The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Female pet store clerk infected with Delta closest to Pakistani gene is investigating whether animal-to-human transmission

2022-01-17T09:42:54.809Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic is raging. The Centre for Health Protection announced today (17th) that a saleswoman at Little Boss, a pet shop in Causeway Bay, was diagnosed with a variant virus strain Delta.


The new crown pneumonia epidemic is raging. The Center for Health Protection announced today (17th) that a saleswoman at Little Boss, a pet shop in Causeway Bay, was diagnosed with a variant virus strain Delta. But there are 17 differences between the two viruses, so the source remains unknown.

The CHP said that the pets are all from the Netherlands, and they have taken environmental samples and pet samples in the store today for investigation.


▼The whereabouts of the saleswoman in the Little Boss pet shop▼


+2

In-store pets come to Hong Kong from the Netherlands

Dr. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, pointed out that the confirmed 23-year-old saleswoman (#13047) of the pet store Little Boss lives at 2-4 Tung Shing Road, Aberdeen, and was closed for mandatory inspection last night.

Staff from the CHP and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Agriculture Department went to the pet shop to collect environmental samples this morning to investigate environmental factors and animal conditions.

Zhang also pointed out that after the whole gene analysis of the University of Science and Technology, the virus was initially shown to be DELTA AY.127, and no case has been associated yet. The most recent case was a Pakistani patient who arrived in Hong Kong via the Middle East. Nucleotide polymorphisms) separately, so the exact cause has not been found.

Zhang continued to point out that an all-round investigation into the infection routes of pet store employees, including the hypothesis of pet-to-human transmission, has been carried out. She pointed out that pets came to Hong Kong from the Netherlands, and detailed laboratory reports will be required, depending on whether more information will be found in pet and environmental samples.

▼1.16 Enclosure inspection of No. 2-4 Dongsheng Road, Aberdeen▼


+2

At least 9 people were initially diagnosed and quarantined at Silka Seaview Hotel after cross-infection of Pakistani woman in quarantine Authenticity of the card Huang Jielong: App additions are all related to the detection of the closed area | No. 2-4 Tung Shing Road, Aberdeen completed the compulsory inspection and no confirmed cases were found. Dyed Delta clerk

Source: hk1

All news articles on 2022-01-17

You may like

News/Politics 2024-02-15T06:00:59.458Z

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.