaching assistants who have not received the first dose of the vaccine are required to be checked every three days, including individual staff who are not allowed to be vaccinated due to their physical condition.

New crown pneumonia|The foreign domestic helper contract expires before the end of March next year can be extended for six months

[15:55] The epidemic is repeated, the threat of Omicron is heating up, and it is more difficult for new foreign domestic helpers to come to Hong Kong.

The Labour Department announced today (28th) that it will allow employers to extend the validity period of their outgoing foreign domestic helpers’ current contracts. All foreign domestic helpers’ contracts expire on or before March 31, next year. The Commissioner for Labour has agreed in principle. And the foreign domestic helper agrees to extend the contract for up to six months, but it was announced on September 28 this year that the contract extension under the flexible arrangement has been approved, and the application for further extension of the contract validity period will not be considered.


Zhang Jiemin, Chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Agents Association and Chief Executive Officer of the Overseas Employment Center, believes that the measures can help some families, but the government originally intended to open one more foreign domestic helper quarantine hotel this month. Unfortunately, Omicron threatened to believe that the arrangements have been suspended. There are 5,000 foreign domestic helpers waiting to come to Hong Kong: "The houses are all hard to get. I can digest them in at least half a year. The lack of foreign domestic helpers has never been relieved."

Experts advocate daily inspections of airport employees

[10:36] There have been many imported cases involving mutated virus strains in Hong Kong in the past few days, and Omicron infections have also increased to 58 cases. Some experts suggest that airport staff should tighten to a daily inspection.

Chu Hansong, Director-General of the Airport Air Transport Staff Association, stated on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" today (28th) that if necessary to tighten testing, he will also accept it, but he hopes to communicate and support in advance, including increasing the number of testing stations or allowing Inspection during work.

Customs clearance indefinitely|Tian Beichen said that there are still "small doors" that have not been opened, Deng Jiabiao calls on the hotel to test for reducing the number of people

[09:42] Northbound quarantine-free customs clearance is indefinite, and the Lunar New Year is approaching. Recently, a large number of citizens have been going northward through Shenzhen Bay Port and there have been long queues.

The Director-General of Kowloon East of the Federation of Trade Unions and member of the Legislative Council-designate Tang Jiabiao expressed on the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millenniums" this morning (28th) that he hopes that the authorities can handle it humanely, such as changing the on-site nucleic acid test at the border to designated isolation The hotel proceeded to avoid long queues.

Yuan Guoyong advocates the introduction of vaccines, passports, no injections, and return to work before March next year: the government will talk about it

[09:21] Hong Kong is threatened by the variant Omicron virus. More than 40 cases of the Omicron variant virus have been recorded, and customs clearance has been indefinite.

Yuan Guoyong, Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University, wrote articles and “whistled” on a radio program today (28), stating that Hong Kong’s epidemic prevention must be anti-subject, and clearing is only defensive, and pushing up the vaccination rate is offensive. Hong Kong society is bound to encounter a backlash, and the introduction of vaccine passports is a more suitable method.

Yuan Guoyong bluntly said that any place must face the "post-vaccine wave" transition period of about two months for safe and orderly customs clearance. Therefore, Hong Kong will meet the "post-vaccine wave" in July next year, in a better time summer, and in March next year. Vaccine passports are required before the launch. When there is no injection "no return to work and school", the vaccination rate has a chance to exceed 90%: "If you want to push the government in March, you will talk about it. Don't push, the epidemic will never end."

Enclosure testing|Compulsive inspection of No. 1 South Lane, Shitang Tsui, Western District, about 80 people handed in samples and no confirmed diagnosis

[07:01] The government announced last night (27th) that a preliminary confirmed case involving a variant virus was found in the "South Lane No. 1", a residential building in Shek Tong Tsui, Western District, and the residential building was raided and sealed off at 10:30 p.m. Zone detection.

At about 7:00 in the morning, the government announced the completion of mandatory testing, and no confirmed cases were found.

