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5 new cases of unknown origin were added today, 69 more people were infected in Kwai Chung Village, a total of 210 people were recruited

2022-01-24T09:45:40.586Z


The fifth wave of the epidemic was out of control, and Kwai Chung Village continued to be the "hardest hit area". The Centre for Health Protection announced that there were 109 new confirmed cases today (24th), slightly lower than yesterday, but Kwai Chung Village has accounted for 69 cases and is currently under quarantine


The fifth wave of the epidemic was out of control, and Kwai Chung Village continued to be the "hardest hit area".

The Centre for Health Protection announced that there were 109 new confirmed cases today (24th), a slight drop from yesterday. However, Kwai Chung Village has accounted for 69 cases, and Yat Kwai House and Ying Kwai House, which are currently under lockdown, recorded 27 cases and 27 cases respectively. There were 33 cases, and there were sporadic cases in 8 other buildings in the village, of which 5 buildings were infected with the virus for the first time.

Among them is a worker in the security department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The scope of infection in the village continues to expand. As of this morning, a total of 210 confirmed and preliminary confirmed cases have been reported.


Among the 109 confirmed cases, 5 were of unknown origin. Among them, the confirmed cases lived in Kwai Yan House, Kwai Fong, and visited Kwai Chung Plaza and Metropolis Plaza; the other included 49 who lived in Sham Shui Po and worked in the hair salon of Phoenix New Village, Wong Tai Sin. aged lady.

There are currently about 100 preliminary confirmed cases in Hong Kong.


▼The inspection situation of Kwai Chung Village closed area on January 24▼


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There were 109 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today, including 98 local cases and 69 cases in the Kwai Chung village cluster.

Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that 27 of them were from Yat Kui Building, 33 belonged to Ying Kui Building, 2 were from Ya Kui Building, and the remaining 7 buildings included Qian Kui Building, Bi Kui Building, Xu Kui Building Kwai House, Chun Kwai House, Lv Kwai House, Bai Kwai House, and Xia Kwai House each accounted for one case.

Xia Kwai House, Cui Kwai House, Lv Kwai House, Bi Kwai House and Bai Kwai House are the first residents to have confirmed cases.

Yat Kwai House has the most confirmed cases, with at least 144 cases, followed by Ying Kwai House with 49 cases.

Ho Wan-xia, chief administrative manager (patient safety and risk management) of the Hospital Authority, mentioned that a 3A-level operational assistant working in the security department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital was also diagnosed with the virus. The employee lives with his family in Kwai Chung Village.

Among the 109 confirmed cases, 5 were of unknown origin, including a 13-year-old boy who lives in Block 6 of the Blue Sky Coast in Tung Chung.

The authorities pointed out that since there were also confirmed cases who reported playing in the nearby area earlier, "it is necessary to see if they know each other."

Several cases emerged in Wong Tai Sin district

Another case is suspected to be related to the Delta variant virus. A 49-year-old woman living in Sham Shui Po, who works in a hair salon in Phoenix New Village, Wong Tai Sin, was diagnosed and the case was discovered because she had visited Wong Tai Sin.

Another suspected case involving the Delta variant virus is a 75-year-old man who lives in the Mansion of Wong Tai Sin. He usually goes to Fung Tak Park to exercise from 8 am to 9 am.

Another patient has visited Kwai Chung Plaza and Metro Plaza

The unknown case also includes a 53-year-old woman who lives in Kwai Yan House, Kwai Fong. She usually visits Kwai Chung Plaza and Metropolis Plaza. Zhang Zhujun mentioned, "I noticed that many residents of Kwai Chung Village go to these places, but they do not know or know about it. Handover.” In addition, the source of the bank’s IT staff living in Wing Wah Court in Tsuen Wan Garden is also unknown. The confirmed patient went to the Yuelai Hotel Marugame to make noodles, and visited Ruxin Plaza Tsuen Xintiandi.

▼1.23 National testing situation in Kwai Chung Village▼


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Leung Kwan-yen: The outsourced employee living in Kwai Chung Village was initially diagnosed. Last Wednesday, he went to work at the Legislative Council in Kwai Chung Village.

Kong Fanyi points out that the government is incapable of sending them to quarantine: the safest way to stay and return to the village

Source: hk1

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