By The SUN
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| DAB's Starry Lee says the government must work to lessen the impact of a new Covid surge (File) |
Hong Kong's largest pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, raised concerns over what they called as the inevitable sixth wave of the coronavirus infection when they met with Chief Executive-elect John Lee this afternoon.
DAB chair Starry Lee said that the incoming administration must work to minimize the impact of a new Covid-19 surge which some experts predict will come soon.
Among the measures they suggested was to reserve makeshift hospitals for people returning to the mainland or foreign domestic workers under quarantine.
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The call came as health officials reported more cases being added to three infection clusters as the city recoded 234 additional Covid cases for the day.
Two more people who had visited a private kitchen in Kwun Tong on May 9 have tested positive for the virus, raising the number of cases in the cluster to 11.
Dr Albert Au of the Centre for Health Protection said the
patients have insisted they had not gone to Imperial Kitchen in
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Au said there are some tables in the venue as well as a kitchen, and there’s also a room for karaoke or mahjong. But all environmental samples tested so far were all negative for the virus.
About 40 people who had gone there on the relevant day and time have been told to get tested.
Separately, four more diners at the Sky Cuisine restaurant in Sheung Wan have been found infected, raising the number of cases there to 56.
Au said three more samples, including one taken from a dish cabinet in the restaurant, have tested positive for the virus.
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At the Sun Mong billiard club in Hung Hom, a 63-year-old customer who visited on May 9 pushing up the number of infections there to 14.
Au said that with the new cases, the overall tally from the fifth wave has now exceeded 1.196 million.
He said the average number of cases in the past few weeks has ranged between 200 and 300, which is still high compared to previous outbreaks, but do not still suggest a resurgence.
“We have not identified any clear sign of a rebound,” he said.
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| Au says there has been no sign of a rebound in cases |
Au also reported 42 imported cases, which included 32
detected at the airport. The travelers had flown in from the
The rest were detected either during quarantine or after completing their isolation.
A couple who had flown in from US and completed their quarantine on May 10 were found infected on the 12th day after their arrival. CHP believes they caught the infection from the community as the man’s viral load was high.
Dr Larry Lee of the Hospital Authority said there was no Covid-19 death to report, so the death toll stands at 9,148.
A total number of 712 patients are now being treated in public hospitals and treatment facilities. Among them, two are in critical condition and are in intensive care.
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