At least 16 people in Yat Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village are currently infected with the virus. Reliable sources revealed that in order to avoid a large-scale outbreak, the authorities originally planned to put all about 1,400 residents of Yat Kwai House in compulsory quarantine, and arranged to live in Penny's Bay Quarantine Camp and Tsuen Wan Silk Road. Li Hotel, but the authorities temporarily changed the plan midway last night, intending to observe it for a while before finalizing the plan.
The relevant parties are ready to pick up vehicles and supplies.
As for whether a "big relocation" is needed in the end, we will also look at the expert reports of the past two days.
The outbreak of the epidemic in Yikui Building originated from a 79-year-old resident who went to Yan Chai Hospital for a colonoscopy on the 18th and was found to be positive when he was admitted to the hospital for a new crown virus test.
However, it is understood that, unlike the vertical transmission of high-risk buildings in the past, this time the residents are scattered on different floors and sitting directions. It is believed that the transmission is through environmental pollution and contact between patients, so the urgency of the need for residents to evacuate is lower.
After the inspection last night, experts also believe that through the large-scale disinfection and cleaning of the building, many residents will reduce their entry and exit on their own, and coupled with measures such as mandatory inspections for three consecutive nights, if the number of confirmed cases does not increase significantly, and the number of confirmed cases will remain at or below, I believe The chain of transmission can be broken.
On January 20, Yuan Guoyong visited Yikui Building
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It is reported that another reason for not arranging the entire building to stay in the quarantine facility is the tight supply of units. If all the residents are arranged to stay in the quarantine facility for 14 days, the quarantine facility will reach full capacity. Therefore, I agree with the expert's suggestion that only members of the recruited family will be arranged for quarantine, and the rest of the residents will only be subject to forced inspection for the time being.
According to data from the Centre for Health Protection, as of 9 am yesterday, there were about 2,213 quarantine facilities available for immediate use, including 1,609 at Penny's Bay and 287 at Dorsett Kwun Tong.
Once all the residents of Yat Kwai Building are admitted to quarantine, it will indeed saturate relevant quarantine facilities immediately.
On January 20, experts visited Yat Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village
However, some people in the medical field pointed out that the government's quarantine measures are loose this time, and they almost rely on residents' self-discipline. They bluntly said, "It goes against common sense, and I am very worried. It is a super transmission chain, but the quarantine is relaxed." The spread of the virus also refers to the government's tightening of quarantine measures since the fifth wave of the epidemic, including increasing the number of compulsory inspections and expanding the number of people who need to be quarantined.
Leung Tsz-chao advocated a three-day ban in Yak Kwai House, saying that Omicron had a negative diagnosis in the morning and could be contagious in the afternoon. Residents of Yak Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village, for 1 consecutive 3 days, said that they had not checked themselves when they entered and exited. The source of human infection came from the closure of the building of the Pakistani woman and her husband, and the epidemic was detected on the 3rd day |
