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Discovery Bay youths returned to the U.S. for a week to return to Hong Kong and were diagnosed with a variant virus at the Xuhui Court closed area for testing

2021-11-21T12:22:05.047Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic is not over. ​The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (21st) that there was a preliminary confirmed imported case involving the L452R mutant virus strain in Hong Kong. The patient left Hong Kong last Sunday (14th).


The new crown pneumonia epidemic is not over.

​The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (21st) that there has been a preliminary confirmed imported case involving the L452R mutant virus strain in Hong Kong. The patient left Hong Kong for the United States last Sunday (14th) and tested negative before leaving Hong Kong. Last week On Saturday (20th), I took a Cathay Pacific flight from the United States to Hong Kong. The test result at the Hong Kong International Airport was positive.


The government stated that because the patient had lived in Hong Kong during the incubation period and he was carrying a mutant virus strain, Xuhui Court, Discovery Bay, Discovery Bay, Hong Kong, was listed as a "restricted area" at 7:40 pm and the closure was opened. District testing, insiders need to be tested before midnight tomorrow (22nd), and the action is expected to be completed at about 6 a.m. tomorrow.


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The Health Protection Center stated that the case involved a 23-year-old male patient who went to the United States on November 14 and was tested for the virus on the 13th before departure. The result was negative at that time.

Later, on November 20, the patient arrived in Hong Kong via flight CX521 from the United States, and was tested at the Hong Kong International Airport upon arrival, and the result was positive.

The center said that the patient developed symptoms with a CT value of less than 30 (the amount of virus is not very small), and confirmed that he has the L452R mutant virus strain.

He had received two doses of Fubital vaccine in Hong Kong between April 27 and May 18.

According to the Restriction and Testing Announcement and the Mandatory Testing Announcement, persons restricted in the Xuhui Pavilion from 7:40 pm must stay at their premises and undergo mandatory testing until all identified persons in the "restricted area" have completed the test Check, and the relevant test results have been roughly confirmed before leaving the premises.

The government's goal is to complete this operation at about 6 am tomorrow (22nd).

The government has set up temporary sampling stations in the "restricted areas" and asked the people under inspection to be tested before midnight tomorrow morning.

Compulsory inspection of residences and locations of visits

The center also pointed out that because the patient had lived in Hong Kong during the incubation period, and he had a mutant virus strain, his infectivity and risk of infection were higher. Therefore, his residence, Discovery Bay, Fengfeng Xuhui Court announced restrictions and tests.

Persons in the "restricted area" who have been tested during the period from November 19 to 21 and can show the test result phone SMS or related certificates do not need to be tested again, but they must wait at their premises until the entire area The identified subject has completed the test; any person who has been in the above-mentioned building for more than two hours between October 30 and November 21, even if he is not in the "restricted area" when the "relevant declaration" comes into effect, They must also undergo compulsory testing on or before November 23.

People who have been vaccinated still need to be tested due to the variant virus strain involved.

In addition, the places he visits in Hong Kong during the incubation period will also be included in the mandatory testing announcement.

Anyone who has been in the above specified place during the specified period shall undergo mandatory testing on the specified day.

▼11.21 A delegation of experts from the Mainland visited the Case Tracking Office of the Kai Tak Community Hall▼


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Source: hk1

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