I hope that Zhou Qiao'er's case can sound the alarm for everyone - in the face of the virus, everyone is equal.
Text | Wang Yan
On March 4, a spokesman for the Fisheries, Agriculture and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong SAR Government said that the pet dog of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 was infected with the new crown virus to a low degree, or became the first case in the world. After analysis by many experts, it is believed that it is likely to be transmitted by humans.
Screenshot of press release of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Notably, a spokesman for the AFCD stressed that there is no evidence that pets will spread the new crown virus or become sick as a result, and suggested that everyone should never abandon their pets under any circumstances.
So, who is the owner of this pet? What is the situation now? Although the press release did not mention the personal information of the pet owner, it was soon revealed in the Hong Kong media that the pet dog infected with the new crown virus was a 17-year-old Pomeranian (an old birthday star among the Wang Xing people), and its owner was Yvonne Chow Yau Yee, a 60-year-old Hong Kong rich woman.
Zhou Qiao'er and her Pomeranian
Half a month before zhou Qiao'er was diagnosed with covid-19 (The 85th confirmed case in Hong Kong) on February 25, she visited many high-class venues in Hong Kong, causing the entire Hong Kong wealthy circle to be shrouded in the shadow of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Source: Hong Kong Department of Health and Hong Kong Jockey Club
Chow is a member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and owns a private horse, the "Fu Wan Jia". The full membership fee of the Hong Kong Jockey Club is HK$700,000, while it costs tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars to buy a good horse, and the monthly feeding fee is estimated at more than 500,000, which shows the wealth and strength of Zhou Qiao'er.
As a horse owner, Chow often appears in the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Happy Valley Club and clubhouse food court, shops, gyms (it is estimated that the 9,100 members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club are now starting to worry... ）。
Before being sent to hospital for isolation, Ms. Yang Yimin, a prominent Hong Kong doctor, visited Dr. Yeung Yi-min, a prominent Hong Kong doctor, at carver Building, 70 Queen's Road Central, 70 Queen's Road Central on February 13, 17, 20, 22 and 24 February. John Yeung) sought medical treatment in his private practice.
Dr. Yeung has received a Bachelor of Medicine in Internal and External Medicine from the University of Edinburgh, a Diploma in Fellowship and Geriatrics from the Royal College of Physicians, a Diploma in Paediatrics from the Royal College of Medicine of Ireland, and a Diploma in Genitourinary Medicine from the Society of Pharmacists in London, UK. Yang Yimin is also a dedicated doctor for many Hong Kong celebrities, and Chow Yun Fat, Xie Xian, Zhen Zidan and others are his customers. This time Zhou Qiao'er was diagnosed, so that everyone could not help but worry about other star patients in Yang Yimin's clinic.
Screenshot of Hong Kong media report
Zhou Qiao'er lives with her husband, son and 2 domestic servants in the Swiss Garden, 113 Tai Hang Road.
Tai Hang Road is a major road in the middle of the mountains around Causeway Bay. Zhou Qiao'er's trip in the past half a month has covered the entire Semi-MountainOus District, which is the densest residential area for the wealthy in Hong Kong, and many of the surrounding mansions have been included in the "list of buildings that are undergoing compulsory quarantine" for people living.
It is reported that this includes the "Aidu Building" in the Mid-Levels of Central. Among the guests on the list is fu mingxia, a former world diving champion married in 2002 to the then financial secretary of Hong Kong, Leung Kam-sung, and their family of five lives here.
Also "on the list" are the Mid-Levels "Royal View Garden" (celebrity owners include the son of Su Shuhui, director of "SJM", Guo Shaoming, chairman of "Sasha", etc.), the Tai Hang mansion "Zhuli Garden", the North Point mansion "Bai Wei Shan", etc., as well as the North Point Warberry Commercial Building, Causeway Bay World Trade Center, Hengwei Commercial Building, Deli Commercial Building and other places.
Zhou Qiao'er also visited the high-end Cantonese restaurant Fu Lin men on February 16. Due to the patronage of a large number of wealthy businessmen and celebrities over the years, Fu Lin Men has earned the nickname of "Rich Canteen" and become one of the most famous restaurants in Hong Kong. Who else was eating there that day needed to be investigated and tracked one by one.
Worryingly, Zhou Qiao'er developed cough, fever and other symptoms on February 12. On January 16, 27 days ago, she also participated in the opening ceremony of her solo exhibition "Water Moving Heart" in Central, Hong Kong, when many Hong Kong celebrities were in attendance.
Although the maximum incubation period for a COVID-19 patient is only 24 days, what if she is contagious before she develops symptoms?
At present, Zhou Qiao'er's brother and sister-in-law and her family's servants have been diagnosed with new crown pneumonia.
