Omicron: Hong Kong logs second straight day of triple-digit Covid-19 cases as public health crisis deepens
- Further concerns sparked by discovery of both Omicron and Delta variants in sewage samples taken in another densely populated district
- Health authorities confirm 109 new Covid-19 infections, 98 of them locally transmitted and 11 brought in from overseas
Further concerns have been sparked by the discovery of both the Omicron and Delta variants in sewage samples taken in another densely populated district where cases were detected in a residential tower.
Health authorities confirmed 109 new Covid-19 infections on Monday, 98 of them locally transmitted and 11 brought in from overseas. About 100 preliminary-positive cases were also reported.
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Hong Kong reports 140 new human cases of Covid-19 and one from a surrendered hamster
Most of the local infections came from the superspreading cluster at Kwai Chung Estate, which has now grown to about 210 confirmed and preliminary-positive cases in 12 out of 16 blocks.
The estate turned up 69 confirmed cases on Monday, with Yat Kwai and Ying Kwai houses – the two blocks placed under five-day lockdowns – reporting 27 and 33 more infections respectively. Nine cases were reported from other blocks, including four new ones – Pik Kwai, Pak Kwai, Luk Kwai and Ha Kwai houses.
Complaints continued to pour in from residents about unhygienic conditions, unsafe disposal of personal protective equipment, and chaotic arrangements that could worsen the expanding outbreak.
In another worrying development, sewage samples in Wong Tai Sin tested positive for Omicron and Delta, the latter variant having earlier surfaced in a cluster linked to imported pet shop hamsters.