The epidemic in Hong Kong continues, with 1,198 new cases today (21st).
The Centre for Health Protection announced today (21st) that there were more than two outbreaks in 45 schools in the past 7 days. Today, another group outbreak was reported in Kwun Tong Wuyi Szeto Ho Secondary School, Tsuen Wan St. Francis Xavier's Basketball Team and Muay Thai Class.
In addition, 5Y class of St. Stephen's College in Southern District has 2 students and 1 teacher diagnosed today after the 3 cases yesterday, and the other one is the dormitory roommate of the previous patient.
177 more schools reported cases today, 45 schools reported at least two cases in the past week
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said there were 177 school-related reported cases today, involving 144 schools, 143 students and 34 staff, including 30 kindergartens, 75 primary schools, and 71 secondary schools. and a special school.
Of these, 97 were positive this morning, and the remaining 80 were positive yesterday afternoon, or earlier samples.
Zhang Zhujun said that there were more than two cases in 45 schools in the past 7 days. Among them, individual classes of two schools were found to have outbreaks today. Classes infected with the virus need to suspend classes, namely:
1. Class 2C of Situ Ho Secondary School, Wuyi, Kwun Tong, with 4 cases, a total of 34 students had to be suspended for one week;
2. The basketball team of St. Francis Xavier's Middle School in Tsuen Wan, 17 students had trained on June 17, with a total of 7 cases, The members include Secondary 1 to Secondary 3 students, and the basketball team students need to suspend classes;
3. In the Muay Thai class of St. Francis Xavier's Secondary School in Tsuen Wan, 4 cases broke out, including 3 students and 1 teacher, and a total of 14 secondary 1 to 5 students need to be suspended;
4. Class 5Y of St. Stephen's College in Southern District recorded 3 cases yesterday, and face-to-face classes have been suspended.
Today, 2 students and 1 teacher were reported as confirmed cases, and the same room in the dormitory with the patients was also confirmed. The center will continue to observe the situation.
Students are estimated to spread the virus while exercising
Zhang pointed out that although two extra-curricular activity classes of St. Francis Xavier's Secondary School in Tsuen Wan have been infected with the virus, no students in other classes have been affected for the time being. Teachers also need to do quick tests every day. .
Although the students exercised outdoors, they did not wear masks and had many contacts. It is believed that the transmission may be transmitted during exercise. It is believed that the students wear masks in the classroom, and the chance of transmission is low.
As for St. Stephen's College, the confirmed students are mainly in the 5Y class. Since some students live in dormitories, the students living with them are also classified as close contacts and need to undergo quarantine.
Zhang pointed out that among the newly diagnosed patients, only one is the roommate of the 5Y class patient, and the rest of the patients are all 5Y class teachers and students, and no other cases of transmission have been reported.
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Hospital Authority: Once the epidemic situation worsens, each cluster can mobilize more than 1,000 hospital beds within a few days to respond to Chen Heng-pin's proposal to change the isolation facility to be used by people returning to the mainland. First quarantine the epidemic situation and then return to the original use of the epidemic situation | It is expected that the epidemic situation in Macao will be under control in a short period of time｜The number of schools breaking through 1600 for six consecutive days has to suspend classes for a week, involving St. Stephen's College, etc.
