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| The 8th Omicron patient had been to various African countries |
The Centre for Health Protection has reported its 8th imported case of the Omicron variant, involving a 50-year-old man who visited various African countries and was confirmed positive for Covid-19 yesterday.
According to a statement released today, Dec 14, by the CHP, a genome sequencing conducted by the Department of Health’s public laboratory found the patient positive for the new variant of concern.
The man arrived in Hong Kong on Dec 10 after visiting
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The Ct value for the test after his admission to hospital on Dec 12 was less than 20, which indicated a recent infection, and he tested positive for antibodies.
This was the eight case of Omicron being found among recent
arrivals from overseas in
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| The Filipina tested negative throughout her quarantine at Penny's Bay |
Meanwhile, a Filipina domestic helper who had long ended her 21-day compulsory quarantine and is suspected of being a
re-positive case was among five new confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in
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The 34-year-old helper arrived in Hong Kong from the
On Dec 8 she moved to Winland 800 Hotel in Tsing Yi after completing her quarantine. She underwent compulsory testing at a community testing centre on Dec 12 and the result was preliminary positive but with a low viral load (the Ct value was more than 30). She carried the N501Y mutant strain.
Preliminary testing results showed she likely carried the
Alpha variant strain first found in the
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When admitted to hospital, the patient tested negative for Covid-19 while her antibody test was positive. The CHP said that all findings so far indicate that this is a re-positive case.
But as a precaution, the places where she resided and
visited in
All the four other patients reported today tested positive on their arrival test.
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They include another female patient, aged 21, who was also
found to carry the N501Y mutant strain. She flew in from the
Two other patients both flew in aboard TK083 from
The fifth patient is a 46-year-old man who came from
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The new patients took
A total of 60 cases have been reported in the past 14 days (Nov 30 to Dec 13) and all of them are imported cases.
Asked about the first case of Omicron being found on the Mainland, Chief Executive
Carrie Lam said during a question and answer session with reporters earlier
today that she does not see it affecting
But Mrs Lam said that she could not provide absolute guarantee that everything would proceed as normal since the whole situation could change very rapidly.
She however, assured, that Hong Kong’s stringent boarding and quarantine measures for travelers from overseas would likely stop Omicron entering the community.
She noted that the new variant is causing concern globally
since the daily total number of cases has again surged to over 700,000, with
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