The outbreak of an outbreak in Wong Tai Sin Mansion has expanded to Unit F today (26th), and Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that he noticed that the buildings may be located against each other due to the location of the central patio, and then spread through the air.
After the inspection, the residents in rooms F on the 6th to 8th floors will be arranged for quarantine, and the initial patients belong to the Delta variant virus strain.
There were 3 confirmed or preliminary confirmed cases in Wong Tai Sin Mansion One recently. All the patients belonged to low-rise units E. After the government inspected the environment on the 24th, vertical transmission was suspected. All Block E was evacuated to the residents, and the 6th to 8th floors F were evacuated today. Residents of the room.
The epidemic spread to the lower-floor Unit F of a flat in Wong Tai Sin's Mansion. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that when there were several consecutive cases of infection in Unit E earlier, the government had inspected the environment and noticed that there was a building in the middle of the building. patio, and the units face each other to this patio.
Therefore, it was decided that the residents of Unit F on the 6th to 8th floors need to undergo quarantine. It is believed that there may be a risk of exposure through airborne transmission. It is initially suspected that it is related to the Delta group of hamsters purchased by I Love Rabbit.
In addition, it was mentioned earlier that two people working in Cheung Sha Wan went to the Red Onion Restaurant for dinner at about 1 to 2 noon on January 14.
Zhang Zhujun said that he noticed that a colleague of a patient who had been diagnosed in Room 5E of Juhaoyuan, had dinner at a red onion restaurant at a similar time with another preliminary positive diagnosis.
In other words, Zhang Zhujun pointed out that there are currently two diners who do not know each other diagnosed, and will be present to inspect the restaurant's environment, calling on diners who have visited Red Onion to get tested as soon as possible.
There are 2 unfamiliar diners who have had confirmed cases, including people from a Delta group in a mansion in Wong Tai Sin.
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Earlier (24th), there was a total of 3 confirmed cases in Block E, Wong Tai Sin, all of which belonged to Unit E. The government has arranged for all Block E to be evacuated to all residents.
One of the confirmed cases is a 26-year-old male resident living in Unit 5E. The investigation found that he had bought hamsters at I Love Rabbit, Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok, in early December, bringing Delta virus.
He developed symptoms such as cough, runny nose and headache on January 15 and sought medical treatment from a private doctor on January 18 and 22.
And his colleague was also recruited, and the suspected Delta virus was detected.
Zhang Zhujun believes that the arrangement of Mansion One is a risk management. All the previous cases were from Room E. Obviously, the residents of Unit E are at high risk, so it is necessary to arrange evacuation testing. Residents of Room E on the 8th floor must be tested.
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