New crown pneumonia | 3 more imported cases Nie Dequan: the number of vaccine doses expected to exceed 7 million today

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has been repeated. Today (21st) Hong Kong added 3 imported cases, all of which carried the L452R variant virus. The patients had departed from Kazakhstan, Venezuela and Nigeria this week or on different days. The common point is that all 3 persons had been in Qatar. The capital Doha transfers to flight QR818 to arrive in Hong Kong.

Among them, an 18-year-old man (#12052) who arrived in Hong Kong from Venezuela had received two doses of Sinopharm vaccine in June.

In addition, fewer than 5 cases were initially diagnosed today.

As of yesterday, Hong Kong has received a total of about 6.94 million doses of vaccinations. The Secretary for Civil Service, Nie Dequan, attended the event this morning and called on the public to get injections as soon as possible. It is estimated that the vaccination rate will reach 60% next week.

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Today, 3 newly imported cases all carry the L452R variant virus, including a 17-year-old girl (#12051) who came to Hong Kong from Kazakhstan. She was transferred to Qatar Airways flight QR818 and arrived in Hong Kong in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Monday (16th). She then moved in The Magnificent Causeway Bay Hotel in Wan Chai was quarantined and was asymptomatic, but the sample was confirmed on the 3rd day; the 11-year-old boy (#12053) who arrived in Hong Kong from Nigeria took the same flight and arrived in Hong Kong on Tuesday (17th). He was at Ramada North Point. Three days after the quarantine, Shengjing Hotel developed symptoms on Friday. On the same day, samples were taken for testing and the diagnosis was confirmed.

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As for the 18-year-old man who arrived in Hong Kong from Venezuela who also took QR818, he was asymptomatic when he arrived in Hong Kong, but tested positive for the virus at the airport. He received two doses of Chinese medicine in Venezuela on June 5 and June 26. Vaccine.

The vaccination program in Hong Kong has been launched for nearly half a year. The Director of the Civil Service, Nie Dequan, said that 3.88 million people have already received injections. The epidemic is a marathon, calling on citizens to get a vaccine and return to normal life and exercise as soon as possible.

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