(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) 8 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong
China News Service, Hong Kong, October 9th (Reporter Han Xingtong) The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 9th that there were 8 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, of which 7 were local cases.
The Royal Garden Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui had an outbreak and three more male employees were diagnosed. So far, four people in the group have been diagnosed.
Among the 8 newly confirmed cases, 1 was an imported case and 7 were local cases.
Among the local cases, except for one case of unknown origin, the remaining six cases were all related to the previously confirmed cases, including three confirmed patients who were male employees of the Royal Garden Hotel.
Earlier, a staff member working in the Vietnamese restaurant of the Royal Garden Hotel was diagnosed. Subsequently, the Center for Health Protection distributed sample bottles to all staff and residents in the hotel for virus testing. A total of about 600 sample bottles were recovered, including 2 samples. Positive.
As for the other confirmed case, he was on vacation when the sample bottles were distributed, and then he developed symptoms and sought medical diagnosis by himself.
Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that the common point of the confirmed cases of the Royal Garden is that they will go to the same changing room to change their uniforms and sometimes rest there; another common point is that they will all be at different times. Eat in the staff restaurant.
However, since the confirmed cases are all male, the Department of Health believes that the risk of cross-infection in the locker room is greater. Therefore, all male employees who need to change here are classified as close contacts and must be sent to a quarantine center for isolation.
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