2 imported cases reported, including baby with mutant strain

By Daisy CL Mandap

The baby with the mutant strain flew in with her parents from Russia via Qatar

A 7-month-old baby girl who flew in from Russia and was found to carry the L452R mutant strain of the coronavirus is one of two imported cases reported in Hong Kong today, Aug 9.

The other is a 39-year-old man who came from Romania via Qatar on Aug 7 via flight QR818, and tested positive at Hong Kong airport.

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He received two doses of the BioNTech vaccine in Hong Kong on Apr 15 and May 6. His test result for the presence of mutant strains is still pending.

Both patients are asymptomatic.

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According to staff at the Centre for Health Protection, the baby girl arrived on Aug 5, also via Doha, Qatar, and tested positive on her third-day test while in quarantine at Regal Airport Hotel with both her parents.

The parents tested negative for Covid-19, but one of them was allowed to go to the hospital with the baby for treatment and isolation.

The other parent was moved to a quarantine center as a close contact of their baby.

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Including today’s two cases, Hong Kong now has 12,015 confirmed cases.

A total of 35 cases have been reported in the past 14 days, all of them imported except for a local case with unknown sources.

The local man’s case has been classified as “re-positive”, meaning it was an old infection that was detected only recently.

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