The Omicron variant virus invaded the community, and Tuen Mun became the hardest hit area for a new wave of epidemics.
A family of four, the owner of the East Asia Pharmacy in the Aiding Shopping Mall in the district, contracted the disease, and the investigation found that the Cathay Pacific Air Chief, who had triggered the Mochizukilou group earlier, had visited the pharmacy for shopping.
In addition, yesterday (11th) a female security guard in Penny's Bay was initially diagnosed. She lives in Po Tin Village, Tuen Mun. The Centre for Health Protection pointed out that there may be a hidden transmission chain in Tuen Mun district.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced that from January 7, restaurants in Hong Kong will be closed for two weeks to fight the epidemic.
How widespread is the new wave of epidemics?
The following maps sort out the whereabouts of each person, the complete list of locations for forced inspections, and the chain of transmission.
Earlier, a 20-year-old saleswoman who worked part-time at SOGO Department Store in Causeway Bay was diagnosed with the disease. Her father, the landlord of East Asia Medicine in Aiding Mall, was sent to quarantine and found to be infected together.
As of yesterday, the man's 11-year-old son and 45-year-old wife were also initially diagnosed.
The CHP's investigation found that the early patient of the Wangyuelou group, a junior from Cathay Pacific in Tuen Mun, went to the pharmacy to buy shampoo on December 27, and the owner of the pharmacy wore a mask during his short stay.
In addition, a 51-year-old female security guard who lives in Po Tin Village, Tuen Mun and works in the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center was initially diagnosed yesterday. The infection route is unknown. The CHP pointed out that there may be a hidden transmission chain in the area.
The latest mandatory testing locations (January 12) totaled 34, including multiple locations in Tuen Mun, North Point, and three schools requiring mandatory testing due to upper respiratory infection cases.
On January 10, a 20-year-old part-time salesperson at SOGO Department Store in Causeway Bay was diagnosed and his father was initially diagnosed. The source of infection is unknown.
The two lived in Block 8, Aegean Coast, So Kwun Wat, Tuen Mun. The salesperson last went to work on December 28. During the incubation period, they also worked in the East Asia Pharmacy of Ai Ding Shopping Center in Tuen Mun.
The Cathay Pacific pilot (#12611) who was diagnosed earlier has been to the pharmacy, and the two are probably related.
There is another case of unknown source of infection. A 58-year-old female tally clerk was diagnosed last Friday (7th) and was also classified as a no-origin case.
The patient lives in Lee Shun Building, Wanchai. During the incubation period, he went to various supermarkets in Hong Kong to tally goods, including Mannings, Parknshop, Ugou and Wellcome, etc. He went to the Industry Fair at noon on January 3.
In addition, the second patient of the birthday party of Hong Weimin, the representative of the National People's Congress, Queen Shiya, the prince of Rongyuan Tea Shop, and her friends attended the birthday party together at 9:30 pm on Monday night. Wang Shiya's mother, 3-year-old Sun Jin, was initially diagnosed.
As of January 9, the group linked by "Mothers of Stewardess" has spread out four major transmission chains, involving five generations of transmission. Among them, the dancer's foreign domestic helper had attended church activities, infecting the same foreign domestic helper, and then to other employers' families.
As for the suspected vertical transmission of the outbreak in the Meixin Building, Tai Po, where the confirmed Indian maid lives, a 66-year-old woman in the unit of Block D on the upper floors was initially diagnosed. Experts found that the sewage pipe was spreading poison. Late evacuation quarantine.
▼1.9 Residents in Room D, Meixin Building, Tai Po are evacuated and quarantined▼
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As of January 8, a total of 9 people in the Wangyuelou group have been diagnosed, and the relevant cases have visited the above places.