There are 228 new diagnoses in the southern district. 3 middle school students in the same class have been infected with the virus for the rest of their lives, and the rest of the students must be tested quickly

The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong continues.

The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (21st) that there were 228 new confirmed cases, including 103 confirmed by nucleic acid testing and 125 positive cases reported by rapid testing. The number of confirmed cases is the lowest since February 4.

In addition, there were no new deaths today.

The authorities also announced that yesterday (20th) afternoon, they received two new positive cases reported by a school in the Southern District, involving two Secondary One students from the same school and the same class. The last school day for the two was May 18. .

The same class in the school also reported one positive case on May 17, that is, a total of three positive cases in that class.

The authorities said that out of prudence, the school has been recommended to be thoroughly disinfected, and the remaining 30 students in the class will continue to undergo rapid testing during the holidays today and tomorrow.

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228 diagnoses in a single day are a new low after the beginning of spring

Au Ka-wing, chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, announced today that there were 228 new confirmed cases.

The authorities conducted genetic analysis for 108 cases, 104 cases were suspected to be Omicron variant virus, and the remaining virus was insufficient to complete the test.

The Hospital Authority said there were no new deaths yesterday.

10 additional cases of variant virus BA.2.12.1

The newly confirmed cases include 16 imported cases, all of which were sampled at the airport or found in quarantine hotels.

In terms of the whole-genome analysis of confirmed cases, the EU found 10 new cases of BA.2.12.1 yesterday, all of which were imported from other places, involving five men and five women, aged 22 to 44 years old.

The cases arrived in Hong Kong from May 11 to 18 respectively. Nine cases were positive at the airport and one was found in a quarantine hotel.

A total of 56 BA.2.12.1 cases have been recorded in Hong Kong, including two cases identified in community testing centres.

There are 37 related cases from the United States, five from the Netherlands, three from the United Kingdom and three from Singapore.

In addition, two new cases of BA.4 were also found yesterday, involving a 52-year-old man and a 22-year-old man, who were vaccinated with three injections and two injections of Fubitai respectively.

The 52-year-old man arrived in Hong Kong from Mexico on May 17; while the 22-year-old man arrived in Hong Kong from the United Kingdom on May 17, there were a total of 11 BA.4 cases in Hong Kong, all of which were imported.

There were also three new cases of ba.2.12 yesterday, all imported from other places, involving two men and one woman, between the ages of 21 and 69, all of whom have received three injections of Fubitai.

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Au Jiarong also announced that yesterday afternoon, he received two cases reported by schools, involving two male students in the same class in a middle school in the southern district.

The two tested positive yesterday afternoon. The last school day was May 18, and they were on sick leave on the 19th. At that time, the rapid test was still negative, and it turned positive yesterday afternoon.

Another male student in the same class in the same school reported positive on May 17. The student's last school day was May 16. On that day, he was negative in the morning and turned positive in the afternoon.

It has been suggested that the school thoroughly disinfects the 30 students in the same class and must continue the rapid test today and tomorrow

Ou said that all three students had an injection, and their family members were not confirmed cases.

There are 33 students in this class, and the remaining 30 students were all negative in the daily rapid test from Monday to Friday.

He called it prudent and suggested that the school be thoroughly disinfected, and the remaining 30 students in the class should continue to do rapid testing during the holidays today and tomorrow.

The authorities also announced that some schools have reported new positive cases.

(File photo/Photo by Liang Pengwei)

The three of them did not eat together in the same class, but they had to remove the masks and drink water in the class room.

When asked about the activities of the three students during school, Ou Jiarong pointed out that the three wore masks during school, but some classmates revealed that they may temporarily remove the masks when drinking water in the class room.

He also said that it is understood that the three did not eat together, nor did they have high-risk activities, such as playing a musical instrument or going to the gym without masks.

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Ou emphasized that it is impossible to rule out that the three may be related at first, and there are opportunities for classroom activities or exposure to infection, and because the students' family members are not cases, "there is no community epidemic connection, it will be more tense."

There are no new cases of students in the same class. More than 900 students and teachers and more than 100 staff members of other classes in the same school are all negative for the time being. We will pay attention to the situation next week. It is not ruled out that there will be more cases in the class by then. The authorities may Conduct an on-site investigation to see if there is a need to suspend classes.

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