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Sheung Wan, Tam Tsai's third brother was infected with the epidemic, five diners were infected with the epidemic, and four people took classes at "Hong Si" but did not know each other

2022-05-19T10:04:56.329Z


The new crown epidemic in Hong Kong has not ended, with 291 new confirmed cases today (19th). Following the cases in several restaurants earlier, the Centre for Health Protection found an outbreak of the outbreak in the Tam Tsai San Ge rice noodle branch in Sheung Wan, and a total of 5 diners were recruited


The new crown epidemic in Hong Kong has not ended, with 291 new confirmed cases today (19th).

Following the cases in several restaurants earlier, the Centre for Health Protection found that there was an outbreak of the epidemic in the Tanzai Sange Rice Noodles branch in Sheung Wan. A total of 5 diners were recruited, sitting at different positions in the restaurant.

The center further found that 4 of them were recruited diners to attend a training center called "Benchmark Hongsi" in Sheung Wan, but they did not know each other well.


The authorities also pointed out that some students of "Hongsi" have disclosed that they have the opportunity to remove their masks when they go to class.

The investigation also found that there was another case in the same class, but the patient had never been to Tam Tsai's Three Brothers Rice Noodles in Sheung Wan.

The center will investigate the Tanzai Sange branch or "Benchmark Hongsi" as the source of the outbreak.


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All patients have been injected

The Centre for Health Protection announced that a number of diners at the Tanzai Sange Rice Noodles branch in Sheung Wan were infected with the virus. The branch involved was located on the ground floor of "338 Apartment" on Queen's Road Central.

A total of 5 cases have been found in the restaurant so far, involving 3 men and 2 women, all of whom have been injected and aged between 26 and 57.

The five patients visited the restaurant involved from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm on May 13, and entered the restaurant from about 4:28 pm to 5:03 pm. All five patients developed mild symptoms. On May 15 He became ill from May 16 to 18, and tested positive from May 16 to 18.

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The five people do not know each other and sit in different seats. Four of them have been in class together.

Au Ka-wing, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, described the five people as "not familiar or acquainted with each other."

Ou also pointed out that four of them took classes together at "Benchmark Hongsi". Although they were classmates, they did not know each other.

The patient's class days were from May 11 to 15, from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm every day, and there were 40 students in the same class; the remaining patient said that he did not know the other four.

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It is not ruled out that there are transmissions in the classrooms or restaurants. The students reported that they had the opportunity to remove the masks when they went to the classroom.

Ou Jiarong said that due to the discovery of clusters, it cannot be ruled out that the patient has spread in the restaurant or restaurant. Since the restaurant has to take off the mask to eat, it is believed that it is more likely to spread in the restaurant.

However, four of the patients had been in class together on the 5th, and some students also disclosed that they had the opportunity to remove their masks when they went to class, so the possibility of transmission in the classroom cannot be ruled out.

Ou said that during the investigation, it was also found that the patient also had another case among the classmates of "Hong Si", involving a 35-year-old man who became ill on May 16 and tested positive on the same day.

However, the case did not go to the branch of Tan Zai San Ge involved.

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Ou Jiarong said that for the sake of prudence, "Hong Si" and the Tan Zai Sange branch involved will be included in the notice of compulsory inspection. The inspected persons include those who have been to Sheung Wan Tan from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm on May 13 Those who have stayed in Hong Si for more than two hours from May 11 to 15.

Ou also pointed out that the center will go to restaurants to collect environmental samples, and will obtain information from the restaurants and require diners to undergo mandatory testing.

At the same time, "Hong Si" has been contacted to ask relevant students and staff to do nucleic acid testing to investigate the outbreak in the third brother of Tan Zai or the training center.

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Source: hk1

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