[on.cc East Net News]The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong continues. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that today (3rd), there were 499 new confirmed cases, including 49 imported cases. Another 12 schools reported positive cases from 11 schools, including 9 students and 3 staff. Yesterday (2nd), the bar “LINQ” in Central, which reported an outbreak of the epidemic, reported 3 more confirmed cases, and another bar “Shuffle” in Lan Kwai Fong was suspected to have an outbreak today, and 14 confirmed cases were recorded.
Among the 49 imported cases, 24 were confirmed at the airport; 14 were confirmed at the quarantine hotel, including a local pilot; 2 were infected on the 9th day after arriving in Hong Kong, and 1 was infected on the 12th day. Among them, 2 were previously infected, and 1 had local activities or was a local case. Zhang also said that after the authorities reviewed the rapid test cases reported on May 31, it was found that 49 cases were not infected. In addition, an employee of a nursing home for the elderly was diagnosed, and 9 close contacts of the nursing home needed to be quarantined.
In addition, the Department of Health announced in the evening that according to the results of whole-genome sequencing analysis conducted by the Public Health Laboratory Service, a total of 16, 92, 15 and 13 cases have been recorded in Hong Kong so far, with Omicron variant virus strains BA.2.12, BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 sublines.
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