New crown pneumonia | A total of 3 people who flew from Hong Kong to Shanghai during quarantine were diagnosed with the virus on the contract day

[07:00] 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. .

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)

A Cathay Pacific flight attendant at No.1 Nanli, Juxihuan was first diagnosed with a variant virus, and the government raided the closed area for detection at night

[00:30] The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health supplemented the inspection data of the closed area of ​​No. 1 Nanli. The case involved a local male crew member.

He arrived in Hong Kong from the United States via flight CX841 on the 23rd of this month, and tested negative at the airport. He was then subject to medical surveillance and regular mandatory testing in accordance with relevant exemption regulations.

Yesterday (26th), the test results of samples taken at the community testing center were initially positive. On the same day, symptoms such as headache, runny nose, and cough began to appear. The Ct value was about 16-22, the virus load was high, and the test results of the mutant virus strain were pending.

Except for briefly buying food in the community and going to the community testing center to take samples for testing, he stayed at home for the rest of the time.

For the sake of prudence, the government tonight announced restrictions and inspections at No. 1 South Lane, the building where it lives.

Another 46-year-old local male crew member, the patient lives in the Haven Court, Fengfeng, Discovery Bay.

He traveled to the United States via flight CX840 on December 23. The virus tests conducted on December 19, 20 and 22 before leaving Hong Kong were negative.

He arrived in Hong Kong on December 25 via flight CX843 from the United States. When he arrived in Hong Kong, he tested negative at the airport. The test result of a sample taken at a community testing center today was initially positive.

He has no symptoms, his Ct value is about 31-33, the amount of virus is low, and the test result of the mutant virus strain is yet to be determined.

New Crown Vaccine | The vaccination center has to pick someone appointed to give a gesture nurse to beat the thigh into the special room

[00:01] Since the vaccination center of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park Gymnasium was put into service in March, it has served hundreds of thousands of vaccinations. When citizens enter the venue for vaccinations, have they noticed that the venue is full of staff? Attentive?

For the smooth operation of the vaccine center, special equipment is designed for the layout of the venue from the floor to the diluted vaccine.

After it was put into operation, the staff had to take a look at the seven, and the demands of the citizens were also bizarre. Some staff members laughed and said that a city council designated one of the vaccination stations, saying that a friend introduced the injection nurse as a "good sign."

Of the 15 vaccination stations, only two are covered.

(Photo by Zhong Yan)

New Crown Vaccine | Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park Gymnasium Vaccination Center has completed the task today and injected a total of 330,000 injections

[00:01] The government launched the Fubitai vaccination program on March 10 this year. The Zhongshan Memorial Park Gymnasium Vaccination Center also officially launched services on the same day. In the past six months, it has done 273 days and vaccinated the citizens with 336,000 doses. vaccine.

However, as more and more people complete vaccination, this vaccination center operated by the Hong Kong Island West Hospital Cluster of the Hospital Authority will complete its historical mission today (28th).

The hard-working medical team behind it described that in the past it was like fighting every day, and it was glorious to be able to complete the work.

Huang Liqing (second from left), the site director of the Vaccination Center at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park Gymnasium, described the center's work as fighting every day.

(Photo by Zhong Yan)

▼Location of Community Vaccination Center (from January 1, 2022)▼


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12.27 | Cathay Pacific No. 1 Junan Lane and Discovery Bay flight attendants at home surveillance initial diagnosis compulsory testing | 24 places on the list include Parkview Bay, Taikoo Shing Hanteng Court and Telford Plaza Liyuan Covid-19 Covid-19 | HKUST graduate students and Ericsson staff successively Omicron was diagnosed on the same day after arriving in Shanghai | Liang Zichao urged not to take three injections to prevent importing people from high-risk areas to transit Omicron | Parents of New Year’s Eve for quarantine and quarantine: wait for customs clearance, wait for the new crown pneumonia | 9 more imported cases and Cathay Pacific flight attendants recruited 14 people including Liu Mingming to bring Omicron for Christmas | Food and beverage industry's single-day business volume reached 400 million food ingredients and artificially increased prices 15% is difficult to offset

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