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Room 9, Ya Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village, all evacuated, and residents of Room 8, 12-14/F, On Kwai House, Kwai Fu Court, must be quarantined

2022-01-27T13:35:14.945Z


Although the epidemic situation in Kwai Chung Village has eased slightly, a total of 3 new cases have been reported in Ya Kwai House, all belonging to Room 09. In addition, the On Kwai House, Kwai Fu Court, which is also located in Kwai Chung Village and has been converted into disciplined services quarters, also has an unknown source again.


Although the epidemic situation in Kwai Chung Village has eased slightly, a total of 3 new cases have been reported in Ya Kwai House, all belonging to Room 09.

In addition, On Kwai House, Kwai Fu Court, which is also located in Kwai Chung Village and has been converted into disciplined service quarters, also has an unknown source. Two of the cases are located in Room 08, and vertical transmission is suspected.


Ou Jiarong, the chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that the water outlet position of the washing machines in the two units in Yakui Building where the patients were involved had been changed, and the original U-shaped water trap was lost. Therefore, all the residents of Room 09 in Yakui Building Must withdraw.


In addition, the balcony window of one of the units involved in Ankui Court was sealed with plastic sheets, and the exhaust fans and range hoods were turned on. Therefore, when the windows of the upstairs unit were opened, there might be a chance of infection. The final decision was made on 12, 13 Residents of Room 08 on the 14th floor must also be evacuated for inspection.


There were a large number of residents on the ground floor of Ya Kwai Building waiting to be tested.

(Photo by Luo Junhao)

Ou Jiarong said that Ya Kui Building was encircled on January 22, but the cases found at that time were distributed on different floors and orientations.

After that, all residents were required to undergo mandatory testing. In the sample on January 25, 3 residents were found to be positive. They all belonged to Room 09 and were located on the 16th, 19th, and 27th floors, and vertical transmission was suspected.

The first two patients, living in rooms 1609 and 1909, both developed symptoms on January 25.

The last patient who became ill lived in room 2709 and only became ill on January 26. It is not yet clear who is the source patient.

The water outlet location of the washing machines in the two units of Ya Kwai Building has been changed

The EPD pointed out that in rooms 1909 and 2709 of Ya Kwai Building, the water outlet position of the washing machine was changed, and the original U-shaped water trap was lost. Air pressure conditions, the virus can enter the kitchen.

At the same time, when they entered room 2709, they also smelled a stench in the room.

A foreign domestic helper in On Kwai Court was infected with the virus, and the window of the lower terrace was sealed with plastic sheets

As for On Kwai Court, the authorities found 2 cases through forced inspection, also involving Room 08.

The patient with earlier onset, who lived on the 10th floor, developed symptoms on January 24 and tested positive on January 23.

The newly diagnosed resident today lives on the 11th floor and she has no symptoms.

After inspection, it was found that the balcony window of room 1008 was sealed with plastic sheets, so when the exhaust fan and range hood were turned on, the air with virus could be brought out of the room. when there is a chance of infection.

The EPD added that the confirmed patient in Room 1108 is a foreign domestic helper. She has been working in the kitchen for a long time, and because the plastic sheet is placed in Room 1008, when the unit turns on the exhaust fan, the air can go upstairs directly.

Vaccine Pass|Lam Cheng predicts that the elderly without injections will not accept applications for residential care homes, hoping that the vaccination rate will reach 90%. The fifth wave of the epidemic has accumulated 30 cases so far without the source. Xia Kui Building "released from prison" on Saturday, Carrie Lam urges residents to stay at home and ban eating in | Social distancing measures extended for two more weeks until 2.17 All schools in Hong Kong closed until 2.21, 12 more cases of no-source infection, 3 students diagnosed, and one person in class recently Infected Delta Ya Kwai House, Kwai Fu Court On Kwai House, there are new cases suspected of vertical transmission or some residents are evacuated

Source: hk1

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