The Omicron variant virus strain has entered Hong Kong, and the quarantine hotel group caused by a 43-year-old Pakistani housewife continues to expand. Since she returned to the community after completing the isolation, as of yesterday, in just 11 days, the fifth generation of transmission has occurred. The cumulative number of infected people in the group involved at least 20 people. Together with the more than 10 people who were initially diagnosed (that is, more than 40 people in total), the transmission power of the Pakistani women has surpassed that of the Wangyuelou group caused by the former Cathay Pacific Air Commander, and the number of people involved in the transmission chain is even greater. 51 people in the dance group of Cathay Pacific flight attendants.
In addition to the rapid spread, the group has also been on fire everywhere. The latest progress of the epidemic tracking revealed that two Pakistani women infected with the virus had met with a 6-year-old kindergarten teacher at Mei Foo Station in just 9 seconds. Airborne infection caused infection; another Pakistani woman and her husband visited Kwai Chung Village to collect garbage, but did not report it in time, and it is not ruled out that the outbreak of the epidemic in Yak Kwai House in the village was caused. At least 16 people were initially diagnosed, and the whole building needs to be closed for testing. For 3 consecutive days, the authorities assessed that there is no need to evacuate for the time being.
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A 43-year-old Pakistani housewife (#13045) who was quarantined at Silka Seaview Hotel in Yau Ma Tei, completed her 21-day quarantine on the 10th of this month and returned to the community. She tested positive last Friday (14th).
As of yesterday, within just 11 days after the woman entered the community, multiple transmission chains have developed successively. Not only her family members, relatives and friends were infected, but also vertical transmission was suspected in the Tai Hang Tung Village where she lived. In addition, the two sons of the two sons who attended the Meifu Delia Memorial School, teachers and students in the same school were infected, and further spread to students from other schools, involving at least 3 schools, including Buddhist Pha Ke Memorial Secondary School, Lantau International School and Hong Kong Management Association Lee Kwok Po Secondary School.
The new progress explained by the press conference on the epidemic yesterday revealed that her husband (#13064) had visited the garbage rooms of Yat Kwai House, Lv Kwai House and Qian Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village on the 13th of this month, that is, 3 days after the woman returned home. They held garbage and sold them in the area around Nam Cheong Street, Sham Shui Po, and were suspected of bringing the virus into the housing estate. Yesterday, at least 16 people in Yak Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village were initially diagnosed, including 15 households who lived on 11 different floors and in different blocks. and a morning shift security guard.
Yuen Kwok-yung, a government expert consultant and professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, said after an on-site inspection yesterday that he initially believed that the housing estate was not involved in construction, plumbing or ventilation problems. Due to the capacity, residents do not need to evacuate for the time being, but the building needs to be closed and tested for 3 consecutive days.
On January 20, Yuan Guoyong inspected Yikui Building
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At the same time, the CHP has also concluded the possibility of infection of a 26-year-old female kindergarten teacher (#13072) who was previously listed as an unknown source.
The CHP pointed out that the full-gene analysis of the virus was the same as that of the Pakistani woman, and she looked at the CCTV footage of the entrance and exit of the MTR, and found that she had attended the Memorial of the Sisters of Mofuderia with two Pakistani women last Friday (14th). The son of the school infected with the virus has entered and exited the tunnel at Exit A of Mei Foo MTR Station with a time difference of 9 seconds. It is believed that the three of them may have met.
They all wore masks at that time and had no direct contact. There were also iron bars in the tunnel to separate citizens from entering and leaving, which may involve airborne transmission.
Kindergarten teacher suspected of contracting the virus after passing through Exit A of Mei Foo Station 9 seconds apart
The transmission chain of the two Pakistani women and sons studying in Mofudilia also continued to ferment, and a school group appeared.
The school's 58-year-old female teacher and a boy from Class 10 were confirmed to be infected with the virus. The two live in Kam Rong House, Block A, Kam Fung Court, Ma On Shan, and Fu Yue House, West Fu Cheong Estate, Sham Shui Po. The patient is not in the same grade.
In addition, a 16-year-old boy (#13079) who took the test in the same examination room and lived in Block 1, Tower 1, Yingwan Park Phase 1, Tung Chung Yingwan Park, was confirmed to have been diagnosed, and the spread was further expanded. He attended the Hong Kong Management Association Li Guobao Secondary School. The 14-year-old brother was diagnosed, and the parents of the two were also initially diagnosed.
In addition, the 16-year-old boy also infected three brothers who had visited his home for dinner and lived in Block 7 of the same housing estate. The eldest and second sons of the family were enrolled in Buddhist Fake Memorial Secondary School, while the younger ones attended Lantau International School. The 14-year-old Erzai also spread the virus to a 14-year-old female classmate in the same school. If she is finally confirmed to be diagnosed, the group has developed to the fifth generation of transmission. Together with a number of initial confirmed cases in Yak Kwai Building, the epidemic has spread. Add dark.
If the confirmed cases and the preliminary confirmed cases are counted together, the total number of Pakistani housewives has exceeded 40, which has surpassed the Mochizukilou group caused by the former Cathay Pacific flight attendant and involved 16 people so far. of 51 people.
Leung Tsz-chao advocated a three-day lockdown in Yat Kwai House, saying that Omicron had a negative onset in the morning and could be infected with Omicron in the afternoon |
