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Epidemic | 574 more confirmed Indian domestic helpers arrived in Hong Kong on the 12th day, and employers who are suspected of Fuyang must be quarantined

2022-04-22T09:50:54.297Z


The epidemic has gradually eased, with 574 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (22nd), which is the first time since the outbreak of the fifth wave of the epidemic, the first time it fell below the 600 mark, including 11 imported cases, one of which was imported from Indonesia on April 8. Arrival


The epidemic has gradually eased, with 574 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (22nd), which is the first time since the outbreak of the fifth wave of the epidemic, the first time it fell below the 600 mark, including 11 imported cases, one of which was imported from Indonesia on April 8. The 38-year-old maid who arrived in Hong Kong was only tested positive for the virus on the 12th day after arriving in Hong Kong, but she completed the quarantine on the eighth day. After returning to her employer's house, she tested positive in the community on the 12th day. She has been placed in an isolation facility; her employer is listed as a close contact and is subject to home quarantine, and no one has been infected.


The CHP stated that the Indian domestic helper has been asymptomatic and the virus level is extremely low. In addition, during the hotel quarantine period, there were no other passengers on the same floor infected with the virus. Therefore, it is believed to be a Fuyang case, and it will not be defined as an imported case that has entered the community. .


Indian maid's sample shows indeterminate virus load is very low

Au Ka-wing, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that there were 574 new confirmed cases today, of which 290 were nucleic acid positive, and the remaining 284 were rapid test positive cases. close.

Among the newly confirmed cases, 11 are imported cases, including a 38-year-old Indonesian maid who arrived in Hong Kong on April 8 by Cathay Pacific flight CX798 from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. After arriving in Hong Kong, she stayed in a quarantine hotel for 7 days. , During the period, there have been tests, all of them were negative for the virus, and they were allowed to complete the quarantine and leave the hotel.

After returning to her employer's home, she went to the community testing center for another nucleic acid test on Tuesday (19th) as required. The sample was sent to a private laboratory and was found to be indeterminate, and it was later sent to the public laboratory of the Department of Health before it was revealed to be positive. The CT value is greater than 35.7, indicating a low amount of virus, and has been arranged to be admitted to an isolation facility.

At present, those who are admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with a CT value above 30 can be discharged from the hospital.

▼On April 21, the enclosure inspection of Qingquan Building in Shuiquanao Village▼


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Employers and family who need home quarantine will receive anti-epidemic kits

His employer's family is also asymptomatic, but has also been classified as a close contact and needs to undergo home quarantine and quarantine, and the Department of Health will send an anti-epidemic kit.

Ou Jiarong said that the Indian domestic helper has been asymptomatic, and there are no other cases on the same floor of the quarantine hotel. It is believed that she was not infected in the hotel, so it is believed to be a Fuyang case, and it will not be determined as an imported case that has entered the community. The Department of Health Genetic analysis is being done for the case.

▼The restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui is booming on the first night of the resumption of dine-in dinner on April 21▼


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Three other cases were also leaked at the airport and confirmed in quarantine hotels. One of them was confirmed by nucleic acid test on the fifth day, and the other two cases were "hit" by the rapid test on the fifth day, respectively, from South Korea, the United States and France. to port.

Of the remaining imported cases, 7 were tested positive at the airport after arriving in Hong Kong, including 4 who took Cathay Pacific CX100 on Wednesday (20) and arrived in Hong Kong from Sydney, Australia, and the other 3 were imported from Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico. .

▼On the first day of the DSE test on April 22, the English subject will be tested first▼


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15 more patients died, one received three vaccines

In terms of death cases, there were 14 additional deaths of infected patients in a single day yesterday, involving 8 males and 6 females, aged between 75 and 103, that is to say, all of them were older cases. 4 people have no record of injections, 7 people have received one injection, two people have received two doses, and only one person has received all three injections.

The Hospital Authority stated that the deceased who had received all three injections was a 78-year-old man who had long-term chronic diseases, including high blood pressure, high blood lipids and coronary heart disease; Emphysema, high blood pressure, and kidney disease.

Another unreported case passed away on Wednesday (20th), involving a 93-year-old female patient.

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Source: hk1

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