By Daisy CL Mandap
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| Anyone who was at Victoria Harbour Restaurant after 6pm on Jun 16 should undergo testing |
Another restaurant is at the centre of a Covid-19
outbreak, and this time, the highly infectious Omicron sub-variant, BA2.12.1
may be involved.
Speaking at today’s press briefing, Dr Chuang
Shuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said 24 customers of
Victoria Harbour Restaurant in Tuen Mun, as well as a close contact, have
tested positive for Covid-19.
All the patrons had dined at the Chinese
restaurant after 6pm on Jun 16, mostly with family members.
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"I think seven or eight families had a meal
at that place, some were in smaller groups and others in larger groups. We have
yet to confirm," Chuang said.
Also among those who had eaten there at the same time
were two persons living at Tai Hing House, Tai Hing Estate in Tuen Mun who had been
reported earlier as carriers of the BA.2.12.1 sub-variant.
The CHP has issued compulsory testing notices for
everyone who had dined at the restaurant at the specified date and time and
will conduct on-site investigation.
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The new cases were among 1,522 locally acquired
infections reported today. Of these, 539 were detected through PCR tests while
963 were verified rapid test results.
There were also 128 additional imported cases,
rounding up the day’s tally to 1,650. Among the imported infections, 48 were
detected at the airport.
As for the schools, 172 new cases were reported
earlier today and late yesterday. They involved 135 students and 37 teachers
from 155 schools.
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Class 6C of St Joseph’s Anglo-Chinese Primary School
will be suspended for one week after three students were found infected.
Another member of the basketball team of St Francis
Xavier College and one close contact were added to the cluster of infections
there, raising the total tally to 12.
Chuang said the total infection tally from the fifth
wave now stands at more than 1.2 million.
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Dr Sara Ho, a chief manager of the Hospital Authority,
reiterated that even if there has been a slight increase in the number of
patients admitted to hospitals, those deemed serious or critical cases have not
gone up substantially.
Ho said there are now 513 patients receiving treatment
at public hospitals and the infection control centre in North Lantau, of which
only 61 are newly admitted.
Among them,10 are in critical condition and 10 are in
serious condition.
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Another Covid-related death was recorded yesterday,
involving an 80-year-old man with a history of coronary diseases and renal
failure, and had suffered a stroke.
He was taken to hospital unconscious and was revived
briefly before passing on. His death took the total tally to 9,185.
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