21 days after a female domestic helper arrived in Hong Kong for quarantine from the Philippines, she was found to be positive for the new crown virus through compulsory testing and was carrying the variant virus L452R, but the virus load was low.
The government tonight (19th) will lock down his residence, Huiwen Building, 50-52 Village Road, Happy Valley for testing.
The 31-year-old domestic helper arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines on flight 5J272 on October 23. She tested negative at the Hong Kong Airport and was quarantined at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center for 21 days. She tested negative for six times during the period. She was tested negative on November 13. After completing the compulsory quarantine on the same day, he returned to his employer’s residence in Huiwen Building, 50-52 Village Road, Happy Valley.
She was tested again on November 18, and the test results of the samples collected at the community testing center were initially positive, but the Ct value was greater than 30, which means that the virus was low, and it was confirmed to have the L452R mutant virus strain, while N501Y and E484K were negative.
The patient has no symptoms and was vaccinated with a dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the Philippines on July 23. After she was admitted to the hospital, the result of one of the tests was indeterminate and the antibody was positive.
In response to the case with a mutated virus strain, the government will test the closed area of Huiwen Building, 50-52 Village Road, Happy Valley, starting from 7:30 tonight, and the operation is expected to be completed at 7 tomorrow morning.
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