By Daisy CL Mandap
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Health officials have warned of a further surge in Covid-19 infections in
the coming days, as a new record of 30 untraceable cases was posted Wednesday,
Feb 2.
Speaking at the daily press conference on coronavirus cases, Dr. Chuang
Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said, “We haven’t yet reached the
peak, that’s why we must all be very careful and watch the situation closely.”
Including today’s 30 cases, the total number of infections whose sources
have yet to be traced has now reached 129.
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Dr Chuang reported that 116 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the past
24 hours, and 103 of them were local cases.
Thirteen were imported, including an additional seven cases from the
virus-infested Nepal Airlines flight that arrived in Hong Kong on Jan 25.
Including the 73 previously detected, a total of 80 passengers have now tested
positive from that flight, a record in Hong Kong.
While the Omicron continues to be the dominant variant, more Delta cases
continue to be found in Hong Kong, with some of them from unknown sources.
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According to Dr Chuang, 17 patients carried the mutant strains linked to
Delta, while 71 are suspected Omicron cases. The 15 others have yet to be
determined pending DNA analysis.
Among the Delta carriers is a 77-year-old woman who is the only patient
out of 1,220 still receiving treatment in various public hospitals and
infection control centers who is in critical condition.
Dr Lau Ka-hin of the Hospital Authority said the woman was in good
condition when admitted to Queen Mary Hospital on Jan 24 but her condition has
deteriorated since. She suffers from diabetes and has not received any Covid-19
vaccine.
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Dr Lau took the chance to again appeal to everyone, especially the
elderly who have not been vaccinated, to go get jabbed immediately “to avoid
chances of serious complications.”
Latest figures show the number of people who have received the first dose
of a vaccine is now at 5,348,780 or 79.4% of the eligible population (not including
children aged 5-11).
Meanwhile of the 103 local cases, 73 were linked to previous cases and
come from different parts of Hong Kong, but mostly in Kowloon and the New
Territories.
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Among them are three people who took part in a religious ritual on Jan 28 at a
mosque on Cheung Fook Building on Apliu Street in Sham Shui Po called the Hazrat Siddique Akbar Society.
The place will be put under a compulsory testing notice.
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| 3 people who took part in the religious ceremony at the mosque on Jan 28 tested positive |
The unlinked cases live in Block 5 of Kornhill in Quarry Bay, Third Street
in Sai Ying Pun, Cheung Sha Wan, Wong Tai Sin, To Kwa Wan, Lam Tin, Shek Yam
Estate, Choi Wan Estate, Tseung Kwan O, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Sheung Shui, Sha
Tin, Tai Wo and Fanling
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At least two more housing
blocks are being checked for possible transmission in several flats. These are
Kwai Foon House in Kwai Fong Estate, Kwai Chung, Hing Ping House in Tai Hing
Estate, and Mei Sun Building in Tai Po. Some of the residents in these housing
blocks will be moved to a quarantine center as a precaution.
The
CHP said that with the higher transmissibility of the Omicron variant,
residents must comply with social distancing rules and refrain from participating
in large gatherings, particularly religious or those involving cross-family
activities.
