The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong is severe, and outbreaks have occurred in Yat Kwai House and Ying Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced that following the 5-day quarantine order for residents of Yat Kwai House, residents of the neighboring Ying Kwai House will also be quarantined for testing starting today (22nd), and the operation will be carried out soon.
However, due to the failure to arrange the supply of lunch boxes in time, she bluntly said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to arrange dinner tonight. Please forgive me from the residents of Yingkui Building."
In addition, the authorities will also conduct a siege operation at Qiankui Building, Xiaokui Building, Xukui Building, and Yakui Building tonight, but there is no need for a 5-day confinement.
The remaining 10 buildings in Kwai Chung Village will be included in the mandatory testing list, and the two police quarters in the adjacent Kwai Fu Court will also be tested.
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The number of confirmed cases in Yat Kwai House and Ying Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village surged. Carrie Lam held a press conference today to explain further measures in Kwai Chung Village.
She pointed out that in view of the outbreak in Ying Kui Building, at least 8 to 10 cases had been found when testing started early this morning, so she decided to handle it in the same way as Yat Kui Building, and residents had to be closed for 5 days for testing.
However, she described "the situation is more appropriate than that of Yikui Building", because Yingkui Building has been enclosed since this morning, "in other words, the residents will not go out again today, and the 5-day ban is directly connected to the residence."
However, she pointed out that since it took four hours to arrange the supply of lunch boxes, "I'm afraid it will be difficult to arrange dinner tonight (Yingkui House)."
In addition, the authorities will also conduct enclosed and forced inspections at Qiankui Building, Xiaokui Building, Xukui Building, and Yakui Building tonight, but there is no need for a 5-day confinement.
Carrie Lam revealed that the decision to include Qiankui Building in compulsory inspection was made 10 minutes ago. "Because a preliminary positive case was received half an hour ago, I just decided to force the inspection first. Thank you to the residents who volunteered to test before."
As for Xu Kui Building and Ya Kui Building, there are no cases yet to be tested. She believes that "it may not be found even if there are no symptoms." In addition, the two buildings are in the same area as the building where the confirmed case occurred, so they must also be enclosed and tested.
▼1.22 The first day of compulsory testing for residents of Yat Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village
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As for the remaining 10 buildings in Kwai Chung Village, they will be included in the mandatory testing list, and residents will have to undergo multiple tests.
In addition to the 16 buildings in Kwai Chung Village, the two police quarters in Kwai Fu Court in the middle must also be included in the mandatory testing list.
She also pointed out that the operation is very large, each involving more than 2,000 residents and 1,000 units; therefore, there are 35,000 residents in 16 blocks, and two police quarters are expected to handle a total of 36,000 to 37,000 tests.
The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, said that the 2,700 residents of Yat Kwai Building had to stay home for 5 days.
He bluntly said that he understands that citizens need to buy food after the 5-day lockdown, so he has provided breakfast, lunch and dinner since last night to solve the difficulty of purchasing food.
He also noted that there were individual delays in the delivery of meals, and promised to improve the situation; he would also provide household daily necessities to the public in need according to the actual situation.
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He also said that considering that individual residents have review and medication arrangements, two nurses from the Department of Health will be on duty on the spot, and more than 10 people will answer the hotline to answer questions, inquiries and help, and follow up.
As for the occupancy arrangement at Ying Kwai Building, the same approach will be adopted. From tomorrow (23rd), three meals of breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided to the affected residents.
Epidemic situation｜Assistant in the ward of Juying Kwai Building, Chu Que, and colleagues from Princess Margaret Hospital are also recruited for the New Year's Eve Flower Market in the ward before the shutdown. The flower market in Mong Kok is suspended to buy New Year flowers. The male resident of Chuyang works in the Pine Garden Nursing Home and 50 seniors have to quarantine and close the area | Yak Kwai Building has been enclosed and has not been arranged for testing. Near Kwai Fu Court is a police dormitory epidemic｜Two residents of Fu Keung House and Fu Tak House in Tai Wo Hau Village are only 10 minutes walk from Yat Kwai House to close the area｜Yak Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village, on the first day of the ban on the first day, the residents approved the efficiency slowly and the floors have no floors There are likely to be multiple sources of transmission in Yak Kwai Building during the Great Cleanup
