[on.cc East Net News]The fifth wave of the new crown epidemic has resumed. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, announced that there were 4,045 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (9th), including 262 imported cases. 6 more homes are now newly confirmed cases, each of which has a resident confirmed; another 280 schools have reported 401 cases, involving 330 students and 71 staff. Suspended for a week. As of yesterday (8th), the samples received by the Public Health Laboratory Services Office of the Department of Health for verification tests for local cases in the past 7 days are related to the Omicron variant strains BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/BA.5 sub-strains (including suspected cases) related samples accounted for about 7.0% and 10.0% respectively.
Of the imported cases, 140 were found at the airport, 94 were found in quarantine facilities, and 28 were found after quarantine. The patients come from 47 countries and regions, of which 7 places have more than 10 cases, including 38 cases in the United Kingdom, 35 cases in India, 27 cases in the United States, 23 cases in the Philippines, 15 cases in France, 13 cases in Singapore and 12 cases in Thailand. In the case of new subtypes of Omicron variant virus, the latest cases infected with BA.4 or BA.5 accounted for about 12%. In response to the government’s new isolation measures, Zhang said that the number of tourists is expected to increase from now on, and it is believed that the proportion of imported cases will also increase. As for some citizens who have been quarantined for three days, the hotel is still not allowed to leave. Zhang responded that people in quarantine will leave in an orderly manner from today, but not all of them are today, it may be “how many days are there?”
In addition, a female nurse in the Adult Psychiatry Department of Castle Peak Hospital was confirmed by regular testing by employees last Thursday (4th). The hospital arranged for testing for all patients and employees in response to the incident. Two more patients were found to be diagnosed. A total of 3 patients and 1 employee were diagnosed. The hospital founder is investigating whether there is a connection between the patients, and the patient has also been isolated and received treatment and is in stable condition. The 10 patients in the same room were listed as close contacts and were quarantined. The ward is temporarily closed for receiving new cases and is being cleaned and disinfected.
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