The mutant virus Omicron entered Hong Kong, and the group of "Dancing in Victoria Park" caused by Cathay Pacific flight attendants passed on to their mothers continued to spread, leading to the fifth wave of the epidemic.
The Centre for Health Protection announced today (9th) that a total of at least 28 people in the cluster have been infected with the virus, including one case of unknown origin that was definitely related to the cluster after full genetic analysis, but no transmission route was found.
If we only count the traceable transmission chain of flight attendant mothers, it has caused five generations of transmission, at least five branches have appeared, involving 24 people infected with the virus. Among them, the most eye-catching is the transmission of the crown prince of Rongyuan Tea Shop, Queen Shiya, who indirectly exposed this story. On March 3, nearly 200 high-ranking officials and celebrities in Hong Kong still attended the birthday party of Hong Weimin, a representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress, despite the epidemic.
Many people have also been diagnosed with the confirmed cases in the Royal Castle Donghaihui Lafayette and Tianhou Lutianyuan Restaurant where the flight attendant mother visited; Victoria Park and Causeway Bay Community Center where they danced.
An Indian maid who was infected by the flight attendant’s mother later attended a church event of 100 people, which infected many fellow villagers and their employer’s family members. Among them, the residents of Meixin Building in Tai Po were suspected of vertical transmission and had other strangers who did not know each other. The resident was initially diagnosed.
Cathay Pacific flight attendants and mothers caused 5 chains of transmission in the Omicron group.
(Hong Kong 01 cartography)
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Everything starts with Cathay Pacific and the Transportation and Housing Bureau agreeing that crew members will be exempted from quarantine
The 28-year-old Cathay Pacific flight attendant (#12676) infected with the Omicron variant strain returned to Hong Kong on a Cathay Pacific flight from the United States on the 27th of last month. Since the flight returned to Hong Kong in the form of a passenger plane, the flight attendant was granted the status of a freighter and was exempted from hotel quarantine. , go home directly for medical surveillance.
However, she became ill on the third day (29th), but went to a private doctor the next day and handed in a saliva sample for testing, and the result was not available until the 31st.
She did not violate the guidelines of Cathay Pacific, but the two-day delay in testing triggered a large-scale spread, but the source of the disaster was still the quarantine exemption system for crew members designed by Cathay Pacific and the Transportation and Housing Bureau.
Her 35-year-old brother (#12746) and 62-year-old mother (#12754) were diagnosed.
Her mother had frequent social activities on December 30 and 31. In addition to the square dance in Victoria Park every morning, a branch of the "Victoria Park Dance Group" appeared; she visited one of the dancers who lived in Tung Ning Building, Causeway Bay. She and two friends went to Tianhou Lu Tianyuan Restaurant for breakfast, and then developed into a branch of Lu Tianyuan's sisters, and from this it was derived that only two people were infected for the time being. The Hong Weimin birthday group branch of the epidemic; the tally clerks whose source of infection is unknown belong to this group.
▼Hong Weimin's birthday party, there were initially confirmed cases, and the restaurant involved▼
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Lu Tianyuan eats breakfast and infects the proprietress of the tea shop to detonate Hong Weimin's birthday party turmoil
On the 31st of last month, the flight attendant's mother, a friend who danced in Nayuan and a friend who was in the morning exercise in Victoria Park, went to Lutianyuan Restaurant in Tin Hau for breakfast after the exercise, creating new branches and small branches.
The 59-year-old Rongyuan tea shop owner (#12821) who was on the same stage on the same day infected her 37-year-old daughter Wang Shiya (#12838) and her 3-year-old grandson (#12821) after returning home. Wang Shiya later infected a 32-year-old woman at the trade fair. Colleague (#12882).
On the 3rd of this month, Wang Shiya attended the birthday party of Hong Weimin, the representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress and the Hong Kong Affairs Liaison Officer of the Qianhai Administration. Nearly 200 senior officials and celebrities attended that night. Since Wang Shiya was a confirmed patient, about 90 attendees needed to go to Penny's. Quarantine in Bay, including the Secretary for Home Affairs Xu Yingwei, the Political Assistant of the Development Bureau Fung Ying-lun, the Director of Immigration Au Ka-hong, etc. As another guest tested a "false positive", the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Xu Zhengyu, the Commissioner of Police Xiao Zeyi, Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Bai Ruiliu, etc. also sat in the "epidemic prison" for a day because they attended the party.
The Center for Health Protection announced today (9th) that a 43-year-old girlfriend of Wang Shiya was initially diagnosed.
On the 3rd of this month, Wang Shiya and her first drank in Xiyingpan, and then went to Hong Weimin's birthday party together.
In other words, there were at least two patients at Hong Weimin's birthday party, both of whom arrived after 9:30 that night.
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Dinner and dance in Victoria Park continue to spread virus
Lu Tianyuan, the flight attendant's mother, was diagnosed with her 62-year-old dancing friend (#12841). She later infected her 63-year-old husband (#12825), and her husband infected two 74-year-old and 71-year-old colleagues (#12880 and #12880 and #12880). 12913); a 42-year-old surveyor (#12767) was also diagnosed after having breakfast in Lu Tianyuan, and his 4-year-old daughter (#12879) was also infected recently.
The flight attendant's mother danced in Victoria Park and Tongwan Community Center from time to time. Her 48-year-old female dancer (#12806) went to the Royal Castle Fudongxuan on the 1st of this month, and a 67-year-old diner was infected (#12840); Another 73-year-old dancer (#12860) had a massage in North Point on the 3rd of this month, and the 88-year-old family member who massaged his feet was also initially diagnosed.
The flight attendant's mother had breakfast at the East China Sea Lafayette at the Royal Castle in Causeway Bay on December 30. A 63-year-old man in Tongyuan was infected with the virus. The two appeared there at the same time, so they belonged to this group.
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Infecting friends, Indian servants, church gatherings trigger another chain of transmission
The flight attendant's mother went to the house of a dancing friend in Tungluo Tung Ning Building on December 30. The dancer's 43-year-old Indian maid (#12805) was later diagnosed with the disease. She attended a church activity in North Point from January 1 to 2. , The 51-year-old foreign domestic helper (#12854), the 39-year-old foreign domestic helper (#12883) and the 44-year-old foreign domestic helper (#12903) in the same field have been diagnosed successively.
Among them, the 51-year-old foreign domestic helper infects the employer and the young owner (#12909 and 12910) at home. The tenants who live in the same block on the upper floor of Meixin Building in Tai Po have initially tested positive today (9th). The 44-year-old foreign domestic helper living in On Ning Garden, Tseung Kwan O It also infected its young master.
On January 9, Unit D of Meixin Building, Tai Po was evacuated
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The virus gene of the cargo handler is the same, but no transmission route has been found
In addition, a 58-year-old supermarket clerk who was listed as an unknown source earlier, the Center for Health Protection found that the virus strain was the same as the above-mentioned group after a complete genetic analysis, and the association with each group will be traced.
On January 3, the newly diagnosed person watched Henry Zhang sing and sit at the 980 yuan seat. The audience and many artists were forced to check Omicron｜Wang Shiya's mother was 3 years old. Sun Chu was diagnosed and lived in Jinjingtai, Fortress Mountain. Sun Chu was diagnosed with 3 Lingliangtang kindergarten students who were unwell and had to quarantine the whole class