The SUN HK : 2 Filipina DHs in Penny’s Bay among 5 new Covid-19 cases

By Daisy CL Mandap

The 2 Filipinas moved to Penny's Bay after arriving via Cebu Pacific a day apart

Two Filipina domestic helpers who were quarantined in Penny’s Bay and had both flown in via Cebu Pacific flight 5J272 are among five new Covid-19 infections reported in Hong Kong today, Sept 29.

The three others are also women – two came from Jordan via Doha, and the other, from Japan.

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All are asymptomatic and fully vaccinated. The first four patients were found to carry the L452R mutant strain, while the traveler from Japan tested positive for N501Y.

The two women from Jordan both took QR 818 on Sept 27, the day before the flight was suspended from flying into Hong Kong for two weeks. That was due to six of its passengers testing positive for a coronavirus variant on Sept 26.

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Another airline, Turkish Air, was banned from flying to Hong Kong for two weeks starting today after one of its passengers who came on Sept 26 also tested positive on his arrival test, while two others failed to comply with anti-epidemic regulations.

The two Filipinas came on two different days, but took the same flight. One is 35 years old, and flew in on Sept 24 via 5J272. She received two doses of Sinovac in the Philippine on Jun 28 and Jul 30.

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The other Filipina is aged 37, and came on Sept 23 via the same flight from Manila. She also received the Sinovac vaccine in the Philippines on Jul 25 and Aug 22.

The two women from Jordan are aged 23 and 24, and they both had BioNTech jabs in Hong Kong beween July and August. They also tested positive for antibodies on Sept 1 and 4, respectively. Both were found infected on their arrival tests.

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The 24-year-old traveler from Japan came via CX521 on Sept 25 and tested positive on her third day of quarantine at Regal Oriental Hotel in Kowloon. She had two doses of the Moderna vaccine in Japan on Jun 22 and Jul 23.

The new cases took Hong Kong’s total Covid-19 tally to 12,214. Fewer than five preliminary positive cases have been detected.

The suspected re-positive patient moved to Island Place after ending his quarantine

Earlier, an overnight lockdown of Two Island Place in North Point where a suspected re-positive patient from India had stayed after his release from quarantine yielded no new cases.

A statement from the government said the compulsory testing of residents of the place ended at 9:30am today, after 400 residents were tested and checked for compliance. No one was found to have violated the order.

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People in 30 households did not answer the door and will be followed up.

He finished his quarantine on Sept 26 and went home to Island Place. The next day, he had himself tested again in line with government regulations, and he was found positive, but with a low viral load.

He received two doses of the Covishield vaccine on Jun 15 and Jul 15 in India.

The patient who remains asymptomatic, said he tested positive for Covid-19 in India in April this year.