Health authorities have found evidence for the first time in Hong Kong of possible animal-to-human coronavirus transmission at a pet shop where a worker was confirmed as the first untraceable Delta infection in three months, after multiple hamsters tested positive, the Post has learned.
"Genome sequencing [done on the worker's virus sample] found that the genome type was the one circulating in Europe and Pakistan," the source said. "There is a chance [of infection] through hamsters imported from the Netherlands, which also had that genome type [found on the worker].Chief Executive Carrie Lam. PHOTO: Nora Tam
"We did a lot of work about animals on Monday, and it seems worrying. I am hoping that today, the food and health minister and the director of agriculture, fisheries and conservation will explain what the latest findings on the pet shop are."Of the fewer than 20 people who tested preliminary-positive, nine were believed to have been infected by a woman who tested positive five days after completing her hotel quarantine following her arrival from Pakistan.
Lam said the government had not yet completed investigations into whether airline Cathay Pacific had abused quarantine exemptions for cargo staff and the conduct of officials who attended an infamous birthday party on Jan 3. Fourteen senior officials and 20 lawmakers attended the birthday banquet in Wan Chai on Jan 3, along with 221 guests, where they were exposed to at least two coronavirus patients. Eleven officials who did not need to be quarantined were told not to leave home, except for mandatory testing.
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