HK Reports Three New Imported Covid Cases
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2021-08-26 HKT 14:50
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Health authorities on Thursday reported three new Covid-19 cases, all of them imported.
The patients, aged between 34 and 47, arrived from Nepal, Pakistan and Greece respectively.
The Centre for Health Protection said the three men were asymptomatic and are fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
Separately, authorities said Qatar Airways is banned from operating flights from Doha to Hong Kong for two weeks, from August 27 to September 9, after a passenger tested positive for the virus on arrival on Tuesday, while two other passengers failed to comply with the relevant requirements under the law.
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