The new crown pneumonia epidemic is not over. Hong Kong has a new imported case today (16th). The patient is a 40-year-old woman arriving in Hong Kong from the UAE. She was found to have the L452R variant virus. She was vaccinated with two doses of Chinese medicine in Dubai in February this year. vaccine.
In addition, the Centre for Health Protection is investigating a suspected case of Fuyang. The patient was a 32-year-old male crew member who arrived in Hong Kong by plane from India on July 13. He tested negative at the airport, but tested positive again the next day. And with L452R mutant virus strain.
The center’s preliminary investigation data showed that the patient was diagnosed in India in May of this year, and it is currently judged that the case is a Fuyang case.
However, his 27 close contacts need to stay on board for quarantine for 21 days, and those who have stayed at the cargo ship "Maersk Lima" at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal need to be tested.
Less than 5 cases were initially confirmed today.
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The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced that as of 0:00 on July 16, the center is investigating a newly confirmed case. So far, the total number of cases in Hong Kong is 11,957 (including 11,956 confirmed cases and one suspected case).
The new case is an imported case (the 11957th case). The patient is a 40-year-old woman with no symptoms. She arrived in Hong Kong from the United Arab Emirates on July 14 and took flight EK384. She was found to have the L452R variant virus. In February this year, he received two doses of Sinopharm vaccine in Dubai.
A 40-year-old woman was diagnosed. She had received two doses of Sinopharm vaccine in Dubai in February this year.
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In addition, the center is investigating an overseas case suspected of Fuyang, involving a 32-year-old male patient.
He was a crew member who arrived in Hong Kong by plane from India on July 13 and took samples at the temporary sample collection center of Hong Kong International Airport. The test result was negative and there was no symptom.
The patient stayed on a cargo ship after arriving in Hong Kong.
The sample collected by him on the next day (July 14) tested positive and contained the L452R mutant virus strain (N501Y and E484K were negative).
The center’s preliminary investigation data showed that the patient was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia in India in May this year and was not vaccinated against the new crown.
After he was admitted to the hospital on July 15th, the antibody test was positive.
Kwai Tsing Container Terminal.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Lu Yiming)
The center stated that after reviewing the case’s epidemiological data, clinical data, and laboratory results, the center believed that the case was consistent with the Fuyang case.
For the sake of prudence, all relevant crew members on the cargo ship will also be quarantined on board for 21 days, involving 27 people.
At the same time, the patient's workplace (the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal cargo ship "Maersk Lima") will also be included in the mandatory testing announcement today. Designated persons who have stayed in the relevant place at the specified time must undergo mandatory testing on or before the specified date.
Epidemiological investigations and contact tracing work continue.
The center also reminded specified persons related to 1-3 Jin Fung Street, Wong Tai Sin, to comply with the mandatory testing announcement tomorrow (July 17) for testing.
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