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2 Filipina DHs among 5 new Covid-19 cases

12 December 2021

By The SUN

 

One of the Filipinas tested indeterminate at Rambler hotel, so she was moved to a hospital  

Two Filipina domestic helpers, including one who tested positive in hospital after her tests during quarantine were indeterminate, were among five new coronavirus patients reported by Hong Kong health officials today, Dec 12.

The three others, two males and one female, all came from the United Kingdom.

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The new patients took Hong Kong’s total confirmed Covid-19 toll to 12,489, including one probable case.

The Filipinas arrived from Manila via Cebu Pacific flight 5J272 on Dec 2 and Nov 22, respectively.

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The first helper, aged 29, was asymptomatic upon arrival and went to Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre, where was found positive for Covid-19 on her ninth-day test. But her viral load was insufficient for mutant testing.

She received two doses of the Sinovac vaccine in the Philippines on Apr 8 and May 6, the Centre for Health Protection said. 

The other helper, aged 34, was taken to a hospital after her ninth test while in quarantine at Rambler Garden Hotel in Tsing Yi had an indeterminate result.

Further tests done while she was in hospital showed she was positive for the L452R mutant strain of the coronavirus.

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The helper received two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine in the Philippines on Jun 22 and Sept 14.

The other new cases are a 62-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman who both arrived on Cathay Pacific flight CX252 from London on Dec 10. They tested positive at the Hong Kong International Airport with the N501Y mutant strain. 

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The man had his two jabs of BioNTech vaccine in Hong Kong on Jul 1 and Jul 22, while the woman received two doses of the same vaccine in the SAR on Jun 24 and Jul 15.

A 14-year-old boy who arrived on Dec 9 via a CX252 flight from London tested positive for the coronavirus with the L452R mutant strain. He had one jab of BioNTech on Jul 6.

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A total of 59 cases have been reported in the past 14 days to Dec 11, all of them imported.

The Hospital Authority said 67 confirmed patients are being treated in the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre and the HA Infectious Disease Centre. 

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One of those patients, an 80-year-old man who arrived in Hong Kong via CX829 from Canada on Nov 24, is in serious condition. The rest are in stable condition.

The CHP’s epidemiological investigations and relevant contact tracing on the confirmed cases are ongoing. For case details and contact tracing information, please see the Annex or the "COVID-19 Thematic Website" (www.coronavirus.gov.hk).

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