The fifth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong mainly involves the transmission chain of two Cathay Pacific flight attendants and one Cathay Pacific flight attendant.
On Monday night (17th), the police arrested and charged two former cabin crew members for violating the "Prevention and Control of Disease Regulations", accusing them of engaging in unnecessary activities during the medical surveillance period. The two were subsequently diagnosed with a mutated strain of Omicron, 2 Court on the 9th.
The police have not released the airline involved, but they have checked the information and found that the information is consistent with the information of the two Cathay Pacific flight attendants who triggered the Mochizukilou group at Festival Walk.
The two flight attendants were suspected of illegally going out for dinner on the first three days after arriving in Hong Kong, and then one of them went to Wangyuelou to have dinner with relatives and friends, which caused the infection of many diners at the same venue. Proprietor, there has been multi-generational transmission.
The two were released on bail after completing treatment and leaving the hospital
The police allege that the two flew to Hong Kong from the United States on December 24 and 25 last year respectively. During the period of medical surveillance, they carried out unnecessary activities on December 25 and 27, respectively, in violation of the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulations. Chapter 599A.
The two have now completed treatment and left the hospital. The police arrested and charged the two on Monday. They have been released on bail. The case will appear at Tuen Mun Magistrates' Courts and Eastern Magistrates' Courts on February 9.
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Two infected Cathay Pacific suspected illegal cross-regional dinner
According to the data, a 45-year-old Cathay Pacific Airways pilot (12609 confirmed cases) living at No. 1 Nanli in Shek Tong Tsui arrived in Hong Kong from New York, the United States on December 24 last year. He took a bus to the Jia Yue Peninsula in Tuen Mun the next day. Another Cathay Pacific flight attendant (confirmed case 12611), a 44-year-old flight attendant who arrived in Hong Kong from Chicago, the United States, had a dinner at home, violating the quarantine exemption arrangement.
The 44-year-old flight attendant arrived in Hong Kong on the third day, that is, on December 27, took a bus and then transferred to the MTR to go to the Apple Store in Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong to deal with the problem of the watch. During lunch with friends, many diners who were at the same venue but on different platforms were infected, triggering the "Mochizukilou group", which spread across generations.
The 45-year-old Air Force and the 44-year-old Air Young Master were diagnosed on December 28 and 29 respectively. The two virus genes have the same sequence, but it is not clear who passed it on to whom.
Cathay Pacific later announced that the two were no longer its employees and terminated their employment.
The 44-year-old flight attendant went to the East Asia Pharmacy in Tuen Mun Aiding Shopping Centre to buy shampoo on December 27. The owner of the medicine was later diagnosed and infected three family members, including his daughter who worked as a part-time salesperson at SOGO in Causeway Bay. , the group also includes a nurse at Dr. Zhang Simin's clinic of JP Medical in Gold Coast Mall, Tuen Mun, where his son was treated.
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