Omicron｜41-year-old cargo aircraft cabin cleaner was diagnosed with the first diagnosis and visited McDonald's and markets in Cheung Hang Village

There were 5 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (15th), 4 of which involved N501Y and T478K, suspected to be Omicron cases.

There are also 10 preliminary positive cases today, including a 41-year-old female cargo aircraft cabin cleaner who lives with her family at Wang Shan House, Cheung Wang Estate, Tsing Yi. The cases were detected by regular inspections by airport staff.

Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, pointed out that the newly diagnosed female cargo aircraft cabin cleaner is mainly responsible for cleaning the nose part of the cargo aircraft, including the kitchen and toilet. The source of the infection of the case is still pending full genome sequencing.

There were also 10 preliminary positive cases today, including a 41-year-old female cargo aircraft cabin cleaner.

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Cabin cleaner found initial positive on Jan. 14 after regular testing

The new initial positive case today includes a 41-year-old female cargo aircraft cabin cleaner who lives with her family at Wang Shan House, Cheung Wang Estate, Tsing Yi. The case was detected by regular airport tests.

She also tested negative on January 8 and January 11, and was initially positive on January 14, with a CT value of about 20. She has no symptoms.

The 41-year-old female cargo aircraft cabin cleaner among the newly confirmed cases today lives in Wang Shan Building.

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Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, pointed out that the patient was responsible for cleaning the cabin of three to eight flights a day, mainly cargo planes.

In addition, the patient is mainly responsible for the cleaning of the nose of the cargo plane, including the kitchen, toilet, etc. If the crew does not land on the plane, there is also a chance to meet each other. During the cleaning, they will wear a full set of protective clothing, including face masks, masks and headgear. The source of infection in the case remains to be sequenced.

The patient had no contact with the previously confirmed cabin cleaner (#12908), and would take the E21 and E32 buses to work on a daily basis. He had been to McDonald's in Changheng Village and Changheng Village Market in Tsing Yi on January 10.

When asked why the female cabin cleaner did not follow the two-day inspection requirement recently, Zhang Zhujun explained that the patient's test records in January were January 1, 3, 5, 8, 11 and 14. However, the last three testing days are relatively distant and need to be further understood.

Some customers of Changheng McDonald's visit as usual, saying they are not worried about the case

The reporter visited the Changheng Village Market and McDonald's today. The owner of a fruit shop said, "I'm not too worried. The market will be disinfected from time to time during the week. The market will be cleaned up tomorrow morning.

As for the McDonald's located on the third floor of Changheng Shopping Mall, the reporter noticed that there were still customers visiting as usual at night, but no one was cleaning the restaurant or posting a notice outside the door.

Mr. Luo, who just bought takeaway from McDonald's, said that he did not pay attention to today's confirmed cases. He only learned from reporters that patients had visited, but he was not too worried.

He believes that it is enough to do personal disinfection after returning home and entering and leaving the mall.

Another customer, Ms. Huang, said she was not too worried, saying bluntly, "The most stressful and shocking period has passed."

Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, pointed out that there were 5 confirmed cases in Hong Kong today, 4 of which involved N501Y and T478K, and were suspected to be Omicron cases.

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Another preliminary positive case is a family member of case 12860 who lived in City Garden 3, North Point earlier. The patient was admitted to the quarantine center on January 5, and the test result was negative at that time. He developed cough symptoms on January 12 and was sent to the hospital. Preliminary positive.

Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the patient had been sent to the quarantine center in the early stage, so there were no special whereabouts or close contacts during the infectious period.

As for today's new cases, including case 13031, she is a 51-year-old female security guard at Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre who was initially diagnosed yesterday, and lives in Po Ying Garden, Tseung Kwan O.

Another confirmed case, 13033, is a family member of a 48-year-old male patient who previously lived in Fenglin Garden Phase 3 in North Point and worked for CITIC Securities. He was sent to the quarantine center on January 8 and developed a fever on the same month.

▼Causeway Bay Niu Ji suspected transmission chain▼

Authorities have tracked down 35 diners who visited "Niu Ji" at the same time for inspection

In addition, Wang Shiya, who was diagnosed earlier and attended Hong Weimin's birthday party, went to the "Niu Ji" at Hysan Plaza in Causeway Bay with another patient on January 4 to have a side fire. The same 20-year-old HKU boy (#13012) also Diagnosed successively.

Zhang Zhujun pointed out that so far, 35 diners at the same time period have been traced and sent to the quarantine center, but only a small number of customers have not been traced.

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