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A Cathay Pacific crew member who was confirmed to carry Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Wednesday is suspected of having passed on his infection to a relative and a fellow diner at a Kowloon Tong restaurant.
Reports say the crew member had
lunch on Monday, Dec 27, with his 76-year-old father and a female relative at
The elderly man tested preliminary positive for the N501Y and T478 mutant strains after he and the female relative were taken to Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre as close contacts of the aircrew.
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A 34-year-old male diner who had sat
with three family members at a separate table nearby has also tested
preliminary positive for Covid-19 with the N501Y and T478 mutant strains.
The man had himself tested on Dec 28
in compliance with a compulsory testing notice, but was found negative. But after
he developed symptoms on Wednesday he went by light rail to
A press release issued by the Centre for Health Protection late on Thursday said the two cases have been classified as import-related cases.
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If their infections are confirmed
tomorrow, it would mark the first time that the highly contagious Omicron
variant had been passed on within the community.
Health authorities have announced a lockdown on the elderly man’s residential building at Wing Chak House, Chak On Estrate in Shek Kip Mei, starting at 7 tonight.
All residents there are required to undergo tests by 1am tomorrow, Friday. The lockdown is expected to be lifted by 7am.
As the other patient lives in a standalone village house in Tuen Mun no lockdown was issued in relation to him.
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Separately, a third preliminary
positive case involving another male
The imported case involves a
37-year-old male aircrew who lives in
Block A,
He is a co-worker of an earlier
confirmed imported case with the Omicron variant, and they arrived in
In a follow-up test on Dec 27 he tested negative. But after his colleague tested positive he was sent to Penny’s Bay where he tested preliminarily positive on Dec 29 with a Ct value of about 25 involving the N501Y mutant strain.
His residential block in
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| The CX aircrew arrived from the US on Dec 25 and tested negative at HK Airport |
Meanwhile,
Staff at the restaurant have all been sent to PBQC as a precaution.
The Cathay crewman who had dined
there arrived in Hong Kong from the
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On the day he arrived, he reportedly met up at his home with a Cathay colleague who arrived from the
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