A 38-year-old foreign domestic helper who had received two doses of Fubital vaccine arrived in Hong Kong from the United States. After a 7-day quarantine period, he entered the community and was diagnosed with the L452R variant virus.
The community is concerned about the long incubation period of the variant virus and the chance of infection after vaccination, and questioned whether the current 7-day quarantine period is insufficient.
The DAB Legislative Council Member Ge Peifan wrote to Chen Zhaoshi, Director of the Bureau of Food and Health, requesting that the United States be included in high-risk areas as soon as possible and the current quarantine period for medium-risk areas should be extended.
The domestic helper received two doses of Fubitai vaccine on April 7th and 28th. He had a positive serological test result when he arrived in Hong Kong and was asymptomatic. According to the current procedure, the quarantine period can be shortened to 7 days.
After she was quarantined for 7 days in the quarantine hotel, the sample was initially positive on the 12th day, and the test showed that it contained the &452R mutant virus strain.
The incident shows that even if there are antibodies, they may not be immune to the mutant virus
Ge Peifan said that this incident highlights that the government's earlier reduction of the quarantine period to 7 days poses a great risk to the community. Even if high levels of antibodies are detected, they may not be immune to the variant virus and still pose a risk of infection.
She received a few citizens expressing concern about this, so she wrote to Chen Zhaoshi to reflect.
The United States and some other regions have severe epidemics but are still classified as medium-risk areas. Ge Peifan asked the government to raise the level of epidemic prevention as soon as possible and extend the quarantine period for people in medium-risk areas who have received two doses of vaccines and have antibodies to stop imported cases. .
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