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Suspected vertical transmission of all units 09 in Ya Kwai Building and Room 08 on the 12th to 14th floors of An Kwai Court must be evacuated

2022-01-27T14:29:26.929Z


The Centre for Health Protection announced today (27th) that vertical transmission is suspected in Unit 09 of Ya Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village, involving 3 units, namely the 16th, 19th and 27th floors, with a total of 9 cases in the whole building. Also located in Kwai Chung Village


The Centre for Health Protection announced today (27th) that vertical transmission is suspected in Unit 09 of Ya Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village, involving 3 units, namely the 16th, 19th and 27th floors, with a total of 9 cases in the whole building.

On Kwai House, Kwai Fu Court, also located in Kwai Chung Village, also had 3 units infected with the virus, 2 of which were Room 08.


Ou Jiarong, the chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the CPC, and the Environmental Protection Department inspected the scene in the evening, and decided that the residents of Block 09 of Ya Kwai Building and the residents of Room 08 of the 12th, 13th and 14th floors of On Kwai House, Kwai Fu Court, must be evacuated. Quarantine Center.


Residents of Block 09 of Ya Kwai Building are required to stay in quarantine center for isolation

Ou Jiarong said that Yakui Building was encircled last Saturday (22nd), and many cases were found at that time, distributed on different floors and orientations, so it is believed that the source of infection of residents came from environmental pollution. Later, the building was closed on Tuesday (25th). ) conducted a forced inspection, and found that 3 residents tested positive for the virus. The confirmed units are located in Room 09, and the floors are on the 16th, 19th, and 27th floors.

The two residents living on the 16th and 19th floors developed symptoms on the 25th, and the 27th floor resident also developed symptoms on January 26. After inspecting the units 1909 and 2709, experts found that the drain pipe of the washing machine had been changed. Due to the lack of U-shaped air traps, the lower-floor units have the opportunity to transmit the virus to the upper-floor units through the fecal channel.

In the high-rise room 09, there is an opportunity to close the windows and use an exhaust fan to cause a negative pressure reaction.

Experts pointed out that it is uncertain whether the source patient is from Unit 1609, and there is a chance that there are potential invisible patients on other floors. For the sake of prudence, it is announced that all residents of Block 09 of Yakui Building must be admitted to the quarantine center for quarantine.

Residents of Room 08, 12/F, 13/F and 14/F, On Kwai House, Kwai Fu Court must also evacuate

Three units in On Kwai House, Kwai Fu Court, Kwai Chung Village were also infected with the virus. Two of the units are Room 08. The floors are located on the 10th and 11th floors. The 10th floor residents developed symptoms as early as the 24th, and the 11th floor residents were upstairs. Tested positive for the virus on the following day (25th).

After the inspection by the experts, no problem with the pipes was found. However, it was found that the balcony of the low-rise unit was enclosed with plastic sheets, which could send the warm air from the kitchen and bathroom to the upper floor. Infect.

Tan Zhuowei, chief environmental protection officer of the Environmental Protection Department, said that the female victims of the 1,108 confirmed cases were maids who had to work in the kitchen for a long time, which was in line with the estimated route of infection.

Therefore, the residents of Room 08 on the 12th, 13th and 14th floors are also required to stay in the quarantine center for isolation.

Mr. Wang, a resident of Ya Kwai House, said that he was mentally prepared that the building would be enclosed. In the early stage of the outbreak in Kwai Chung Village, canned food and drinks had been prepared.

Another resident, Mr. Wu, said that he had already prepared daily necessities and dry food, enough for 10 days.

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Source: hk1

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