The Omicron variant virus strain has entered Hong Kong. Today (18th), 18 new cases have been confirmed, and 11 of them are locally related. Since the fifth wave of the epidemic, local cases have recorded a new single-day high.
A 43-year-old Pakistani woman who had been quarantined at the Silka Seaview Hotel in Yau Ma Tei and was later confirmed to be cross-infected due to insufficient ventilation set off another chain of transmission, and the group continued to expand. Two students studying at (Broadway), one of them is more suspected of infecting another classmate during the exam in the class room, and all students in the same class room need to be quarantined.
The school issued an urgent notice today, announcing that face-to-face teaching will be suspended for 14 days, and the exam will be postponed until the 14th of next month.
In addition, the authorities suspect that vertical transmission has occurred in Dongmanlou, Tai Hang Tung Village, where the confirmed patient lives. Some households living upstairs of the patient were initially diagnosed, and relevant departments of the Hong Kong government and experts are conducting on-site inspections.
More than 10 initial confirmed cases were recorded.
The Delia Memorial School (Broadway) in Mei Foo issued a notice yesterday that it was notified by the Centre for Health Protection that two students were initially diagnosed with the disease.
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A 43-year-old Pakistani housewife (#13045) was diagnosed. The patient had been quarantined at Silka Seaview Hotel, Yau Ma Tei. Experts later found that the hotel had insufficient ventilation and cross-transmission occurred in at least 4 rooms. The above-mentioned Pakistani woman also completed the quarantine. Only after the test on the designated day was found to be recruited.
Following investigation by the CHP, it was found that she had spread to at least 9 people after her return to the community (#13063-13071).
Today's new initial confirmed cases are all close contacts, involving two families, all of whom have not been vaccinated. The family lives in Tung Man House, Tai Hang Tung Village. Two of the patients are in the Memorial School of Sisters of Meifu Delia (Broadway). Studying in Secondary 3 and Secondary 2, due to the recent exam week in the school, another student from Class 3M who took the exam in the same room also confirmed the initial diagnosis, but the two were not familiar with each other and did not have close contact. Classroom spread, all students who have taken exams in that classroom must be quarantined.
In addition, Tung Man House, Tai Hang Tung Village, where the patient lives, has also had preliminary positive cases one after another. There are families living upstairs and the initial diagnosis is confirmed. One of the residents is studying at K1 of St Thomas' Church Kindergarten in Shek Kip Mei. The child had a fever the day before (16th) and was tested positive the next day. The child tested negative on the day of the enclosure at Dongmanlou last Saturday (15th), and his classmates do not know whether they need to be quarantined.
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Chen Zhaoshi, Secretary for Food and Health, said that there have been worrying developments in the epidemic in the past two days, including the Omicron family group caused by people who have stayed in designated quarantine hotels, and the suspected vertical transmission in Dongmanlou, Tai Hang Tung Village. Departments and experts conduct on-the-spot inspections.
Delia Memorial School (Broadway) issued a notice today that it was notified by the Centre for Health Protection that two students were initially diagnosed and their last school date was January 14.
The school announced that the school will suspend face-to-face teaching for the 14th, and switch to online classes from tomorrow (19th) to the 31st, and the exam will be postponed until the 14th of next month.
In addition, the school arranged to clean and disinfect the campus today.
Sister Delia Memorial School (Broadway) in Mei Foo issued a notice yesterday that it was notified by the Centre for Health Protection that two students were initially diagnosed (school website)
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