The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong stabilized, new local confirmed cases were below 300 for 22 consecutive days. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the afternoon of May 28 that as of 0:00 on the same day, 116 new cases were confirmed by nucleic acid tests in Hong Kong, and 154 new cases were positive for rapid antigen tests. 270 confirmed cases (including 31 imported cases) and 1 new death.
So far, nearly 1.2 million people have been infected in this round of the epidemic, reaching 1,199,227 (including 749,210 confirmed nucleic acid tests and 450,017 positive tests); a total of 9,163 deaths, with a fatality rate of about 0.76%. According to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, a 77-year-old male patient died in a public hospital in the past 24 hours. He received two doses of the Fubitai vaccine.
At the press conference on the epidemic
In terms of schools, one more student in the “Desiqi Canadian International School” group was diagnosed. A total of 4 students and 1 teacher in his class were infected. After investigation, the first student who became ill lived in the Poyang Pavilion of Taikoo Shing. A 67-year-old man in the same building was diagnosed with the disease. He visited McDonald’s in Phase 3 of Cityplaza where the outbreak had occurred. On the 22nd, he was tested positive in a mandatory test. Genetic analysis For the Omicron variant BA.2.12.1. The two live on adjacent floors and share a patio. It is not ruled out that they “spread poison” from downstairs to upstairs through the patio. For the sake of prudence, the Department of Health has arranged for the students of the above epidemic-related classes to stay in quarantine centres.
Hong Kong reported on the 20th that BA.2.12.1 infected people were found in the community for the first time. They were a couple who were diagnosed on the 12th day after arriving in Hong Kong from the United States. They stayed at the Lan Kwai Fong Hotel on Hong Kong Island during the quarantine period. According to statistics, a total of 25 people have been infected in multiple groups related to the hotel’s epidemic.
Source: Beijing Daily Client
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