By Daisy CL Mandap
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| Tower 6 of Island Harbour View has been locked down overnight |
A 46-year-old Filipina domestic helper has tested
preliminary positive for the N501Y mutant strain of the coronavirus, causing
authorities to order an overnight lockdown on the Tai Kok Tsui building where she has moved into, to work for a prospective employer.
A statement issued by the Centre for Health Protection
tonight, May 23, said the Filipina DH was found infected when she took a
Covid-19 test in compliance with the second round of compulsory testing for all
FDHs ordered by the government from May 15 to 30.
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According to the statement, the FDH had traveled to
Pakistan with her former employer’s family in early February this year and
returned to Hong Kong on Apr 3. She then spent her 21-day quarantine at Ramada
Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel in Sai Ying Pun until Apr 23.
On her release from quarantine she stayed in the flat
of her former employer at 31 Tai Wong Ha Resite Village between Apr 24 and 29,
before moving in with her prospective employer in Tower 6 of Island Harbourview
in Tai Kok Tsui.
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She had herself tested for Covid-19 at community
testing centres on Apr 28 and May 7, and both results were negative.
Yesterday, May 22, she got tested again at Henry G.
Leong Yau Ma Tei Community Centre and the result was preliminary positive. She
is asymptomatic.
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In addition the preliminary test result processed by
the Department of Health’s laboratory revealed that the patient has the N501Y
mutant strain but not the E484K variant first found in South Africa, or the recently
listed L452R mutation.
The CHP statement said medical investigations and contact
tracing relating to the case are continuing. In the meantime, all those
identified as her close contacts will be transferred to a quarantine center.
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Another preliminary-positive case was reported today, involving a nurse at the Kwun Chung Sports Centre vaccination centre in Jordan. She last worked on Saturday.
In line with health protocols adopted for an N501Y case with an unknown source, an overnight lockdown was imposed on Tower 6 of Island Harbourview, and all residents of the building will be tested.
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Anyone found infected will be taken to hospital for treatment, while household contacts and everyone living in the same flat or subdivided unit will be subject to 21-day quarantine.
Those who test negative in the initial round will be tested again on Days 3, 7, 12 and 19,
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But in case further infections are detected in the same building, all residents
of the block would be classified as close contacts and placed under quarantine
for 21 days, “as there would be evidence of transmission."
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