There were 13 more confirmed cases in Hong Kong yesterday, including 6 imported cases and 4 cases of unknown origin; more than 10 cases were initially confirmed, of which 9 cases were of unknown origin. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection, said that the diagnosis is up and down every day, it is difficult to judge the trend of the epidemic, and one to two weeks of observation is required.
Yesterday’s 3 local related cases, two involved K11 MUSEA in Tsim Sha Tsui, and another 68-year-old male patient living in 7 blocks of senior staff dormitory at HKUST. He worked for a private company in HKUST and has been in Hong Kong recently. He fell ill on February 24, met with a 28-year-old man who arrived in Hong Kong from Shenzhen on 23 and 25, and played tennis with his colleagues during the infectious period.
I have nasal allergies recently
A 28-year-old man who lived by the blue bay went to Harbour City
Zhang Zhujun said that the 28-year-old man had nasal allergies. By the 21st, he had “a lot of nasal allergies.” I believe he developed the disease that day. He tested negative on the 16th, and returned to Hong Kong via Shenzhen Bay via “Easy Return to Hong Kong” the next day. He stayed at Tower 3 by the Blue Bay of Hang Hau. He took Hong Kong Airlines HX 236 to Shanghai on the 27th. He was diagnosed the next day and went to the harbor alone during his stay in Hong Kong. City shopping. She added that it is preliminarily inferred that the 68-year-old man was infected with the epidemic or related to the 28-year-old man who returned to Hong Kong from Shenzhen. Because the latter developed the disease earlier, the authorities will contact Guangdong Province to find out whether an epidemiological investigation is needed to confirm the source of the infection.
HKUST: Relevant restaurant facilities have been disinfected
According to the information from the Department of Health, the 68-year-old man had visited HKUST UniBistro & Bar, Sunport City and Metro City Hung Kee Congee. A HKUST spokesperson responded that the on-campus restaurants and facilities that the confirmed cases had visited in recent days have been immediately closed and fully disinfected. The university has followed the instructions of the Department of Health to recommend that members living in the same building be tested as soon as possible. According to the news team of HKUST Radio, the 68-year-old patient is an honorary professor of the Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, and his wife works in the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering.
Liang Zichao: Returning to Hong Kong is not impossible
Difficult to judge who is infected
Respiratory specialist Liang Zichao said that the possibility of missing cases when arriving in Hong Kong via “Easy Return to Hong Kong” is “not absolutely impossible.” However, he pointed out that the 68-year-old man developed illness on the day between the two meetings, coupled with nasal allergy and nasal allergy. The symptoms of COVID-19 are similar, and it is difficult to tell who is infected. He also said that if the contact of the 28-year-old male in Shenzhen has not been diagnosed so far, it is believed that the possibility of bringing the virus from Shenzhen to Hong Kong is relatively small. He suggested that the authorities can test the patient’s antibodies to infer the time of infection. A spokesman for the Department of Health said that from November 23 last year to the 1st of this month, more than 82,000 Hong Kong residents returned to Hong Kong via “Easy Return to Hong Kong”. There is no information on whether any of them have been diagnosed.
9 cases of unknown origin
23-year-old woman visited Lan Kwai Fong Bar
In addition, the 9 cases of unknown origin that were initially confirmed yesterday involved restaurants, fitness centers, bars in Lan Kwai Fong and Soho District. One of the 23-year-old women was a salesperson in the fitness room of Wanxiang Building, Central. She tested negative on February 10 and last went to work on the 26th. However, she tested positive again on the 28th. She went to the Lan Kwai Fong bar “The Port” during the infection. “.
A 53-year-old cleaner tested positive in regular tests. The shop involved was Hung Fai Kee Dessert Shop, Daliang, Tsuen Wan. She tested negative on the 13th and confirmed on the 28th. The 34-year-old person in charge of the Chong En Nursing Home in Happy Valley was infected with the disease. He only handed over the documents with the staff outside the door. The test was negative on the 19th and confirmed at the beginning of the 28th. Other patients included a 35-year-old male employee of China Shipping. He and a colleague used a truck to deliver goods. He was unwell on the 28th and went to work the next day. There were also retirees and housewives.
In the imported case, a 14-year-old girl who arrived in Hong Kong from Pakistan carried the N501Y variant virus strain. A total of 49 imported cases in Hong Kong have detected N501Y, 29 of which are British variant strains. There are 4 and 3 similar to South African and Brazilian virus strains respectively, and 13 cases have yet to be classified.
Ming Pao reporter
(The fourth wave of the epidemic)
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