The new crown pneumonia epidemic continues, with 2,769 new confirmed cases and one new death in Hong Kong today (12th).
There are 16 new local cases suspected of BA.4 or BA.5, of which 7 cases have no source of infection. The patients live in Taikoo Shing Ko Shan Tai Hua Shan Court, South Horizons Phase 4 Royal Garden Yu Ying Residence and Ma On Shan Ying Hai No. 1 Phase 11, etc.
The Centre for Health Protection stated that face-to-face teaching for individual classes in 7 schools had to be suspended for a week. Among them, there were 8 cases in a classroom of High School Kindergarten (Kai Fanhui), involving 3 teachers and 5 students, Wanchai Japanese School Kindergarten and One class in the kindergarten department of Kowloon City True Light Middle School will be suspended.
In addition, 4 more homes for the elderly or disabled homes were infected with the virus, involving a total of 4 residents, all of whom have received 3 or 4 injections.
94-year-old woman dies of virus
Au Ka-wing, chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said at today's press conference on the epidemic that there were 2,769 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today, of which 2,558 were local and 211 were imported.
In addition, there was another death case in Hong Kong, a 94-year-old woman who was not living in a residential home and had received two doses of the vaccine, bringing the cumulative number of deaths from the fifth wave of the epidemic to 9,207.
7 additional cases of suspected BA.4 or BA.5 without source
Au Jiarong pointed out that there are 16 new local cases suspected of BA.4 or BA.5, of which 7 cases have no source of infection, and they are located in Yuying Residence, Royal Garden, Phase 4 of South Horizons, Dongye Building, Lee Tung Village, Ap Lei Chau. Ho Yin Court, No. 45 Waterloo Road, Ying Yat House, Yat Tung Estate, Tung Chung, Lung Cheong House, Lung Poon Court, Kowloon, Block 11, Ying Hoi Phase 1, Ma On Shan, Hua Shan House, Ko Shan Tai, Taikoo Shing.
4 new residential care home cases
Au Ka-wing also pointed out that there were four more elderly homes or disabled homes infected with the virus, and one resident in each home was recruited.
Among them, in the residential care homes for the elderly, they involve the Saigon Hopeful Ho Ping Nursing Home and Kwai Tsing Ching Yat Residence. The confirmed residents have received 4 and 3 injections respectively.
In the residential care home for the disabled, it involves the Qin Shi halfway house of the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation in Shatin and the Le Anju Rehabilitation Home in Zhuyuan. The two confirmed inmates have already received 3 injections. The former works in the community and works as a security guard.
A teacher of the special school Hong Chi Sau Bang Chen Fai School was infected with the virus.
(Hong Chi Shao Bang Chenhui School website)
Kowloon City True Light Secondary School Kindergarten to suspend classes
As for schools, 369 new cases were reported today, involving 285 schools, and 164 schools had 2 or more cases in the past seven days.
In addition, individual classes in 7 schools were advised to suspend classes due to cluster cases, including Tung Chung Hong Chi Sau Pong Morning Fai School, Yau Tsim Wang School Kindergarten (Kaifanhui), and North District Christian Hong Kong Lutheran Church Cheung Wah Kindergarten , Shatin Hong Kong Kowloon Tong Christian and Missionary Association Chen Yuanxi Primary School, Wanchai Japanese School Kindergarten, Kowloon City True Light Middle School Kindergarten Section, Tai Kok Tsui World Longgang School Lau Wong Fat Middle School.
Among them, High School Kindergarten (Kai Fanhui) was in the same classroom, and there were a total of 8 cases involving 3 teachers, 3 students in the morning class and 2 students in the afternoon class.
The investigation found that three teachers had lunch in the classroom, and it was estimated that the source was one of them.
▼On July 10th, a large number of citizens from the north were waiting for the nucleic acid test results to pass through the Shenzhen Bay Port▼
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1 assistant and 2 patients in East China Hospital infected with the virus
Ho Wan-xia, Chief Administrative Manager (Patient Safety and Risk Management) of the Hospital Authority, also pointed out that a ward assistant in the male ward of the Department of Internal Medicine of Tung Wah East Hospital was diagnosed on July 8. After investigation, it was found that 2 male patients also tested positive. The current condition of the patients Stable, the wards concerned have been cleaned and disinfected.
▼The latest patient data and projections from the Hospital Authority on July 11▼
▼The press conference on the epidemic on July 11 announced to strengthen the monitoring of confirmed patients▼
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