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Omicron|Mangyuelou environmental samples are all negative

2022-01-01T10:48:15.368Z


The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (1st) that there were 17 new confirmed cases, including 16 imported cases and an airport ground staff (#12656) initially confirmed yesterday. She was classified as related to the imported case


The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (1st) that there were 17 new confirmed cases, including 16 imported cases and the airport ground staff (#12656) initially confirmed yesterday. She was classified as related to the imported cases.

In addition, there are 8 new Omicron cases today, including the Cathay Pacific freighter pilot (#12649) diagnosed earlier, the 76-year-old father (#12637) who was dining on the same table with Case 12611 Cathay Pacific Airways (#12637), and Mochizuki 34-year-old diners on the floor (#12654).

The number of preliminary confirmed cases today is less than 30.


The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health stated that the center visited the Wangyue Tower in Festival Walk earlier, and the 44 environmental samples collected during the inspection operation did not test positive.

According to the whole-genome sequencing analysis conducted by the Public Health Laboratory Service, cases 12609, 12611, 12637 and 12654 have the same sequence of virus genes, which means that the four people have been infected with each other.

The center has also contacted about 100 people who had been to the Mochizuki Tower for dinner during this period for testing.


▼Family of the occupants who eat and eat on the same table are infected with the disease in the closed area of ​​Rongze Building in Shikipwei ▼


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The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced that as of 0:00 on January 1, the center is investigating 17 positive cases of the novel coronavirus. So far, the total number of cases in Hong Kong is 12,667.

The new cases include 16 imported cases and one case that may be epidemiologically related to the imported case.

The cases included 12 asymptomatic infections.

Fifteen cases of infections involving mutant virus strains, one of the mutant virus strains test results are yet to be determined, and the virus volume of the remaining one is not sufficient for the mutant virus strain detection.

The new cases involved 4 men and 13 women, ranging in age from 20 to 54 years old.

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Today, 16 new imported cases were confirmed to be infected with airport ground handling early yesterday

Among the imported cases, 3 people arrived in Hong Kong from the designated area of ​​enhanced monitoring group A (high risk), 13 people arrived in Hong Kong from the designated area of ​​group A (high risk), and 10 people arrived at the temporary sample collection center of Hong Kong International Airport on arrival. The test result of "test pending" was positive, and the remaining 6 people tested positive during the quarantine period.

As for the preliminary confirmed airport ground crew (#12656) announced yesterday, it was also confirmed today and classified as related to the imported case.

The 30-year-old female patient lives in Block 2 of Chun Wang Court in Tin Shui Wai and serves as a ground handler at the airport. She has no travel history.

She received two doses of Coxing vaccine on July 25 and August 26, respectively.

She needed regular testing due to the nature of her job, and the test result at the mobile sampling station was positive on December 30.

▼December 31, Tianshuiwei Junhongxuan 2 closed area inspection▼


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8 more Omicron cases in Hong Kong

In addition, according to the results of whole-genome sequencing analysis conducted by the Public Health Laboratory Service, it was confirmed that the 8 cases announced earlier contained Omicron mutant virus strains. They were between 16 and 76 years old. Four people were in temporary samples when they arrived in Hong Kong. The "test pending" test at the collection center was positive. Three people tested positive during the quarantine period, and one person tested positive when he went to a public hospital for treatment.

The new cases include a 16-year-old boy (#12606) who arrived in Hong Kong from the United States, a 51-year-old Pakistani man (#12608), a 35-year-old man (#12613) who arrived in Hong Kong from France and the United Kingdom via Finland, Singapore, Germany and A 29-year-old man (#12614) arriving in the United States and a 26-year-old man (#12615) arriving in Hong Kong from Australia.

In case 12611, Cathay Pacific’s 76-year-old father (#12637), Cathay Pacific’s cargo pilot (#12649) and 34-year-old diners of Mochizuki Tower (#12654) on the same stage were also confirmed to have Omicron.

A total of 95 cases involving Omicron have been recorded in Hong Kong so far.

▼Mangyue Tower is temporarily closed for inspection by the Health Protection Center ▼


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The environmental samples of Wangyuelou did not test positive

In addition, the center visited the Wangyue Tower in Festival Walk, which was visited by Cases 12611, 12637 and 12654 earlier, at the same time. The 44 environmental samples collected during the inspection operation did not test positive.

According to the results of whole genome sequencing analysis conducted by the Public Health Laboratory Service, cases 12609, 12611, 12637 and 12654 have the same sequence of virus genes.

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Source: hk1

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