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An additional 145 school cases have been added, Furong Garden Canaan, a total of four classes have been suspended, and four schools are now infected with clusters

2022-06-17T09:52:23.072Z


There were 1,014 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (17th), breaking the thousand new cases for three consecutive days. Schools reported 145 new cases involving 102 students and 43 staff from 126 schools. which is located in Fu Rong Garden


There were 1,014 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (17th), breaking the thousand new cases for three consecutive days.

Schools reported 145 new cases involving 102 students and 43 staff from 126 schools.

Among them, Canaan Kindergarten in Fu Wing Garden had to suspend classes for one class yesterday. Today, there is one more case, and another class, PN GREEN, has to be suspended for seven days. A total of four classes have been suspended.


In addition, in the past week, there were more than 2 cases in 51 schools, and some classes in 4 schools had to be suspended for seven days for cluster infections, including Class 5W of Kwai Wah Shan Secondary School of the Church of Christ in China, and Secondary One of Lee Shau Kee College of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups in Yuen Long. English class, Class 1B of Fanling Government Secondary School, and Class 6D of Sun Fang Secondary and Primary School of Tai Po Hong Kong Kowloon Kai Fong Women's Association.


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An additional case of 102 students and 43 staff infected with the virus in Canaan kindergarten

Au Ka-wing, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said the school reported 145 new cases involving 102 students and 43 staff.

Among them, Canaan Kindergarten, which had a case earlier, added a new case today. The patient is a student of PN GREEN, because two students of PN GREEN had been infected with the virus before, and another teacher who was teaching the class was infected with the virus. , it has been suggested that this class should not be suspended for seven days, and there have been four classes that need to be suspended.

A total of four classes in Furong Garden Canaan Kindergarten have been suspended.

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Canaan cases are mainly concentrated in certain classes involving shared toilets and large bathrooms

Au Jiarong later added that the Canaan Kindergarten is large, with a total of 413 students and 32 teaching staff. In the past week, 18 cases were recorded, involving 5 teachers and 13 students. The cases were mainly concentrated in certain classes. The locations are adjacent, and the toilets and large bathrooms will be shared. It is believed that there may be gatherings, and the school has been reminded to strengthen environmental disinfection.

Students in other classes do not need to suspend classes for daily quick test

He also mentioned that there are not many cases per class in these classes, but out of prudence, if the number of cases exceeds 10% of the total number of students in the class, it will be recommended to suspend classes to avoid further transmission.

He continued to point out that for the time being, students in other classes are taking daily quick tests, and no new cases have been seen, and there is no evidence or circumstance that there is transmission, so there is no need to suspend classes.

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Four classes in four schools including Lee Shau Kee College and Guihuashan Middle School must suspend classes

In addition, in the past week, there were more than 2 cases in 51 schools.

Au Ka-wing continued to point out that individual classes in four schools had to suspend classes for seven days for cluster infections, including Class 5W of Kwai Wah Shan Secondary School of the Church of Christ in China, Class 1 English Class of Lee Shau Kee College of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups in Yuen Long, Class 1B of Fanling Government Secondary School, and Tai Po Hong Kong and Kowloon Neighborhood Women's Association, Sun Fang Primary and Secondary School Class 6D.

Among them, four of the 24 students in Class 5W of Guihuashan Middle School of the Church of Christ in China were infected. Ou Jiarong pointed out that although the students wore masks in class, it was not ruled out that they had taken off their masks to drink water or had other contacts. It is believed that some of the students were Contact with each other and infection, so it is recommended to suspend classes.

The Chinese-one English class of the Lee Shau Kee College of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups in Yuen Long involves 17 students from different classes. One teacher and two students are currently infected with the virus.

Epidemic | Teachers and students of all schools in Hong Kong will maintain daily rapid testing until the end of this school year. Staff in residential care must have 3 injections. The number of confirmed cases has exceeded 1,000. Many groups have emerged. Department: Law enforcement officers have experience in judging the authenticity and call on citizens to test confirmed buildings at home. 143 new buildings such as Sheraton Tung Chung Hotel and Braemar Hill Garden are on the list.

Latest | 20 confirmed patients in the police anti-terrorism department have been quarantined, and their families have been quarantined for mandatory testing. 33 places are on the list involving Festival Walk Muji, Tsim Sha Tsui Skyline Peninsula, etc.

Source: hk1

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