By The SUN
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| The Filipina DH is lone L452R carrier among the 7 imported cases |
Seven newly arrived people, including a Filipina domestic
helper with the L452R strain, were confirmed today, Dec 22, by
The Centre for Health Protection also reported that seven patients confirmed on Monday to be carrying the N501Y mutant strain have tested positive for the Omicron variant.
The new Omicron cases, No. 12537, 12540, 12541, 12542, 12543, 12544 and 12545 involved six men and a woman aged 29 to 61.
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Four of them tested positive for coronavirus upon arrival at
the airport and three during quarantine. They took to 34 the number of Omicron cases
in
Today’s newly discovered cases comprised three men and four
women aged 22 to 61. Five of them tested positive upon arrival at
Six of them carried the N501Y mutant strain linked to the highly infectious Omicron.
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The 38-year-old Filipina helper, the lone L452R carrier, arrived on Dec 20 via flight 5J272 from Manila. She had two shots of the Sinovac vaccine in the Philippines on Oct 20 and Nov 18.
One of the new patients was a female air crew member aged 50
who arrived from the
A 22-year-old man from
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Another patient was a man aged 56 who arrived from
He is a close contact of a 31-year-old man from Kenya who arrived on the same flight and date and tested positive at Penny's Bay.
An asymptomatic woman aged 49 from
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Two patients, a man aged 61 and a woman aged 58, arrived
from the
The man and woman, who live in Block 3, The Eldorado at
Upon arrival at HKIA on Dec 20 by flight CX252, their specimens were collected and subsequently tested positive for Covid-19 with the N501Y mutant strain.
The male patient developed symptoms on Dec 19 and had a Ct value of less than 20. The female patient is asymptomatic and also had a Ct value of less than 20. They each received two BioNTech doses in Hong Kong.
Health authorities included the places where they resided
and visited in
Anyone who was in these places within the indicated period has to undergo compulsory testing by today, Dec 22.
A total of 70 cases have been reported in the 14 days to Dec 21. All of them
are imported.
According to the testing and quarantine arrangements for local Covid-19 cases
with mutant strains, persons who lived or worked within the same building as the
relevant cases will be subject to compulsory testing on dates specified on the
CTN.
They will also be required to undergo self-monitoring until the 21st day. (See the details of the buildings and dates of testing at www.coronavirus.gov.hk/pdf/CTN_Specified_premises_and_Dates_of_Testing.pdf).
Specified persons from the premises below are also reminded to undergo
compulsory testing in accordance with the CTN tomorrow, Dec 23:
Block 18A, Serenity Villa, 230A Tai Po Tau, Tai
