By Daisy CL Mandap
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| The local man was at the airport's testing centre on the same day as the 3 Indonesian DHs |
Health authorities revealed today, Jun 25, that a
local man found with the L452R strain of the Delta variant had caught it from three
newly arrived Indonesian domestic helpers.
A statement issued by the Centre for Health Protection
said that genetic sequencing on samples taken from the 27-year-old ground crew
of Hong Kong Airlines, identified as case 11902, showed its genomes were
similar to those found in three imported cases from Indonesia.
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Cases 11877, 11878 and 11881 were said to be Indonesian
DHs who arrived in Hong Kong on Jun 11.
Two, aged 32 and 39, tested positive for the mutant
strain on arrival tests conducted at Temporary Specimen Collection Centre
(TSCC). Both were asymptomatic.
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The third developed symptoms on Jun 14 while in
quarantine at the Metropark Hotel in Ho Man Tin and was declared as a confirmed
case on Jun 16.
All three took CX flight 798 from Jakarta but did not appear
to have sat near each other. 877 took seat 65K while 878 was seated at 71C.
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On the day that they arrived, the local man was at HK
Airport to receive cargo flight crews, and had worked in the morning at TSCC.
The CHP said it is conducting a follow-up investigation
on the possible mode of transmission among the four patients.
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The airport staff was confirmed to have been infected
with the Delta variant yesterday, Jun 24, after developing symptoms like a
cough and sore throat two days earlier.
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His case sparked widespread concern as he was the
first local person to have been found with the variant that is causing a
massive spike in infections in countries like India, the United States and
United Kingdom.
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However, no one among his family has tested positive,
and a lockdown on the residential building in Tai Po where they live has
yielded no new case.
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