Photo credit: Hong Kong Wen Wei Po
In addition, Zhou Qiao'er also went to the Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong to attend her niece's wedding on February 22 (3 days before the diagnosis), while the bride's parents (Zhou Qiao'er's brother and sister-in-law) have been diagnosed and are now receiving treatment at the hospital, and more than a dozen people in the same scene are defined as close contacts.
Zhou Qiao'er's uncle, a well-known host in Hong Kong and the initiator of "Help Hong Kong Speak Out", Zhou Rong, because he was at the same table with Zhou Qiao'er at the wedding banquet and sat opposite Zhou Qiao'er, has now stayed at the Cui ya Mountain House Quarantine Center of the Jao Zongyi Cultural Center.
How many people did Zhou Qiao'er infect?
Low-key rich woman, female painter who loves dogs
What kind of person is 60-year-old Zhou Qiao'er? Judging from the trajectory of her life, she is not an ordinary rich man.
According to the name of her brother Zhou Bingliang, some media speculate that she may be a descendant of Zhou Yongtai, the old four major families in Hong Kong, because from the Zhou Yongtai family to Zhou Qiao'er's generation, there is a "Bing" character in the name of the male Ding.
Speaking of the four major families in Hong Kong, everyone's first reaction is Li Ka-shing, Kwok Tak-sheng, Lee Shau Kee and Cheng Yu-tong. In fact, these four families are only a matter of recent decades. In Hong Kong a hundred years ago, there were also four major families, the foundation of which continues in Hong Kong to this day, that is, the Ho Dong family, the Zhou Yongtai family, the Li Xishen family and the Li Peicai family.
Among them, Zhou Yongtai is a native of Dongguan, Guangdong Province, and did business in Hong Kong after the opening of hong Kong in 1842. After the second generation of the Zhou family became successful businessmen, the third generation included merchants, lawyers and doctors, while many of the fourth generation held important government positions, justices of the peace. It can be said that throughout the 20th century, the Chow family was involved in The business, politics, legal, medical and architectural circles in Hong Kong, although the Chow family became more and more low-key, but their wealth and influence should not be underestimated.
Is Zhou Qiao'er a descendant of Zhou Yongtai? We don't know.
Public information only shows that Zhou Qiao'er studied civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and became a registered civil engineer in California. After returning to Hong Kong, she worked in civil engineering design for a period of time, and participated in the design and construction of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Zhuhai Expressway and some projects in Hong Kong. Currently, she is a director of Fenwei Limited, Hong Kong Wanfuneng (International) Limited, New Tongjin Enterprises Limited and Sparus Co.Ltd. However, personal information such as his or her value and spouse is not known to the outside world.
According to Tianyan, a person named Zhou Qiao'er registered the Shantou Special Economic Zone Office of Hong Kong Seibu Textile Co., Ltd. and Foshan Polytong Building Materials Co., Ltd. in 1993 and 1994 respectively.
Is this the zhou qiao'er who was diagnosed this time? Did she go to the mainland to do business in her early years and earn her first pot of gold? There are currently no answers to these questions.
At present, the certain information is that Zhou Qiao'er is a female painter who debuted halfway.
When Zhou Qiao'er painted, the Pomeranian was also accompanied by the side
According to an interview in 2018, Zhou Qiao'er has a lot of heads -- a member of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Artists Association, a visiting professor of the Fine Arts Department of Shaoguan University, a member of the Shenzhen Women Painters Association, the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Ridge Art Association, and a member of the Hong Kong Lanting Society. She studied ink painting class of the Lingnan School at city university of Hong Kong and studied under Wu Yueliu, Ho Tsit an, Fung Wing Kee and Qian Kaiwen.
Zhou Qiao'er was on the cover of the thirteenth issue of "Chinese Today" in 2018
In an interview at the time, Zhou Qiao'er said that after her children went to primary school, she became a housewife. After the child turned 11 years old, she chose to paint, studied under Wu Yueliu, the third generation of the Lingnan School, and soon sketched and held and participated in various painting exhibitions around the country.
Zhou Qiao'er's works
In the interview, Zhou Qiao'er mentioned that her biggest wish is to hold a solo exhibition of her own in 2020. Her wish was fulfilled in mid-January 2020.
The protagonist of one of her widely acclaimed portraits is the diagnosed pet dog.
Today, the Pomeranian remains in quarantine at the Animal Residence At the Port of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, while Zhou Qiao'er herself is isolated and treated at Mary Hospital. She may recall in the hospital ward that if she went to the hospital to test for the new crown virus when she first had cough symptoms on February 12, or voluntarily quarantined at home, maybe her story would not be widely known, and she was only the 85th confirmed case in Hong Kong notified by the Hong Kong government.
But there is no longer an "if". At present, I only hope that Zhou Qiao'er and the new crown pneumonia patients infected by her can survive this crisis safely; I also hope that Zhou Qiao'er's case can sound the alarm for everyone - in front of the virus, everyone is equal.
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