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Omicron|20 Filipino domestic helpers diagnosed accounted for 70% of the cases, and Courtyard by Marriott Shatin tested positive during quarantine period

2022-01-03T14:55:31.818Z


The outbreak of the new coronavirus variant disease strain Omicron is raging. There are 29 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (3 days), 28 of which are imported cases, of which 20 are Filipino domestic helpers, accounting for 69% of the total. Of the Filipino domestic helpers diagnosed today, more than half were


The outbreak of the new coronavirus variant disease strain Omicron is raging.

There are 29 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (3 days), 28 of which are imported cases, of which 20 are Filipino domestic helpers, accounting for 69% of the total.


More than half of the Filipino domestic helpers confirmed today arrived in Hong Kong on flight Philippine Airlines PR300 on the 30th of last month, and 10 of them were confirmed to be diagnosed during the quarantine period at the Courtyard by Marriott Sha Tin, which is designated for foreign domestic helpers to stay in Hong Kong.

The chief physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Ou Ka Wing, said that he believes that the risk of infection in the hotel is low for the foreign domestic helpers involved. However, in the past two days, a large number of infections of foreign domestic helpers have been reported. Detected to once a day.


Checking the data shows that since the end of last month, more than 30 Filipino domestic helpers have been diagnosed in Hong Kong. The flights involved include Cebu Airlines 5J272 and PR300. However, when asked whether they need to stop foreign domestic helpers from exporting to Hong Kong, Europe Jiarong did not respond positively.


Today, 10 newly confirmed Filipino domestic helpers tested positive during the quarantine period at the Courtyard by Marriott Sha Tin.

(Photo by Deng Yongzhong)

The Department of Health infers that the spread of the infected hotel in the Philippine domestic helper was low before coming to Hong Kong

Ou Jiarong pointed out that among the confirmed cases today, 20 were from the Philippines, most of which were newly arrived foreign domestic helpers. Seven of them were tested at the airport and the remaining 13 tested positive after checking into a quarantine hotel.

He added that 10 of them were quarantined at the Courtyard by Marriott Sha Tin and were distributed on the 8th, 24th and 26th floors. Routine testing confirmed the diagnosis on the third day of their stay.

He continued that because the case took a bus to and from the hotel at the airport and was arranged on the same floor, "it is believed that it may be due to local contact with a common source, or the infection at the local airport, or the infection on the plane." According to the patient's CT value , I believe that the risk of infection in the hotel is low.

Authorities worry about hotel employees being infected and guests are tested daily

Ou Jiarong also mentioned that the initial investigation did not see any transmission in the hotel, "but there were multiple cases in the same day within a short period of time, and there were concerns about cases of infection, isolation, and even employees." The authorities have been cautious and have arranged encrypted testing for guests of the same level. In the coming week, they will be tested every day for 7 days, and the hotel will be required to arrange for staff to be tested once a day.

When the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Sha Tin responded to the inquiry, it said that it would not disclose relevant details due to the privacy of the guests and had been in close contact with the authorities.

Cathay Pacific flights to Manila are banned for 14 days

Checking the data shows that a Philippine foreign domestic helper has been diagnosed on the 29th of last month. The maid had arrived in Hong Kong on flight 5J272 on the 27th of last month. It was confirmed to be infected on the 31st, and he also took the flight involved on the same day.

In addition, 8 Filipino domestic helpers who arrived in Hong Kong by flight 5J272 on 29th of last month were diagnosed; 4 others who had taken flight PR300 on December 30 were confirmed to be infected, together with the additional 20 confirmed cases today. More than 30 domestic helpers have been infected with the epidemic.

The Department of Health announced today that seven passengers on Cathay Pacific’s flight CX906 from Manila, the Philippines, arrived in Hong Kong on January 1, tested positive on arrival, and cited the "Prevention and Control of Diseases (Regulation of Cross-Border Transportation and The Arrivals Regulations (Chapter 599H) prohibits passenger planes operated by Cathay Pacific from landing in Hong Kong in Manila from January 3 to 16.

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