The Omicron variant virus invaded the community, and multiple local transmission chains continued to spread.
Tuen Mun has become the hardest hit area of the new wave of the epidemic. Yesterday (13th) more patients were added. Two nurses from the JP Medical Gold Coast Shopping Mall Clinic were initially diagnosed with the disease. They checked the records that the East Asia Pharmacy, who was diagnosed earlier, had visited the clinic for medical treatment.
In addition, the owner of the East Asia Pharmacy in Aiding Shopping Mall in the same district was infected with the disease, the source of the infection was unknown, and the female security guard in Jubao Tin Village, etc., 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.
Whereabouts of Tuen Mun Cases
In Tuen Mun yesterday (13th), there were more infections. Two nurses from JP Medical Gold Coast Shopping Mall Clinic were initially diagnosed, and they checked the records that the East Asia Pharmacy, who was diagnosed earlier, had visited the clinic for medical treatment.
One of the part-time nurses is a student in the School of Nursing, School of Continuing Education, Baptist University.
The residences of the two had to be enclosed and forcibly inspected yesterday, including Block 1, Lung Shing Garden, No. 345 Castle Peak Road, Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun, and Block 2, CapitaLand Garden, No. 13-17, Wing Fat Lane, Tuen Mun.
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 Shopping Mall, was sent to quarantine and found to be infected with the disease.
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 and the young master of 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.
The transmission chain extends in multiple locations such as Causeway Bay
Yesterday, a 20-year-old male university student from Hong Kong was diagnosed with the previous confirmed case #12882 (a colleague of Queen Shiya, the Prince of Wing Yuen Tea Shop) in Hysan, Causeway Bay.
He used to work part-time at the branch of "Cha Shi Kiosk", including the Wan Chai branch on January 6, the Sheung Wan branch on January 4, and the Langham Place shopping mall and Golden Rooster Plaza on January 9.
The latest mandatory testing sites (January 14) totaled 17, including John Pak Medical Clinic, HKBU School of Continuing Education, Disneyland, etc.