A major outbreak of the disease occurred in Yat Kwai House, Kwai Chung Estate. There were a number of cases in the building, involving 16 cases, including a security guard on early shift. The cases lived on 11 different floors and 8 different blocks.
Ou Jiarong, the chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, pointed out that after investigation, a Pakistani woman with the Omicron BA.2 subtype variant virus (that is, cross-infected by the Silka Seaview Hotel and returned to the community after completing the quarantine was diagnosed and infected her family) was found. The confirmed 46-year-old unemployed husband (case number: 13064) who lives in Tung Man House, Tai Hang Tung Village, went to the garbage dump of 3 buildings in Kwai Chung Village on January 13, and sold it in the area of Nam Cheong Street, Sham Shui Po. virus into housing estates.
Yuen Kwok-yung, a government expert advisor and professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, said that after inspecting the housing estate, he could not see any problems with buildings, pipes or ventilation, so he did not think that the residents of Yak Kwai House needed to be evacuated for the time being, but the "Restriction and Inspection Notice" would be implemented. For three days, that is, the building was closed for three consecutive nights for forced inspection. Every day, all residents were required to undergo a test, obtain a negative result and show a text message before they could leave the building. quarantine center.” He also appealed to residents in the building to try not to go out, otherwise the risk of community outbreaks will further increase.
Garbage house inspection items will be sold in Sham Shui Po
Au Jiarong pointed out that the initial positive cases in the building involved a security guard. The security guard returned to work early and worked from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a CT value of 36 to 37.
He continued to point out that under investigation and follow-up, it was found that the family members of the 43-year-old Pakistani woman who was diagnosed after quarantine and her husband, who also lived in Tung Man House, Tai Hang Tung Village, had visited Yat Kwai House, Lv Kwai House and Luk Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village on January 13. The garbage room in Qian Kwai House is used to collect garbage, and then it is sold at a stall in the market near Pei Ho Street on Nam Cheong Street in Sham Shui Po.
Au Ka-wing pointed out that Luk Kwai House, Qian Kwai House and those who visited the hawkers in the four streets near the Pei Ho Street Market after January 10 were subject to compulsory testing, and there were about 10 cleaners in the three buildings in Kwai Chung Village. Quarantine required.
Yuan Guoyong pointed out that the Pakistani woman’s husband said that he once asked a friend to pick up the key in the Lvkui Building, and he would also check which garbage rooms did not lock the door, and would take garbage inside. After entering the garbage room, he also saw cleaners and neighbors, suspecting the virus. Pass it to the cleaners or security guards and bring it into the housing estate.
He pointed out that security guards will go to each floor of the building, and cleaners will also go to each floor twice a day to pick up the garbage room and dump the garbage into the garbage chute. No matter if you take the elevator or take the stairs, you will come into contact with the residents.
He pointed out that it is currently estimated that the virus was brought into the estate on January 13 and caused a major outbreak on January 16.
Yat Kwai Building has to be closed for three consecutive nights, and the residents are urged not to leave
After the inspection, Yuan Guoyong pointed out that he had visited the garbage house, the place where the garbage is collected in the housing estate, the concentration of the garbage in the building, the elevator of the building, etc., but he could not see any problems with the building, the pipes or the ventilation, which made the residents need to evacuate, but he understood There is a super-spreading situation in the building, so a "restriction and testing announcement" will be required, that is, residents must take samples every night and get a negative result before leaving the building. They will observe for a few days before deciding the next step.
Ou said that the arrangement will be implemented for 3 days first, saying that he has mastered the list of residents of the building and will ensure that everyone is tested.
Ou said that there are 11 floors involved in the case, including the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 22nd, 26th, and 32nd floors, as well as 8 units, involving 01, 03, 07 , 11, 14, 15, 16, 20 units.
The Chief Environmental Protection Officer of the Environmental Protection Department, Tan Cheuk-wai, pointed out that he patrolled the pipes and public areas of Yat Kwai Building, including Units 516 and 2616 with confirmed patients. Investigations will be conducted on the pipes of different units.
Yuan Guoyong also pointed out that samples have been taken from the door handles, floor mops and exhaust fans of the garbage room for testing, and it will take time to wait for the results.
Yuan Guoyong said that there are 2,500 residents in Yikui Building. "It's better to be honest than the public. For the time being, Hong Kong does not have enough quarantine centers." Residents do not leave the building, "there is no need to go out, it is better not to go out".
He suggested that the government distribute face masks to residents who would otherwise have to wear two masks.
He believes that the government will increase isolation facilities in the next few days so that close contacts can be isolated.
Yuan Guoyong: If the tracking of cases cannot be faster than the development of the epidemic, other possibilities must be considered
Yuan Xu pointed out that it is believed that the government will greatly increase the manpower of the tracing center to conduct multi-layer contact tracing, that is, close contacts of close contacts must be traced, but if the speed of tracing still cannot exceed the speed of the development of the epidemic, "it is necessary to consider "Other possibilities", referring to Hong Kong's "coming to a stage where it is very difficult." However, we must still try our best to track and minimize confirmed cases, "try to achieve dynamic clearing", and reduce the number of deaths due to recruiting.
Epidemic ｜ Neighbors complained that some people were throwing tissue paper to spread the virus: I don’t know if it was wiped. 2 new confirmed cases and multiple initial positive cases in Yat Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village involved at least 7 units on different floors of the epidemic.
1.20｜The source of the outbreak in Yak Kwai House is from the Pakistani woman’s family who went to the building to check the garbage and seal the area for testing｜The Yak Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village is now in Chuyang. The sample of Fu Yue House 1 in Fu Cheong Village is still being verified
