The Department of Health announced today (18th) that Zhang Zhujun, a female clerk at Little Boss, a pet shop in Causeway Bay who was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia yesterday and had a Delta variant virus strain, said that she found a 67-year-old who had bought hamsters in the shop. A year-old female customer was diagnosed, and 11 samples in the store were positive for the new coronavirus, so about 150 customers who visited the store from January 7 to 15 were required to be quarantined, and about 20 people were not found; pets Of the 88 samples from the store's warehouse in Tai Po Industrial Center, some of the cages and food samples were positive, and about 20 to 30 employees who had worked in the warehouse were also quarantined.
Xu Lejian, director of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, added that since many samples of hamsters who arrived in Hong Kong on January 7 tested positive, customers who bought pets from the store after January 7 will be contacted as soon as possible, and there are expected to be about 300 transactions. If the pet tests positive, the owner will also be sent to quarantine.
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The female clerk will hold out the hamster for customers to watch the afternoon meal in the store
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, pointed out that there were 18 new confirmed cases today, including 11 local cases. The 23-year-old female clerk (case number: 13047) of the Causeway Bay pet store Little Boss, who was confirmed yesterday, has been vaccinated twice. Bitai vaccine, she had a sore throat, cough and runny nose on January 11. The sample tested positive on January 15, with a CT value of 21 and a high viral load. She was admitted to the hospital on January 16 with a CT value of 27.
Zhang pointed out that the female clerk has been working all the time. Except for the holidays on December 27, January 3 and January 10, she has not had contact with confirmed cases in the past, nor has she traveled to other places.
Zhang said that the female clerk mainly cleans the cages and feeds small animals in the store. If a customer wants to buy a hamster, she will hold it out for the customer to watch.
She will take out breakfast and eat lunch at the pet store around 3-4pm.
On January 3, she went to a friend's house in Kwun Lung Lau, Kennedy Town for dinner, and went to Ah Yi Pork Chop Hot and Sour Rice Noodles; on January 5, she went to Haidilao, Yau Ma Tei; on January 10, she went to Wan Chai during the holiday. For one night at Ruijing Hotel, I mainly stayed in the room and did not use other facilities.
Zhang said that about 16 close contacts related to her have been sent to the quarantine center.
The store has a warehouse in Tai Po Tai Ping Industrial Center. A 23-year-old employee had an indeterminate result. After being admitted to the hospital, the result was negative, and the infection has been ruled out.
As the 88 environmental samples collected by the bureau in the Tai Po warehouse were all positive in pet cages and animal food trays, 20 to 30 staff members in the Tai Po Industrial Centre warehouse were sent to quarantine.
▼The whereabouts of the saleswoman in the Little Boss pet shop▼
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The infected patient visited the husband twice and his husband was diagnosed with the first diagnosis after he was admitted to the hospital yesterday.
A 67-year-old woman (case number: 13059), a pet shop in Causeway Bay, had a confirmed case. She and her family went to the pet shop to buy hamsters on January 4, and on January 8, she and her daughter also visited the pet shop for a replacement. While wearing a mask during the period, I talked to and paid for the infected female clerk, stayed one meter apart, stayed for more than 10 minutes, and chose the cage.
The woman has received two doses of the Sinovac vaccine. She developed a headache on January 12 and went to the outpatient clinic. She had a cough on January 14 and then went to St. Paul's Hospital for consultation. On January 16, she submitted a sample for testing and was confirmed It was positive, CT value was 13, and the viral load was extremely high.
She lives in Ka Shing House, Block A, Ka Lung Court, Hoi Pong Road, Tin Wan. Four of her family members have been sent to quarantine. Her husband was initially positive after being admitted to the hospital last night. He developed a sore throat on January 17 and has completed two vaccinations. She received a dose of Kexing vaccine, and her whereabouts are mainly to go to Star Restaurant or Aberdeen Dragon Club for lunch; her daughter is asymptomatic for the time being.
There are still about 30 customers who have not been contacted
Zhang said it was suspected that the patient had been in contact with a female store clerk on January 8, who had symptoms on January 11.
Zhang said that even all customers who visited the pet store from January 7 to January 15, 143 people have to be sent to quarantine, there are 112 people's contact numbers, and the rest will be tracked by transaction records, but individual Only cash transaction records.
Xu Lejian continued to point out that since the batch of hamsters that arrived in Hong Kong on January 7 has now tested positive, it cannot be ruled out that the animals are infected with direct or simple transmission to humans, so there were about 300 transactions in Little Boss after January 7. Depending on what pets are purchased, the person concerned will be sent to quarantine.
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