39 more confirmed imported cases from South Korea carry the British variant virus, revealing that the two previous cases have variants

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Author: Zhu Haiqi

2021-01-28 17:04

Last update date: 2021-01-28 17:04

The Centre for Health Protection announced that as of this morning, 39 confirmed cases had been recorded, 21 cases lower than yesterday.

It is worth noting that an imported case was recorded today. The patient returned to Hong Kong from South Korea and belongs to a variant virus strain found in the UK.

Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection, pointed out that among the earlier confirmed cases after laboratory tests, two more cases with the N501Y variant virus were found, which will be found in the UK and South Africa variant virus cases, from Switzerland and the Philippines respectively. Of patients.

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Of the 39 confirmed cases, 1 was imported. Of the remaining 38 local cases, 20 were of unknown origin, and more than 40 were initially confirmed.

Zhang Zhujun said that three more cases of N501Y variant virus were found.

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Zhang Zhujun pointed out that an imported case was recorded today. The patient was from South Korea (No. 10135). The case was found after a quick test and it was found to be the N501Y gene, which is a variant virus in the UK and South Africa earlier. It requires detailed testing. Learn the detailed classification.

She also pointed out that the two cases diagnosed earlier belonged to the N501Y variant virus. They were patients who took flight QR818 from Switzerland via Doha and arrived in Hong Kong on January 21 (No. 9913); those who arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines on January 21 (No. : 9946) cases.

Yesterday (27th), the media asked that no one was recruited at Kwai Chung Pier 9. Zhang Zhujun said that three people were initially diagnosed, but today he clarified that the statement was wrong. The three people were tested regularly once a week and would be mixed. The sample test was weakly positive at the time, and then three people were tested again. Two people were admitted to the hospital for testing. No positive cases have been found so far.

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