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Delta infection re-classified as linked to imported case

29 June 2021

By The SUN 

It now appears the man was infected by three recently arrived travelers from Indonesia

A 27-year-old man found to carry the Delta variant is no longer classified as a local case with an unknown source.

In a statement issued today, the Centre for Health Protection said that genetic sequencing for case number 11902, a man who worked at HK Airport, showed it was identical to three previous imported cases (11877, 11878 and 11881).

Further, CHP’s investigations revealed that the man had brief encounters at the specimen collection centre at HK Airport with the three linked cases, all involving domestic helpers who just arrived from Indonesia.

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Taking both factors into consideration, the CHP said it was reclassifying the man’s case from local with unknown source, to epidemiologically linked with imported cases.

As a result, case 11918, the man’s female colleague who was also found to carry the Delta variant after she was identified as his close contact, will also be classified as a case linked to an imported case.

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The man’s case sparked concern initially, as it was thought to be the first infection of the Delta variant found within Hong Kong.

With the reclassification, the only local case with the variant with source unknown, is that of the 17-year-old girl in Tin Shui Wai found to carry a rare strain of the Alpha mutation of the virus. Her mother and sister also tested for the variant afterwards.

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Meanwhile, only one case was recorded today, involving a 43-year-old man who flew in from the United Kingdom, and tested positive while in quarantine.

Hong Kong’s total Covid-19 tally is now 11,921.

​A total of 42 cases have been reported in the past 14 days, including 40 imported cases and the two newly reclassified local cases.

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