There were 11 new cases in Hong Kong today, including a 43-year-old Pakistani housewife (#13045) who returned to Hong Kong. She completed the 21-day quarantine at the Silka Seaview Hotel in Yau Ma Tei on the 10th of this month and returned to the community. ) tested positive.
The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health has tracked down that the patient is suspected to be related to a nearby room and a confirmed case from Nepal.
Government expert advisor and chair professor of the Department of Microbiology of HKU Yuen Kwok-yung and staff from the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department visited the site.
A 43-year-old Pakistani (#13045) housewife tested positive. The patient had been quarantined at Silka Seaview Hotel, Yau Ma Tei.
(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
A 43-year-old Pakistani housewife (#13045) was diagnosed. She and her family took flight EK609 and EK384 on December 20, arrived in Hong Kong via Dubai, and stayed at Silka Seaview Hotel in Yau Ma Tei for quarantine. She went home early on the 10th of this month and lives in Tai Hang Dongmanlou, Dongcun Village, did not leave the unit during the period, except for the test on the 14th, the result was positive, belonging to the Omicron case.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that the center checked the records. During the patient's stay in the quarantine hotel, there was a confirmed case in a nearby room, a 71-year-old Nepalese man (#12891) who took flight RA409 and arrived on the 4th of this month. Hong Kong, began to feel unwell on the 6th, and the test sample on the same day was positive, and the two cases were suspected to be related.
She pointed out that she was concerned about the newly confirmed cases, which were only found on the 26th day after arriving in Hong Kong.
Zhang Zhujun continued to point out that on the other floor of the same hotel, there were 2 rooms with related confirmed cases, namely case 12893 and case 12895, who arrived in Hong Kong by AI1314 on January 2; case 12994 in the other room, which arrived in Hong Kong on December 25. When they arrived in Hong Kong, the samples were positive on the 10th of this month. The whole gene analysis of the three people was very similar.
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