HK Reports Five Imported Covid Infections

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2021-08-12 HKT 15:06

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  • Hong Kong's latest coronavirus cases are all imported ones. Image: Shutterstock

    Hong Kong's latest coronavirus cases are all imported ones. Image: Shutterstock

Health authorities on Thursday reported five imported coronavirus cases, four of them involving the mutant L452R strain.

Those who tested positive for the mutant strain are two people from Switzerland who were being quarantined in a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel, as well as arrivals from South Korea and Singapore.

A 38-year-old man from South Korea was the only one with symptoms.

The fifth case involved a man who came here from Thailand.

Health authorities also said there were fewer than five preliminary positive cases.

Hong Kong last reported a locally transmitted infection a week ago.

The city has a total of 12,025 confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

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