By The SUN
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| Officials fear an Omicron sub-variant had spread to 5 people who ate at McDonald's in Cityplaza |
For the first time since the Omicron surge in early February, the confirmed
number of Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong has fallen below 200.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre
for Health Protection reported 190 new infections on Monday, including 28
imported cases. They took the overall tally in the fifth wave to more than 1,197,000.
The new cases include two more linked
to an outbreak at McDonald’s in Tai Koo Shing where a 64-year-old woman had
dined before being found infected with the Omicron BA.2.12.1 sub-variant.
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The patients are a 76-year-old
woman who lives in Richland Gardens in Kowloon Bay and a 67-year-old man who
lives in Po Yang Mansion in Tai Koo Shing.
Chuang said both patients had
visited the fast food outlet on May 13, at about the same time as the index
patient.
However, they had occupied round
tables and not the long tables with high benches occupied by the first patient,
who experts said had been infected with the mutated strain while in quarantine
at Lan Kwai Fong Hotel with her husband.
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The latest female patient started
coughing on May 17 and was admitted to the North Lantau Hospital on May 19
after testing positive in a mandatory test. Four places she had visited between
May 13 and May 19 have been subject to compulsory testing.
Earlier, a woman and two young
family members who had also visited the McDonald’s outlet on May 13 tested
positive for Covid.
Chuang said the government is
concerned about the possible spread of the mutated strain of the Omicron in the
community and is conducting further investigation.
Of the 28 imported cases reported
yesterday, Chuang said 19 were detected at the airport and the rest during the
seven-day hotel quarantine for new arrivals.
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She also said 20 more schools
reported 21 new cases. They involve 19 students and two teachers.
Dr Larry Lee of the Hospital
Authority had no Covid-related death to report, so the casualty toll from the
fifth wave remains at 9,157.
Lee said 514 patients are confined
at various public hospitals and treatment facilities. Among them, seven are in
critical condition and seven are seriously ill.
